Introduction the the DSLR Camera

A DSLR camera stands for digital single lens reflex. It's a camera with one lens and a mirror which reflects the light where pictures are recorded on a digital card instead of film. To use the camera, you need to have it set on automatic.

Here is how to use it:

·         Set dial to green automatic mode.

·         Set lens to AF (autofocus). NOT MF (manual focus).

·         Push shutter button down halfway - the camera will automatically focus on the subject.

·         Push the button down the rest of the way to take the picture.

Exposure

Amount of light a digital cameras sensor captures when a photo is taken.

•      Overexposed.
• Too much light.
• Washed out photo.

•   Underexposed
•               Too little light.
•               Photo too dark.

Aperture

Controls size of lens opening that allows light into your camera.

Can blur foreground and background that bracket your subject (known as shallow depth of field) by opening up the aperture with a low f-stop number.

Can keep your photo sharp from the foreground through to the background (known as wide depth  of field) by closing aperture down with high f-stop number.

Shutter Speed

Controls how long shutter opens to expose image sensor to that light.

Open it for a millisecond and you can freeze a fast moving subject.

Show the movement of a fast moving subject by keeping it open with a longer shutter speed.

ISO

How sensitive your image sensor is to light.

The higher the ISO, the more sensitive and brighter the image will be.

The lower the ISO, the less light it will bring in and darker the image will be. 

(High ISO Picture)