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10 Excellent, Actionable Tips For Beginner Photographers From Me Rick. Hi and welcome to Episode 110 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will try to explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. More on this at the end.

Here is the answery bit. Or in this episode, here are those 10 things.

1.  Get out more and take photos.
2.  Learn composition
3.  Learn your camera properly, and how to use your camera
4.  Take time taking photos
5.  Get out more but take less photos
6.  Less is more
7. Learn one photo editing software program
8.  Get a critique
9.  Really look at your photos and learn what you have done
10.  Enjoy photography.

Right then – that is my list. These are my 10 actionable tips for photographers.

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Episode 111 - What Is Exposure Compensation, How Do I Use It? And Why Is It So Useful?

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Basic Zone Camera Modes Or Creative Zone Modes - Which Should I Use? Hi and welcome to Episode 109 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will try to explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. More on this at the end.

Here is the answery bit
When I say Basic Modes I am talking about these, well these are the ones that my Canon 6D has.

• Scene Intelligent Auto
• Creative Auto Shooting
• Special Scene
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Close-up
• Sports
• Night Portrait
• Handheld Night Scene
• HDR Backlight Control

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Episode 110 - 10 Excellent, Actionable Tips For Beginner Photographers From Me Rick

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How Do I Use Creative Zone Modes To Help Me Take Photos?  Hi and welcome to Episode 108 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will try to explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. More on this at the end.

Here is the answery bit
The Creative Zone modes in photography give the photographer creative control over the photos that they take. The Creative Zone modes are aperture priority, shutter priority, manual mode and program. Each of the Creative Zone modes can help photographers take photos in different situations with different subject matters. In the Creative Zone modes the user sets some or all of the camera settings to achieve the look and exposure that they want for a photo.

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Episode 109 - Basic Zone Camera Modes Or Creative Zone Modes - Which Should I Use?

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What Are Creative Modes In Photography - And What Are The Other Modes? Hi and welcome to Episode 107 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will try to explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. More on this at the end.

Here is the answery bit
Creative modes in photography are aperture priority, shutter priority, manual and programme modes. In these modes the photographer can change most if not all of the camera settings. The other modes are called basic modes, which have picture styles for different types of photos, and a limited choice of camera settings to change.

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Episode 108 - How Do I Use Creative Zone Modes To Help Me Take Photos?

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Program Mode - What Is It? Is It Ok For Me To Use It?   Hi and welcome to Episode 106 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

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Here is the answery bit

Program Mode is indicated by the letter P on a Canon Camera. In program mode the camera selects the aperture and the shutter speed when you press the shutter release half way. Program Mode is more advanced than full auto as it allows the user to select some settings rather than the camera doing all of this, and the aperture and shutter combination can be quickly adjusted by the photographer.

OK - Why am I talking about Program Mode?

Well it was something that came up in a previous episode. I will come onto that in the talky bit.

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Episode 107 - What Are Creative Modes In Photography - And What Are The Other Modes?

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Do You Want To Know The 20 Camera Settings That I Use?  Hi and welcome to Episode 105 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. This is why my podcast exists, so please get in touch with your question and get a shout out from me in a future episode. Just head over to photographyexplainedpodcast.com/start.

Here is the answery bit

The 20 camera settings that I use with my go to Canon 6D and Canon 17-40mm lens are

1. Camera Mode - AV
2.  File Format – RAW
3.  AF - On
4.  ISO – 100
5.  Aperture – F8
6.  Shutter speed – determined by the camera
7.  Metering Mode - Evaluative
8.  Focus Mode – One shot
9.  Drive Mode – 10 second self-timer
10.  Auto-bracketing - On
11.  White Balance - Auto
12.  Picture Style – Standard
13.  Auto lighting optimizer – Off
14.  Colour space – sRGB
15.  GPS – On
16.  Back button focus - On
17.  Image stabilisation – I don’t have this!
18.  Focal length – 17mm
19.  Tripod/ L bracket
20.  Loupe viewer

Now that I have told you that little lot I need to explain a few things.

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Episode 106 - Program Mode  - What Is It? Is It Ok For Me To Use It?

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10 Camera Settings For Beginners - Lets Keep Things Nice And Simple. Hi and welcome to Episode 104 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. This is why my podcast exists, so please get in touch with your question and get a shout out from me in a future episode. Just head over to photographyexplainedpodcast.com/start.

Here is the answery bit

Here are 10 camera settings for beginners that will get you going taking photos

1.  Picture taking Mode - Programme
2.  Autofocus – ON
3.  File format - RAW and JPEG, using the highest quality for each
4.  ISO – 100/ 200 - as low as you can
5.  Metering Mode - Evaluative
6.  Focus Mode – AI Focus AF
7.  Drive Mode – Single shot
8.  White Balance - Auto
9.  Picture Style – Standard
10.  Image stabilisation – on for handheld, off on a tripod

And some other settings that vary depending on what you are focussing

• Aperture
• Shutter

OK then, that is my answer. 

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Episode 105 - Do You Want To Know The 20 Camera Settings That I Use?

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Camera Settings 3 - The Things That You Set For Each Photo You Take. Hi and welcome to Episode 103 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. This is why my podcast exists, so please get in touch with your question and get a shout out from me in a future episode. Just head over to photographyexplainedpodcast.com/start.

Here is the answery bit

The camera settings that I will check, and change if needed, before taking a photo are these

• Aperture
• Shutter
• Focus point
• Focal length
• Exposure compensation

And that is pretty much it – everything else is already sorted. Which leaves me to concentrate on what I am photographing.

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Episode 104 - 10 Camera Settings For Beginners - Lets Keep Things Nice And Simple.

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Camera Settings 2 -  Things That You Might Change When Out Taking Photos.  Hi and welcome to Episode 102 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. This is why my podcast exists, so please get in touch with your question and get a shout out from me in a future episode. Just head over to photographyexplainedpodcast.com/start.

Here is the answery bit
Cameras these days have so many settings, but not all of them you have to change when you are out and about taking photos. Settings that you might change when you are taking photos are

• Picture taking mode
• Metering mode
• Drive mode
• AF Mode
• ISO
• Time

Yep, these are the types of settings that I might want to change during a shoot. Just these. 

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Episode 103 - Camera Settings 3 - The Things That You Set For Each Photo You Take.

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Camera Settings 1 - Things That You Can Set And Forget.  Hi and welcome to Episode 101 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. This is why my podcast exists, so please get in touch with your question and get a shout out from me in a future episode. Just head over to photographyexplainedpodcast.com/start.

Here is the answery bit
There are a whole range of camera settings that you set once and you are done. But you need your camera manual to find all these settings. The starting point is things that you set and forget so your camera works for you and your photography, whatever that may be. This is an individual thing that we all should do when we get a new camera, or you should do right now if you have not done this already! OK go and do it after listening to this splendid episode.

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Episode 102 - Camera Settings 2 - Things That You Might Change When Out Taking Photos

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Cheers from me Rick