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J-Farrell — Aperture and Shutter Speed
Published: 2008-12-03 22:29:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 10925; Favourites: 147; Downloads: 1261
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A tutorial on basic application of shutter speed and aperture. For now, it focuses on exposing while 'zeroed out'. Eventually I will also cover exposure compensation and bracketing.EDIT: Wow! I was definitely not expecting this kind of response. Thank you so much to everyone who has collected, faved, or commented on this tutorial. Eventually I hope to be able to respond personally to all of you, and I promise I'm working on "Bracketing", hopefully to be finished by middle of next week.
Keep Photographing, my friends!
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Comments: 32
This looks great, but whenever I see the word "Aperture" I can't help but think of Portal.
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I would like to add this to my photo-taking tip folder in my group. If you don't mind.
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Thank you. I'm glad people find it to be useful
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While i knew most of this already, this was very well explained.
So easy to understand!
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depth of field was killing me but I think I understand it now. thanks!
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Ahhh this has saved my life (:
Thank youuuu
Have a photography assesment and I was having real problems explaining shutters and aperatures to people.
<3
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any updates on the bracketing tutorial?
u explain things nicely, with visuals!
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Love your tutorial! I always get F/ number confused on which way to put it for the larger or smaller aperture. Thanks so much for this! It helps a lot.
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I'm glad it was helpful!
I had that problem at first too. For some reason my brain was convinced that a bigger number should mean a bigger opening. But I've finally got it down. lol
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Thank you, thank you. I've been needing to have this explained to me in plain English. So many of the digital camera books I read assume you're converting from film and already know this stuff. I appreciate your taking the time to share this crucial information.
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simple answers, simply explained
to the simple questions I've been asking for ever! Many tutorials just confuse more by providing unnecessary in-depth info.
This one: answers it all right away. Wonderful. Thank you. 
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I have been trying to explain this to other people with no success.. This is simple and easy for them to begin to understand..Nice...D
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Glad you found it useful!
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Thank you
I read about aperature and shutter speed many times but it never hurts to find a good tutorial like this. This was I can easily refer to how-to online
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Glad it can help. 
I've gotta post more useful stuff like this. Lately I just haven't been able to condense my thoughts into a small enough file. XD
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I've had my first ever DSLR for 3 days now and this has cleared up a lot of things I didn't understand.
Thank you
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Well, happy I could help. If you have any other questions feel free to ask them.
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Hi buddy, thanx 4 the tut
but there's one problm with me, every photgraph i shot with PROGRAM AUTO mode it got blurred a lill bit.
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That's probably caused by camera shake, not settings.
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Indeed. If you're shooting handheld with a shutter speed less than, say, 1/30, it's probably camera shake. Try putting it on a sturdy tripod or increasing your ISO. Also, depending on the lighting situation Program Auto doesn't always work the best.
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This tutorial has been collected in *PhotoLust 's favourites gallery (home of loads of brilliant tutorials) and has also been featured in December's journal . Thanks for making such a great resource!
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No problem. Glad someone found some use for the information.
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