GoingManual.com It's time to take control!    Home    Tutorials    Photography Forum  Photography Tutorial Introduction Part I – Gear The Camera  -  Focus  -  Resolution  -  MegaPixels Vs Print Size  -  Sharpening Semi auto settings  -  Aperture Priority (Av)  -  Shutter priority (Tv) Zoom and Focal Length  -  A Note About Sensor Size Other Camera Features  -  Viewfinders  -  Lens Hood  -  LCD screen  -  White Balance Extra Equipment  -  Tripod  -  Cable Release  -  Filter systems  -  Polarizer and ND filter  -  External Flash  -  Studio Lighting  -  Reflectors Part II – Capturing The Scene Your First Manual Photo  -  It's All About Exposure  -  The Light Meter  -  Exposure Explained  -  Controlling Exposure Creative Effects  -  Aperture and Depth Of Field  -  DOF Preview  -  Shutter speed Putting it all Together  -  ISO  -  Ap. & Shutter Relationship  -  Stop for a minute  -  So What?  -  The Bulb Setting Metering the Scene  -  18% of Everything Metering modes  -  Matrix  -  Average  -  Center weighted  -  Spot or semi-spot Taking Meter Readings  -  Expose for your subject  -  Sunsets and sunrises  -  Reflecting sun  -  Night Exposures  -  Moon  -  Green Foliage  -  Bright or White Scenes  -  Dark or Black Scenes Understanding Your Histogram  -  Flash Metering Composition Lead in The Viewer Eye  -  Point of Focus  -  Fill the frame  -  The Rule of Thirds  -  Moving Subjects  -  Print and frame Sizes Different Styles Learn by doing  -  Giving and Getting Critique  -  Portraits  -  Groups  -  Children  -  Shooting Outdoors  -  Silhouettes  -  Macro  -  Products  -  Landscapes  -  Sports and Action  -  Panning  -  Rear Sync Flash  -  Abstract  -  Long Exposures  -  Black and White A few Other Useful Things  -  Blown Out Skies  -  Neutral Density Filters  -  Polarizing Filters  -  Electronic noise You're Half Way There! Part III The Digital darkroom  -  Computer hardware  -  Card Reader  -  Printers  -  Mouse Post Processing  -  The Ethics of Altering  -  Choosing Your Program  -  Tutorials   Photoshop Tutorials   Photoshop Primer   Saving Your Image   Adding a Border   Using Levels   Using Curves   The S-Curve   Correcting White Balance   Improving Saturation   The Clone Tool   Correcting Lens Distortion   Blending Multiple Images   Black and White Conversion   Sepia Conversion   Reducing Noise   Cropping for Different Print Sizes   Sharpening   Working With RAW Files   The Gimp Tutorials   The Gimp Primer   Saving Your Image   Adding a Border   Using Levels   Using Curves   The S-Curve   Correcting White Balance   Improving Saturation   The Clone Tool   Correcting Lens Distortion   Blending Multiple Images   Black and White Conversion   Sepia Conversion   Reducing Noise   Cropping for Different Print Sizes   Sharpening   Working With RAW Files   << Extra Equipment It's All About Exposure >> Part II – Capturing The Scene Your First Manual Photo I want you to learn by experience and practice, so let's get to it and take a manual picture. You will need to know how to change your aperture, shutter speed, and if you can, your ISO on your camera to use this guide. Due to the hundreds of different camera types that this guide can be used with, you'll need to use your camera's manual or guide to find out the information on how to change settings. You may be able to find it online. Look in the forums to see if someone has posted the instructions for your camera. If they're not posted and you do work it out, why don't you post them for the next person. Look at your camera and set it to fully manual. Some cameras including SLRs will have an M setting on the dial and other camera types may have it hidden in the menus. If you can't set it to fully manual then you'll have to wait until we get to the semi-auto settings. Choose a well lit scene. Set the shutter speed to 1/60. Look through the view finder and half press the shutter release. Adjust the aperture until the light meter's needle in the viewfinder, or on the LCD screen, is in the middle. Frame your scene and hit the shutter release. Some cameras use a different method to represent the light being metered. However it's represented on your camera, there should be a + (or over) and – (or under), represented. Consult your camera's manual if you're not sure. Through the viewfinder Congratulations you have gone manual! Now, lets find out what you did! Just for fun, post your picture in the 'My First Manual Photo' forum. My first manual picture was of my foot! << Extra Equipment It's All About Exposure >>

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