Mastering Your DSLR Part 5 - Creative Photography Using Manual Exposure

To obtain the most creative photographs, take control of your DSLR and manage it manually. Taking photos using either shutter priority or aperture priority as discussed in Parts 2 & 3 respectively of this article series should give you some good results, however it will always result in an exposure that the camera selects. You will remember from Parts 2 & 3 of this series that whilst you select either the shutter speed or the aperture, the camera will automatically select either the correct aperture or shutter speed as the case may be to match the camera's light meter. The same results however, can be obtained using the Manual exposure setting on your camera (usually designated by an "M" on the mode selection dial of your camera) by adjusting the shutter speed and aperture such that the light meter indicates that . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)