Easily Confused – Part 2: Exposure Mode and Focusing
In the second part of our mini-series "Easily Confused", we pick up on an observation from our beginner courses. Many participants confuse exposure mode and focus. Very often they think [...]
Easily Confused – Part 1: Spot Metering and Autofocus Metering Point
This new mini-series is about camera functions that photography novices tend to confuse, even though they have little or nothing to do with each other. In this first part, we [...]
How to read the histogram correctly
Nowadays in the digital world, we can fortunately tell immediately after taking a photo - and, with modern cameras, even before taking the photo - whether the exposure is correct [...]
Exposure Metering Modes
Modern cameras all have a built-in exposure meter. No guessing of the correct exposure or use of rules of thumb like the "Sunny 16 rule" is required any more. But [...]
Photographing the Moon
In our beginner courses the question with which camera settings one photographs the (full) moon comes up again and again. The participants almost always think that you need a [...]