Learn about Exposure

Learn the basics of exposure, including aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and discover how to use them to achieve the right exposure for your photos.

All Exposure content:

  1. A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

    A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

    Tutorial Beginner

    We’ve all seen those silky smooth, impressive waterscapes and lusted over the places they were taken. In this tutorial, I’ll take you through how to start...

  2. How to Use a Hand-Held Light Meter to Make Perfectly Exposed Photographs

    How to Use a Hand-Held Light Meter to Make Perfectly Exposed Photographs

    Tutorial Beginner

    Digital cameras seem to have every bell and whistle programmed in but a handheld light meter offers photographers greater creative precision and control over...

  3. How to Use Your Camera's Self-Timer Instead of a Remote Shutter Release

    How to Use Your Camera's Self-Timer Instead of a Remote Shutter Release

    Tutorial Beginner

    Buying a remote shutter release can be expensive or sometimes we just forget to have it with us. This quick is a nifty alternative using your self-timer.

  4. How to Take Photos with the VSCO Cam App

    How to Take Photos with the VSCO Cam App

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I’m going to walk you through one of the most popular and sophisticated mobile photo-editing apps on the market: VSCO Cam.

  5. Trigger Time: Intervalometer Basics for Time-Lapse and Long Exposures

    Trigger Time: Intervalometer Basics for Time-Lapse and Long Exposures

    Tutorial Beginner

    An intervalometer, or remote timer, is basically a way to take a sequence of many photographs automatically. You sometimes find this feature in your camera...

  6. 5 Ways to Experiment with Long Exposures for the First Time

    5 Ways to Experiment with Long Exposures for the First Time

    Tutorial Beginner

    When you’re starting out as a photographer, you see a lot of photos and just think, how did they do that?! Sometimes, these clever photographs involve long...

  7. 3 Street Photography Tips for Capturing the Decisive Moment

    3 Street Photography Tips for Capturing the Decisive Moment

    Tutorial Beginner

    Speed is the essence with street photography. You have to shoot from the hip if you want to catch the action. Here are three tips to help you to capture the...

  8. Advanced Depth of Field and Exposure

    Advanced Depth of Field and Exposure

    Course Advanced

    As a casual photographer, a basic understanding of important photography principles is generally all that's needed to yield pleasing results. However,...

  9. Quick Tip: How Does Shutter Speed Affect Video?

    Quick Tip: How Does Shutter Speed Affect Video?

    Tutorial Beginner

    When talking about video, many people refer the "cinematic" or "videoish" looks. Cinematic is in. Everyone wants to make sure their videos look like they...

  10. Camera Exposure Modes Explained

    Camera Exposure Modes Explained

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you're just getting started with photography, the letters on your camera's dial might feel like hieroglyphics. With a variety of modes, it can be hard to...

  11. Quick Tip: The Real Secret to Avoiding Noise

    Quick Tip: The Real Secret to Avoiding Noise

    Tutorial Beginner

    Noise is something that drives many photographes wild. In the pursuit of technical excellence, many shooters attempt to eliminate the presence of what I...

  12. Photography Kick-Start Guide: Adjusting Camera Settings

    Photography Kick-Start Guide: Adjusting Camera Settings

    Tutorial Beginner

    Every two weeks, we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in September of...