Light is the very essence of which we see the world's shapes, colors and life. with out light we would only see darkness. In my journey to take a better picture I'll embark on exploring light and using it various ways. I want to understand the histogram sensors provided on the camera, as well as the white balance. I know of them, and the basics of what they do. However, how can they really help me in taking a better picture?
To help with this I placed two orders on amazon today; "The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography (A Lark Photography Book)" Freeman, Michael and "Michael Freeman's Perfect Exposure: The Professional's Guide to Capturing Perfect Digital Photographs" Freeman, Michael. Both of these books were recommended during a short training session by a fellow photography friend Ron Large, http://largephotography.com/. He taught me this very simple piece of information. He taught me what over exposer means and under exposer means. If you have all black in a picture or all white in your picture then the data the camera is recording is lost. If you have an even balance then you have data to work with during post production.
Under exposed is all black and over exposed is all white. I barely know my camera and trying to understand how to obtain the less light or more light I really need to get to remembering what F-stop means, ISO, aperture and anything else I'm missing. I have it written in my notes less light is a higher f stop. Well how do I get there on manual? I know if I click the T on the dial I can roll the other dial until I'm at the desired F stop.
I think before I get these two books I need to download the manual for my camera and walk through each page. I found the instructional manual under Canon 30d http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa_er/manuals/cameras/30D.pdf .
I will start on page one and work through each page until I am a pro at understanding my camera, along the way taking the time to learn F-Stop, ISO, Aperture and anything else I am missing.




