Shooting In Manual

When shooting in manual there is 3 things you can change, these are shutter speed, f numbers also known as aperture and ISO. You can change your shutter speed to either a fast setting or a slow setting. If you choose a fast setting this can be used for taking photos of things such as people running and things moving if you don't want to see the movement in the photo and make the object sharp and freezes the movement. If you want to see things like motion blur of people, cars and lights in your images you would use a slow shutter speed to get this effect. F numbers are another thing that you can change whilst shooting in manual. If you want a shallow depth of field in your images (one thing in focus and the background blurred) you use a smaller F number, such as 4.5, which makes the hole in the lens wider to let more light in and gives the shallow depth of field effect. If you want everything in your photo to be in focus and sharp you would use a large F number such as 18, this would give a smaller hole in the lens and let less light in and all the image would be in focus. The final thing that you can change whilst shooting in manual is your ISO this is to make sure pictures and not over or under exposed and controls the sensitivity of light. If you were shooting in on a very bright day when it was really sunny or in a really bright room you would use a lower ISO such as 100 or 200. If you were shooting in a normal lit setting, such as an average day in england you would use ISO around 400-600. If you were shooting somewhere darker you would use a really high ISO such as 1600 to 3200 to make sure your images are not under exposed.