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    My Camera Tutor: Learning the PSAM Modes
    My Camera Tutor: Learning the PSAM Modes
    My Camera Tutor: Learning the PSAM Modes
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    My Camera Tutor: Learning the PSAM Modes

    By Stephen Drew

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    The typical camera how-to book tries to cover it all, leaving the reader overwhelmed with far more information than they need at the outset. Your camera's user manual is no different. How many pages does it have? A hundred? TWO hundred? I tell my camera students that user manuals are like dictionaries: They're great for looking things up, but not as a textbook for learning photography skills in the first place. There's just too much information that you DON'T need, that gets in the way of learning the few things that you DO need to lay a good foundation for your camera skills. "My Camera Tutor - Learning the PSAM Modes" is written by an experienced photography tutor, and is a concise presentation of the essential photography concepts that can create camera competence if applied with diligent practice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephen Drew
    Release dateJan 15, 2014
    ISBN9781311026248
    My Camera Tutor: Learning the PSAM Modes
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    Stephen Drew

    The founding member of RPEG - The Rochester Photo Editing Group - Part of the Meetup system in Rochester, NY. Owner of Upstate Web Services, and of 585Photo.com - a general photography services firm in Rochester.

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      My Camera Tutor - Stephen Drew

      MY CAMERA TUTOR

      Learning The PSAM Modes

      By Stephen Drew

      Text copyright © 2014

      Stephen L Drew

      Smashwords Edition

      All Rights Reserved

      Preface

      There are times when less really is better. Nowhere is that more true than when trying to learn how to use a modern digital SLR camera with all of its buttons, dials and controls! It's easy for the beginning camera student to become overwhelmed the moment he takes his camera out of the box, but the real discouragement comes when he buys a forty-dollar how-to book and sees three hundred pages of information that are intended to somehow make it all easier for him to learn somehow.

      The main virtue of the information you'll find here is that we've gone just the other way. We're not trying to cover it all: We're giving you what you NEED to know in order to get your feet on the ground in modern digital photography. Think of it as your "camera Boot Camp, where the habits you'll learn can serve you for the rest of your life in photography. All things being equal, we think you'll agree in time that you'll be far better prepared than those who began with a less (sorry) focused approach.

      This eBook tutorial is an excellent tool, but some people may prefer to supplement it with audio instruction that can be played over and over to add the element of repetition. If that describes you, the material included here can be purchased as a continuous-play MP3 download from our website at http://www.mycameratutor.com.

      Table of Contents

      Intro - A Strategy for Success

      Chapter 1 Your Camera - Taking vs. Making

      Chapter 2 Exposure - The Three Equal Partners

      Chapter 3 Program Mode - Automatic For Experts

      Chapter 4 Shutter Priority - Managing Motion

      Chapter 5 Aperture Priority - Seeing The Field

      Chapter 6 Manual Mode - The Deep End of The Pool

      Chapter 7 ISO - The Mode Without a Dial

      Chapter 8 Lenses - Focus on THIS!

      Chapter 9 Flash - Learning to Love it

      Chapter 10 Closing - The Road to Mastery

      Intro - A Strategy For Success

      Making great pictures with a camera has never been easier than it is today, but the best photographs--the money shots as the pros like to call them--will always favor those who take the time and put the effort into learning their craft. Learning to use a modern digital SLR camera with all its buttons, dials and controls is a little like learning to drive a car. There's head knowledge that can be learned in a few hours, but they don't hand out driver's licenses to people with head knowledge alone. You have to demonstrate that your knowledge has been interpreted into skill through lots and lots of hands-on practice. Our goal in our time together here, is to impart the kind of knowledge you'll need in order to begin--and to succeed--with your own personal practice regimen.

      The typical camera how-to book tries to cover it all, leaving the reader overwhelmed with far more information than they need at the outset. Your camera's user manual is no different. How many pages does it have? Two hundred? THREE hundred? I tell my camera students that user manuals are like dictionaries: They're great for looking things up, but not as a textbook for learning photography skills in the first place. There's just too much information that you DON'T need, that gets in the way of learning the few things that you DO need to lay a good foundation

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