This document provides guidance on how to improve photography skills by understanding key camera settings and techniques. It explains that shutter speed, exposure time, and ISO work together to control the amount of light entering the camera. The proper use of these settings can achieve different depths of field and capture movement. It also discusses the role of white balance in avoiding color casts, and the "rule of thirds" framing technique to create visually pleasing compositions. Mastering these fundamental concepts helps take pictures that accurately portray what the photographer intends.

1. HOW TO TAKE
BETTER PHOTOS!

2. The trick for taking a picture that
shows exactly what we want it to
show is a combination of the shutter
speed, the exposure time and the ISO.!

3. SHUTTER SPEED!
Depending on the shutter speed we
regulate the amount of light that
enters the camera, this is translated
into a higher or lower depth of field.
You can check the highest and lowest
shutter speeds on your camera lens,
marked with an “f”.!

4. The lowest “f” means higher
depth of field. It concentrates
more light and everything on
the screen is on focus.!
The highest “f” means lower
depth field. This means we
can choose where to focus.!
SHUTTER SPEED!

5. EXPOSURE TIME!
The amount of time that the
diafragma is open.
If there’s a lot of ambient light, the
exposure time will be short, but if the
photo is taken in dark atmospheres
the exposure time will be longer.
Exposure is also important when
photographing moving objects.!

6. 1/30
Longer exposure time allows
capturing the movement of
water.!
EXPOSURE TIME!
1/125
Short exposure time to
capture the water at one
exact moment without
“movement”!

7. ISO / ASA!
It shows the sensitivity of the “film” to
the light.
A lower ISO (for example 100) means
lower sensitivity and viceversa.
We need to think about exposure time
depending on the ISO we have. !

8. ISO / ASA!
These images are taken with the same
exposure time but with 4 different types of
ISO. You can see the difference between film
sensitivity and the brightness/darkness of
the image.!

9. WHITE BALANCE!
It’s used to avoid color predominance.
It adjusts the brightest part of the
scene and identifies it as “white” and
the darkest one as “black”!

10. The same picture with different white
balances.!
Wikipedia!
WHITE BALANCE!

11. FRAMING!
The “rule of thirds” is a perfect trick
for good framing.
You have to imagine that the scene is
separated by two horizontal and two
vertical lines. In a lot of digital
cameras they appear automatically on
the screen.!

12. Canonistas!
FRAMING!
The idea is to align the horizon with the
horizontal lines and create balance
arranging the objects with the lines.!

13. Thanks!!