Comments on: Photo Class // Aperture…

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:16:23 +0000

Wow, i’m soo glad I stumbled upon you, I have own a Canon PowerShot G9 (07) version and have not figured out to use it, except basic use. I say everyday while blog reading ” man I wish I knew who to use/ take pictures with my camera. I will be in tune for you tutorials. Question, If i set my mode dial to Av, what ISO speed do I use?

Thank You

Cheryl

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:00:41 +0000

I’ve very recently begun to teach myself photography, and I’ve been very confused about things like this up until now. You explained it so well! I’ve looked through several websites and books trying to figure out how to understand how a camera works, and not one thing has made sense to me yet. This is the first time I’ve truly understood something about cameras! Thank you so much, I’m so glad I found out about your blog.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:36:20 +0000

Wowzers! This was great, Ryan! You explained this in a way that even my 40-year-old-mother-of-three brain can handle. And that’s sayin’ sumpin.
Thanks!

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By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:40:19 +0000

Holy crap, I’ve finally found someone that will hold my hand and talk to me like I’m a cute but stupid 3-year-old when it comes to figuring out how the heck to work my new Canon Rebel. THANK YOU. I even bought the “Canon Rebel for Dummies” book and it was still all blurring together in my head, until I came here. You, sir, are made of win and I will be forever grateful.

By: Maureen in IL

Maureen in IL — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:47:50 +0000

Thanks for the lesson. I too am a visual learner and your explanation finally clicked for me. Nice job, I think you must be a natural teacher. I am hopeful to finally get my first DSL by July. I’m having a difficult time deciding on the Canon Rebel or Nikon D60. I feel like I don’t understand enough to make the decision. But, your posts have helped me to understand a bit more.

By: ChrisVT

ChrisVT — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:40:00 +0000

Great posts! I also spent time in a photo store (process c-41? anyone?) and alot of people have been spoiled by the point, shoot, and view of digital photography. Even if all people gain from this one post is, “I can change what is in focus?” you will have improved the quality of a million graduation, birthday, night out, vacation slideshows.

Now when do we get to bracketing?? -chris

By: Tigli

Tigli — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:52:33 +0000

This is great! And so is your post today about shutter priority. I just got a new Canon Rebel xs, so I’ve been playing with it A LOT lately. I love the look of a shallow depth of field, so I’m always shooting in AP mode. By problem is that my images in AP always come out looking so BLUE(especially compared to shooting in Auto, or one of the other pre-set modes). I end up trying to correct them in Photoshop, but they never look quite right. How can I remedy that so they come out looking good SOOC?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:25:25 +0000

Ryan,
Thank you for your Photo Class. Your Aperture explanation is great. Helped me out a lot. I’m going to get out and shoot some photos and try these different settings. I’ve been a “Auto” shooter for years now and this will hopefully free me up. BTW on a another subject…I tried your bread-in-a-pot recipe. Delicious! Thanks man!

By: Tanya B

Tanya B — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:21:12 +0000

You know, I never truly understood this until you daid big aperture = big focus. Seriously. I totally get it now. THANK YOU!

By: Amy Wright

Amy Wright — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:09:10 +0000

Thanks! I’ll take both of my cameras and try out a higher ISO with one and my 50mm/crop idea with the other. I REALLY appreciate it!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:28:33 +0000

Wow!! Thanks Ryan for a great {& easy to understand} tut.
I have a pretty basic P&S {FinePix A920} that I’m able to get some pretty decent pictures with, but your explanations of aperture that include tips for a P&S really help.
I’ll be stopping back for more!

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:40:02 +0000

Hi Ryan,

Over the weekend it was really sunny and I was trying to get some great portrait type shots of kids – I used the lowest aperture setting (1.8) – my photos ended up being whited out. Should I have also messed with the ISO or shutter speed to prevent that?

Thanks!

By: The Imp

The Imp — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:25:37 +0000

“I am sorry to say that this might be a classic case of “shutter-mashing”.”

I’m pretty good with the “half-press, focus, press completely” method. So I wonder if it is a camera issue. I’ll have to play around with the settings some more, since it doesn’t always happen, and see if I can figure out exactly what settings are making it happen.

Thanks!

By: wkf

wkf — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:32:54 +0000

Ok, that was the first tutorial, I’ve read that didn’t automatically get switched (in my head) to,”Blah.. blah.. blah… Camera… blah… blah ..”
That was great. Looking forward to the rest. Thanks!