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Five Easy Steps to Shoot in Manual

Como fotografar com em modo manual.

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Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 1

Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 2

I owned my DSLR camera for a year before I understood aperture, shutter speed, exposure, ISO, and white balance (boy, that’s a mouthful); and how they worked together. By the end of one day I was shooting in manual and my photos were good.

I did fall off the wagon, but I didn’t fall far. I shot in aperture and shutter speed priority modes until I was more comfortable, then I jumped back into the deep end and I’ve been shooting in manual ever since.

Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 4

Do you understand any of the terms I mentioned on page 2? If not, don’t worry; I’ll share my harebrained explanations next. My explanations are short and sweet; with the goal of getting you familiar with the terms; which will make following photography books a lot easier.

The dictionary says that an aperture is a hole or opening through which light travels. This makes perfect sense, because light is traveling to your lens. The wider the opening (i. f/1, f/2, etc) the more light you’ll get; the smaller the opening (i. f/22) the less light you get.

I prefer to shoot at the lower end of the scale, because the DOF is fantastic (I used to think we got the background blur in Photoshop) and there’s loads of light. My favorite lens is a 50mm f/2. prime/macro lens. The default setting I chose is f/4, because Scott Kelby “told me” that using the lowest aperture takes away sharpness, however, I don’t live at f/4.

50mm lens, Aperture f/4, Shutter Speed 1/100 second, Exposure 0, ISO 200

Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 5

Shutter speed was easy for me to pick up. It’s how quickly the camera closes. I think of the alligator symbols in elementary math class; remember the > and <? This is silly, I know, but I think of an alligator’s mouth snapping closed. It closes fast at higher shutter speeds and slowly at lower shutter speeds. If light is trying to travel up the lens to your camera’s sensor, then it makes sense that higher shutter speeds (closing fast) would slow that travel down.

I shoot at lower shutter speeds when I don’t have great light. The light that is there is sluggishly traveling to my sensor so I need the shutter to stay open longer to give the light some time. When I’m shooting outside, I ramp up the shutter speed – this allows me to freeze time and I love it. This is very useful when photographing dogs that won’t stay still for more than a millisecond.

85mm lens, Aperture f/5, Shutter Speed 1/25 second, Exposure 0, ISO 1600

50mm lens, Aperture f/4, Shutter Shutter Shutter Shutter Speed 1/Speed 1/Speed 1/Speed 1/1000 100010001000 secondsecondsecondsecond, Exposure 0,

ISO 200

50mm lens, Aperture f/36, Shutter Shutter Shutter Shutter Speed 1/13 secondSpeed 1/13 secondSpeed 1/13 secondSpeed 1/13 second, Exposure 0, ISO

200

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Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 7

Have you noticed the scale when you peak through your camera’s view finder? I used to think that measure the distance I was to my subject and didn’t think it was working right, because it wasn’t useful at all. See what happens when you toss the manual?

This is the exposure compensation scale and it lets us know when we have a properly exposed (lit) image. When I was at the tulip festival, the bright sun made the arrow on my camera’s scale shoot to the right, telling me that my image was way over exposed (way to bright).

Solution: I dialed up the aperture, because I wanted to capture more of the field in the shot, and I dialed up the shutter speed to reduce the amount of light reaching my camera’s sensor.

105mm lens, Aperture f/11, Shutter Speed 1/160 second, Exposure 0, ISO 200

Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 8

When I take pictures in the house, in the evening, the arrow will shoot to the left, telling me that the image is under exposed (too dark). I can lower my aperture (but I don’t go below f/4, personal choice), I lower the shutter speed (but I try not to go below 25, because I prefer hand held to using a tripod), and I increase my ISO.

Metering can be a pain in the butt, but it’s so necessary. I have four animals. Cosmo is orange and a dream to photograph. Jaffrey, Rodrigo and Sydney are black. When I photograph one of them, my camera will meter on their dark hair and under expose my shot, sometimes making it black. So I either meter on their white hair, push the shutter button to lock the shot, and then reframe the image, OR, I have to get fancy with the other settings. I included my cheat sheet towards the end to help you get fancy too.

I have the opposite experience with Cosmo; I meter on his white hair and over expose the image.

Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 10

When I want brighter images.. I want brighter images.. I want brighter images.. I want brighter images...

DECREASE SHUTTER SPEED: this allows time for more light to reach your camera’s sensor DECREASE APERTURE: this gives you a wider lens opening, allowing in more light; this also gives you a shallow depth of field (DOF) INCREASE ISO: remember the flash light lover’s group? this invites more flash lights to your party, giving you more light

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When I’m taking pictures on an overcast, gloomy day When I’m taking pictures of a black cat or dog When I’m taking pictures in the evening, in a room with low light

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INCREASE SHUTTER SPEED: this prevents too much light from reaching your camera’s sensor INCREASE APERTURE: this creates a smaller lens opening, allowing in less light; I usually on increase up to an aperture of f/9, but sometimes I go higher when I’m outside based on how long I want the DOF to appear (how much of the background do I want in focus) DECREASE ISO: I shoot with an ISO of 200 and 400 regularly, only increasing it higher when I need more light

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When I’m taking pictures on a bright sunny day (hint: don’t take portraits at noon) When the natural reflectors are providing too much light (see image below) When I’m metering off a white object, like flowers.

Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier, ©Kimberly Gauthier Photography Page 11

Now it’s time for you to dial over to M and start shooting in manual. Choose something really simple, buy yourself some flowers, use a toy, or photograph an apple. You want an object that will remain still. Move the object to different areas of your house (to take advantage of the different lighting). And do this for an hour a day.

When you’re ready, move outside and walk around your property or community and take pictures. I suggest going to a gardening nursery (ask if they’re okay with photographers) or an arboretum. Take your time and take pictures.

When you’re ready, start practicing on your family, taking posed and candid shots. This will help you with adjusting your settings on the fly. Don’t worry if you don’t nail it – you’re practicing! If no one caught on, this wouldn’t be the expensive hobby that we love.

And remember the following:

1.Identify what you want to shoot Identify what you want to shoot Identify what you want to shoot Identify what you want to shoot

2.Compose Compose Compose Compose your shot your shot your shot your shot

3.Adjust your camera settings Adjust your camera settings Adjust your camera settings Adjust your camera settings

4.Take your picture Take your picture Take your picture Take your picture

5.Review Review Review Review

If you have any questions or would like my thoughts on your images – please feel free to contact me at any time; my email address is kimberly@kimberlygauthier and I’m great about getting back to you quickly.

Good luck and have fun! I’m so excited and wish that I was shooting right at your side!

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