The recommendations in this post are based on what current A Year With My Camera students and staff have tried.
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#Make30Photos is a 30 day photo challenge with a twist; you don’t have to finish it in 30 days. Take as long as you like. The only requirement is to think about your photo before you take it — make it, don’t take it.
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You have ventured off auto mode. You know what aperture is. You can have a go at changing the shutter speed. But what settings should you actually use, now you aren’t on auto?
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If you find yourself with unexpectedly blurry photos when you start to venture off auto modes, read this post and check you have fixed one critical setting buried deep in your camera’s menus.
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How many times have you tried to learn how to use your camera? And how far did you get?
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1. Hold the camera firmly, but not over-tightly. You don't want to be tense. You're aiming for solid but not rigid.
2. Support it with two hands - one to press the shutter button and the other to take the weight of the lens.
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Do you know how to look after your lens, clean your sensor, and stop your memory cards corrupting?
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Are you scared to change anything on your camera in case you can't get it back to how it was? Are you worried you'll miss the shot? Fear not. I have some emergency settings you can use.
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What's the best camera for beginners? - someone wants to know this every day. I've avoided naming names until now, because all digital cameras nowadays are great. But a few makes and models keep cropping up as the best-loved in my online courses and in person workshops, so I now feel that I have enough hands-on experience to make some recommendations.
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