A small group assembled at The Angel for our first tuition evening which focused on increasing familiarity and use of different camera settings to produce more creative images.  Having looked at the Exposure Triangle and the limitations that operating on auto-mode, where the camera makes all the decisions on what settings will be used, we then dived deeper into the impact of ISO; Shutter Speed and Aperture to explore when they should be used and what effect they had on the resulting image.

A wide array of cameras had been brought along with all the major brands represented and including a couple of mirrorless models. Despite the difference in nomenclatures between different manufacturers, we were able to navigate through the various programme modes and their impact.  Discussions moved onto lenses and how and when different focal length lenses are used depending upon the subject matter chosen. I think it’s fair to say that we all learned a little more about the functionality of our cameras and hopefully have gone away with some areas and concepts to explore further.