Comments on: Photography Friday: Shooting in Manual Mode

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:45:59 +0000

thank you so much for this tutorial. i have been reading a ton of stuff trying to learn how to use my camera manually and this video tutorial taught me more in 5 minutes than all the reading I did in 5 hours. thanks for sharing your talent and knowledge with me.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:45:42 +0000

Thank you thank you for doing this! :) I switched to Manual about 2 months ago & i love it…now I just need to nail down metering!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:02:39 +0000

Thanks for the great tutorial! I’d love to hear how this would work with an ettl speedlite! =) That is where I am now. Does the meter automatically reflect the speed lite settings when on?

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Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:28:14 +0000

[...] under or overexpose an image no file format in the world is going to save you, but by now you know how to shoot in manual mode and how to read your camera’s histogram so you know you are exposing properly. Right? [...]

By: Photography Basics : Let’s Talk Focus | Becoming Mom

Photography Basics : Let’s Talk Focus | Becoming Mom — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:31:21 +0000

[...] of what I just said in the previous few paragraphs assumes that you are shooting in manual mode. Why? Because if you are shooting in P, AV or TV modes you will not have the kind of control you [...]

By: ariana

ariana — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:28:29 +0000

That’s great Jessica!! Maybe a little comic relief is a good thing ;)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:58:05 +0000

You don’t know how much this helped me. You probably felt like it was a silly video. But I just took my first picture in manual mode and it turned out PERFECTLY. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:33:45 +0000

Thanks! This gave me some confidence to actually try out manual mode. Here goes nothing!

By: First Snow Storm | Becoming Mom

First Snow Storm | Becoming Mom — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:17:05 +0000

[...] is TONS of light in the scene so it will adjust the SS or aperture accordingly. This is where shooting in manual mode comes in really handy. But even more than that, being able to read your histogram and adjust if you [...]

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:22:53 +0000

I finally had a chance to watch this without a baby to try to grab both the computer and camera. This was so helpful (especially since I have the same camera, ha ha)! Thank you so much for the great tutorial! I have been so scared to use the manual settings (even though I used to shoot with a 35mm SLR using manual settings), but no more!