Nikon D800 | Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX | ISO 400 | 1/640 sec | F2.8 Photo: Abby Ferguson Understanding shutter speed, aperture and ISO can be overwhelming for beginner photographers. Even once ...

Every good photo begins with the right exposure. Even if you catch a great subject at the perfect moment with strong framing, everything is lost if you blow the exposure. If you only shoot in ...

Jo Plumridge is a British writer and photographer who specializes in design, travel and comedy pieces. As a photographer, she focuses on portraiture. This post was originally published on the ...

Photography is much more than pointing a camera and pressing a button. This is something you realize soon after getting your hands on a serious shooter. Maybe you stumbled upon your smartphone’s ...

Camera manufacturers increasingly like to crow about ISO ranges when launching a new camera, with high ISO numbers now reaching into the hundreds of thousands. But what do these numbers really mean?

Compared to ISO and aperture, shutter speed is a relatively straightforward concept to understand. It's the period of time that a camera's sensor (or film) is exposed to light after you hit the ...

Photography can be so much more expressive when you venture beyond point-and-shoot. For newbies stepping up to a more capable camera, such as an advanced compact, a mirrorless compact system camera, ...

A much more important value is the size of the camera's aperture, commonly listed as an f-number. The f-number is a ratio between the focal length and size of the hole, and tells you how much light ...

You think you’re in manual mode, but if you haven’t switched off auto ISO, the camera will still adjust the exposure automatically. Here’s why you should take back control ...