If you are reading this, you should have a camera and ready to go out and make beautiful images. Where do you start? if you have no experience with a camera, except with a point shoot, turn the dial on the top of the camera with all the little icons. line up the green square with the white square on the side of the dial. this is what is called the automatic mode.

This mode is not the best mode to shoot in, but if you have any experience with shooting with manual DSLR, like aperture, shutter speeds, white balance and ISO. The automatic mode is a safe setting to guarantee you won’t get a bad exposure. When you are ready to take a shot press down the shutter button half way, this will allow the camera to auto focus on your subject, you will see the little squares in the viewfinder light up red. this means that the camera is focused on these points in the photo. From here, the camera will automatically adjust using the built in light metering system and adjust all the setting accordingly. Continue to press the shutter down completely and abracadabra! you have taken your first digital image.

just a little warning, when shooting in the green square mode, it’s not very flexible. while shooting in the automatic mode, settings are locked and preset. For example, If there is not enough light to take a photo, the on board flash will automatically open to correct the exposure. so if you are shooting in a dark or poorly lit places and flash photography is prohibited, be aware, you have been warned before hand.

In part 2 of shooting modes, we will cover all the other little icons and what they do.

so go out there and make some beautiful images, the more you shoot the better you will become as a photographer.

good luck and thanks for reading.

Aloha and welcome to thedigidarkroom.com by bradyoshiro.com.are you ready to launch your photography off the ground and make some awesome images? if your answer is “yes” your in the right place.

A small introduction about us before we go off into the wild wild west of digital photography. We have been shooting photography for the the last decade and have entered into the industry at the start of the digital revolution, where everything is digital with a world full of gadgets. We started off shooting surf photography and now shoot weddings. We have experimented in fashion, portrait, landscape and all kinds of photography along the way, enough to get into trouble. but we would have to say our strengths are in surf and wedding photography.

The whole reason we wanted to start this site, is because two friends (www.bradyoshiro.com) (www.davecollyer.com) talking shop about the latest cameras trends and how we could improve our photography. Instead of keeping it to ourselves we have decided to share some our experiences and knowledge with you.

So continue reading and start from anywhere you want as we go over the basics of photography, equipment, techniques, workflow, and wherever else this site and photography will take us.

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Well, enough nonsense, let get started!!! Mahalo for reading and Happy Shooting!

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