A Beginner's Guide to Camera Properties and Settings

Starting out in photography is a daunting thing, as you have to learn a wide range of concepts, master technical parameters, and develop creative vision all at the same time. Nonetheless, you can boil down operating your camera to a few fundamental things that, once mastered, will allow you to start your journey with much more confidence and control. This helpful video tutorial will show you everything you need to know about those fundamentals so you can get to shooting. 

Coming to you from Koldunov Brothers, this awesome video tutorial will teach you the basics of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focus distance, and focal length. While modern cameras are tremendously intricate machines and the practice of photography requires a ton of techniques, creative visions, and specialized knowledge, mastering the three exposure parameters (shutter speed, aperture, and ISO) will give you the kind of technical and creative control you need to head out and start learning and experimenting. And really, keeping the process simpler to start is a good thing. While you can study information all you want, you have to get out there and put it into practice to actually become proficient and to also develop your creative voice. So, watch the video, then grab your camera and head out for a bit to put it all into practice. 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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