RJ Bradbury Photography
Unit 1 Ground Floor, Woodbank Works
Turncroft Lane, Stockport SK1 4AR
UK
Call: 07763 418 761
Email: rick@rjbradbury.com
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Getting Started
At some point you come across off camera flash (OCF) and get introduced to a world full of cool looking images and behind the scenes images.
You see post after post of multiple light setups with big softboxes, stands and other equipment and then you go shopping.
Hold up. STOP.
When starting in portrait photography it is all too easy to get sucked in to studio or off camera flash world when really what we need to do is to start simple with natural / available light.
For this we don’t need a ton of kit.
If you have a camera & lens you can get to work and if you want to add a few tools to offer a lot of control you can do so very affordably.
The mode dial can be the most daunting dial on a camera when starting out but rest assured it's not as scary as it seems. I break it down in the video and blog post below.
When you move from a compact or point and shoot camera to a DSLR or mirrorless camera you are greeted by this circular dial with a load of symbols on. What does all this mean?
Let’s take you through it.
You might be keen to lean about exposure, focus, depth of field (DOF) etc. but we need to learn the layout of the camera and that comes with learning about the Mode Dial and what each mode is for.
We will get in to the different modes in more detail in upcoming posts but for now we will get to know the names and what each mode allows you to control.