Understand Your Camera: Manual Photography Made Easy

The manual photography mode on your mirrorless camera can seem challenging to understand, but it's much simpler than many photographers make it out to be. In this video, I cover the technical fundamentals for aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, but also how to drastically simplify making decisions about these settings so that you can focus more on the creative side of photography and easily master manual mode on your camera.

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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Manual mode is easier than you think!
0:39 - Goal: Accurate, yet approachable info
2:26 - What is exposure?
5:21 - Aperture basics for exposure
7:01 - Shutter speed basics for exposure
8:41 - Understanding ISO
10:36 - ISO tradeoff
12:38 - Shutter speed tradeoff
14:00 - Aperture tradeoffs
16:56 - Bringing it all together
18:47 - Examples for helping you decide your priorities
21:10 - Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this video! 🤘
22:17 - What to watch next

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