6 Simple Camera Hacks To Get You Off AUTO Mode Forever

• Credit: Photography Pro Youtube Channel

1) Take Control Over Photo Brightness With Exposure Composition

 – Bright lighting = cheerful, dark lighting = moody

 – Press plus to increase brightness, minus to decrease

 – (On a Canon, “P” represents “Program” mode)

 – Press the “q” button in the back to access exposure composition

2) Use ISO To Supercharge Your Low-Light Photography

 – Is a scale from 100-3200

 – Represents the camera’s ability to absorb light (higher ISO = more sensitive)

 – Also works with how well your camera responds to movement (in dark areas,

  mostly) lower ISO will create blurry photos and a higher ISO results in sharper

pictures

 – However, there is a trade off. Higher ISO creates reduced quality

  – Change the ISO by using a scroller on the top?

3) Use Aperture Priority to Blur the Background

 – How “soft” or “hard” the background is

 – Switch top mode dial to “AV”

 – If you have a zoom lense, make sure you zoom it in

 – A large aperture opening gives you a lot of background blur, whereas a small aperture opening gives you only a little background blur

 – Aperture is measured in f-stop

 – To get background blur, you should choose your lenses lowest f-stop

4) Use F8 Aperture to get the Best Overall Image Quality

 – Gives a lot of focus, especially useful for photographing groups of people at all

distances

 – Use when there’s more than one person in a photo

5) Capture Sharp Landscapes Using the Highest F-Stop Number

 – You may need to use a tripod in order to prevent blurry photos

6) Use Shutter Priority for Stunning Photos of Moving Water

 – A fast shutter speed freezes fast-moving objects

 – A slow shutter speed makes fast moving objects blurry

 – Set your top dial to “TV”

 – For this type of photo, you should have a tripod or at least a stable platform like a chair

 – This type of photography works best in the early morning or late evening

 – Make sure your ISO is the lowest possible for slow shutter speed, and highest for fast shutter speed (and vice versa)