For some people on here, this will be very basic info, but for others, i hope it will help you create vivid, better then life images! There are so many techniques on the camera itself that can be used to create different and interesting photos.

Exposure

Exposure is one of the things that will definitely effect the way the colors in the photograph come out.

Exposure is all about how much light is allowed to fall on the photographic medium, be that a photographic film or an image sensor, during the process of taking a photograph.

Correct expoure is determined by the sensitivity of the medium used. In photography, this sensitivity is measured on a scale published by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO). Exposure is a combination of the...

Ok, so the last blog i posted, i wrote about how your exposure effects your image. There are 3 main things that will effect your exposure.. these are your Aperture, Shutter Speed and your ISO.

To make this blog NOT be 10 pages long, i'm just gonna go into detail in this one about your aperture. Again, i'm sure this is nothing new to many people, but hopefully it'll help bring clarity if you need it on this topic!

An aperture is a hole or opening through which light is admitted. The aperture stops in a photographoc lens, can be adjusted to control the amount of light that reaches the digital sensor or film in the camera. In combination with the shutter speed, the aperture regulates the film’s degree of exposure to light.

If I want more light in my photo,...