My son was playing a game on my iPhone right before bedtime the other night. I loved the way the iPhone lit up his face and I wanted to capture that. I used my programmed setting, but the camera was trying to make up for the lack of light. It opened the apture all the way, bumped up the ISO to 1600, and slowed down the shutter speed. The end result was a grainy, overexposed, slightly blurry photo.
I messed around with the settings a little by trying out Aperture Priority (AP) and Shutter Priority (SP) modes. The AP mode didn’t work out the way I wanted. SP mode came very close to what I wanted – - it’s the photo above.
Feeling confident with what I was doing, I turned the camera over to full manual. I adjusted the aperture, ISO, and shutter speed to what I thought would make a good exposure. The result was a clean photo, but it was just a tad underexposed. At least I was working in the right direction. Before I could make the necessary adjustments, my son quit playing the game and wanted to go to bed.
This was my first real attempt at going complete manual mode. It did didn’t turn out exactly like I envisioned in my head, but at least I’m learning how all the settings work together.
