Digital Photography Tip #001 - Know Your Camera.

I'm starting a more serious series of posts. Digital Photography Tips. My blog to date has been mostly ramblings about, well nothing really. I'm going to start to give back that which I have learned. I'm aiming as DSLR users here but any tips on composition and the like will also work if you have a point and shoot.

OK, let's get started. Here is tip number 1.

Know your camera.

You may ask, "What the heck does that mean?". Well I mean just that. Know your camera. Inside and out. All the controls, how to do everything that it will do. Everything from changing the ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture right down to changing the battery. Take some time, read the manual that came with the camera. Learn what all those little display icons mean and how to change them. Take some pictures then change some settings and see what they do. You need to be able to change settings on the fly and not have to pull out the manual to figure it out. That moment will pass you by as you are looking something up.


There may be a more detailed book for you camera at your local book store. They can provide much more detailed information than the manual but the manual will give you tons of information.

That's it for #1. Simple to the point but important. You need to know how to adjust your camera. Next time we will start discussing what and why you need to change settings.

Chris.