Exposure Triangle Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO all work together to create a properly exposed image. The exposure triangle is a relatively new term first bursting onto the scene somewhere between 2005 and 2010. Before that, it was “time + intensity = exposure.” With digital cameras and their ability to change ISO values, that old…
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Shutter Speed
Shutter Speed Shutter speed, along with aperture and ISO, is part of the exposure triangle. Shutter speeds are almost always written in seconds or fractions of a second. There are a few main types of shutters, which are covered in the shutter section. They all function slightly differently but their main goal is to control…
Aperture
Aperture is: Put simply, a hole that allows light to reach the recording medium. It can get larger or smaller in nearly all lenses. Aperture controls: First and foremost, the aperture’s main function is to control the amount of light entering the camera by increasing or decreasing the size of the hole. …