For The Beginning Photographer- Start Taking Photos In Manual Mode In The Next 10 Minutes

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Trying To Learn To Take Photos In Manual Mode Without Learning These Basics Your Photos Will Get Much Worse BEFORE They Get Better. 3 videos to start getting into manual mode.


, professional photographer living in Southern California, editor and publisher for Modern Lens Magazine, put together 3 different videos.
Just the first one will give you everything you need to get into manual mode in under 10 minutes.
The next two will make things much clearer most importantly video #2 will show you how to “Cheat” and get all of your settings right before you even take your first manual shot. Then in Video # 3  we’ll talk more in depth about how shutter speed, aperture and ISO work and how each effects your image.

Start getting in Manual Mode Video 1.

This videos breaks down how to get your camera into manual mode step by step.
This is a video just created recently by Tony and Chelsea Northrup.If you don’t know them they are the authors of Stunning Digital Photography a #1 best selling book on Amazon.  I recommend watching the video all the way through once then going back and watching it again.


This video will show you how to “cheat” and get the basic settings you will need before ever even getting into manual mode.
This video is done by Jared Polin over at Fro Knows Photo. His hair and the style he uses identifying himself are pretty great. He definitely knows how to brand himself.
Don’t forget to watch video #3. That video will reinforce everything you’ve learned in these first two videos.After completing all 3 videos I’m sure that manual mode should make sense.

Start getting in Manual Mode Video 2

This video will show you how to “cheat” and get the basic settings you will need before ever even getting into manual mode.
This video is done by Jared Polin over at Fro Knows Photo. His hair and the style he uses identifying himself are pretty great. He definitely knows how to brand himself.
Don’t forget to watch video #3. That video will reinforce everything you’ve learned in these first two videos. After completing all 3 videos I’m sure that manual mode should make sense.

Start getting in Manual Mode Video 3

I have a friend who just got his first DSLR for Christmas
When he asked me what the very best way to learn to get his camera out of auto mode auto would be I recommended this video. These are the basics. Matthew Gore does a great job of explaining the exposure triangle in this 10 minute video.

(Source: Modern Lens Magazine)

Arianna Ardia-Wenink
Arianna studied Literature and Arts at the University of Amsterdam, where she specialised a.o. in "museology" and "organisation & marketing of blockbuster exhibitions". After working for 6 years as market researcher & marketing analyst at Zoom.nl, now she focuses her photography love and enthusiasm on the Haarlem Photo Club.

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