Hopefully our guides to ISO, aperture and shutter speed have made those photographic terms a little less daunting than they once were. If you now feel like you understand those concepts and are ...

Photography has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last half century. Steven Sasson developed the first digital camera for Eastman Kodak in the mid-'70s, but that model was larger than ...

Aperture priority isn't only for beginners, but if you want to use it like a pro, make sure you set the minimum shutter speed ...

Our guide to blue hour photography has top tips on equipment, settings, and planning – all you need to get inspired for the most magical time to shoot. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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 ...

I shoved my phone in my husband’s face to show him a picture I’d taken of the New York skyline. “It’s good, right?” I asked, way too proud of myself because, frankly, it was not good. “Well,” he said.

One of the reasons to move up from a cellphone or point-and-shoot cameras to a DSLR or digital mirrorless one is the ability to exert control over your exposures with the latter. With cellphones or ...

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The A on your camera’s mode dial is not for Amateur (and the P is not for Professional, but that’s another story). Aperture priority mode, designated by A or Av on the camera’s mode dial, blends the ...

If you want to get creative with your photography, and out of that all-too-tempting automatic mode, you'll need to get your head around a few key settings. We've already looked at ISO, and now it's ...