The third part of the exposure triangle is the part that lends itself most to creativity in photography and that is aperture. Aperture and shutter speed are the two settings that control the amount of light that reaches your sensor. We explored shutter speed in our last article so now we will explore aperture. This setting tells the camera how large or small you want … Continue reading Triangle Simplified – Aperture

Now that we have touched on ISO, lets take a look at shutter speed on your dslr.  Shutter speed controls how long the shutter is open which allows light to hit your camera’s sensor. In an image where it is bright and sunny, you want the shutter speed to be quick so it doesn’t overexpose the shot, like 1/250 sec. But if you have a … Continue reading Triangle Simplified – Shutter Speed

In digital photography, there are many settings that should be adjusted before each shot so that the best possible quality can be obtained.  We will explain them one at a time in this next series of posts. In the exposure triangle, your first adjustment should always be your ISO adjustment.  What does ISO mean?  Quite simply, ISO stands for the International Organisation for Standardization and … Continue reading Triangle Simplified – ISO

Now that we have gone over color theory and natural light, we will look at ways you can manipulate light in your camera. Everyone has heard about the exposure triangle but in terms of light, I will explain it this way: 1.  ISO – how sensitive your sensor is to the light that is let in. 2.  Speed – how fast the light is let … Continue reading Manipulating Light

Warm and Cool Colors Warm and cool colors play a part in color theory when deciding which type of reaction you wish to evoke. Warm colors evoke energy and can advance forth in an image whereas cool colors recede in an image and can evoke a calm and soothing reaction. The image below shows which colors are considered warm and which are cool. In choosing … Continue reading Warm and cool colors, tints, shades and tones

In our last post we discussed the primary color model and complimentary colors. The primary color wheel is used mostly for pigments or painting but learning the basic color wheel has some advantages in photography as a basic way of looking at color. In reality, photography uses the RGB color scheme which is based on light and is considered an additive color model. The three … Continue reading Complimentary Colors Part 2

In our previous post, we examined the color wheel and how each of the primary, secondary and tertiary colors fit onto the color wheel. The colors we examined are considered to be part of the RYB (subtractive) or artistic color model. It is the basic color model for painting and designing. So, why are we looking at this model? To learn color theory, you have … Continue reading Complimentary Colors