Camera Settings
"Getting motivated after seeing the world around you excel in their respective fields just for their hard work is really great. "
Comprehending this sentence actually means a lot.Because success requires two raw materials to be productive;
1-Understanding your mission.
2-And working hard to carry on that mission.
These two raw materials combine to prove productive in making you successful.As this post is about understanding the basics of photography and this is the continuation of this Beginners' Photography course, I thought of writing a few words of motivation for the pessimists who are putting their guns down in this era of warfare and to jump start their interest in this field.
So let's continue our Beginners' Photography course with its 2nd post about Understanding Camera Settings.
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Understanding the Basics of Photography | A guide to understanding Camera Settings

Digital cameras are used widely around the globe.From a film production company to a small YouTuber who use professional digital cameras to get the action shot that you love and to make a video that catches a viewer's attention with its amazingly smooth sliding transitions respectively.But have you ever thought of how they are even able to get that properly exposed shot with a crispier look or how do they got to focus on a subject while blowing out the background?Surely the answer lies in the control over your camera that is the camera settings that we are talking about.
Most of the digital cameras give you complete control to adjust the shutter speed, the aperture size, the ISO or image size and etc but except for some models or the point and shoot camera that just do not give any control over them.
To be specific, if you understand all the settings of your camera then the only thing that will refrain you from achieving your goal further is your hard work.Right, let us better understand the most important of the settings in detail and one by one.

Camera Settings
Camera Settings Screen


1-Shutter Speed

Shutter is just like the eyelid of your eye which in the case of a camera is just a flap which shuts open and close to block light from hitting the sensor but as we are talking about Shutter Speed specifically,  it is obvious that this option is to adjust the time interval of the shutter, meaning for how much time the shutter will be raised up to expose the image sensor to light.Remember! a shutter open for a longer period of time will get in more light and thus can overexpose your photo.In a DSLR camera, the shutter speed is counted in seconds e.g. 1/1000.

2-Aperture

Aperture is just like the pupil of your eye.And believe it or not? it also works exactly the same.Aperture size is denoted by f-numbers in the camera e.g. f-16.F-number or aperture size can also expose your image in many different ways.
Note: Bigger f-numbers e.g. f-22 actually mean smaller aperture size while smaller f-number like f-3 means wider aperture size.

3-ISO

ISO is the sensitivity of the image sensor.ISO determines how should light affect the image exposure meaning, higher ISO will increase the sensor sensitivity thus the image will be brighter while lower ISO will decrease sensitivity, thus will decrease the brightness.ISO is set by adjusting the ISO number which is denoted in hundreds like ISO 100 or ISO 800.
Note: Higher ISO can cause a lot of image noise.

4-Image Size

As obvious from its name, this option allows you to set image size.Different image sizes mean different memory in megabytes or even in kilobytes.This can be useful for taking images for different documents.

5-Exposure Compensation

A digital camera can detect high or low light areas.For this purpose, there is an option that tells you about the brightness or the exposure of the image you are just going to snap.For a properly exposed image, the exposure compensation should be zero(0).But it can be changed to negative and positive values depending on what kind of pictures you want.By the way, I do not recommend changing it to other values as it might make a problem in getting a rightly exposed image.

6-Shooting Mode

Normally a camera takes a single snap at a time but you can also get to shoot multiple images by going to Shooting Mode option and changing it to continuous.After then, by pressing the button, the shutter will rapidly shut open and close and you will get a series of images.

I know these are not the complete set of options but for a beginner, understanding these points is extremely important and I think that I have done justice to every point, explaining them well.For you out there, reading this, just grab your camera and go through all these options and see what have you been dealing all the time.In the end, I would just want you to give your feedback or if you have got any queries, just put them in the comments box and yes! share it.