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6. Use manual exposure mode
Although aperture and shutter priority exposure modes are very useful, they leave the decision about how bright or dark the image will appear to the camera.
Manual exposure mode puts you in charge and it forces you to think about the brightness of a subject and its surroundings. It also means that you have to consider both depth of field and freezing or blurring movement.
It can be helpful to combine this exercise with using spotmetering as it will enable you set select exposure settings that work for a specific part of the scene.
Although aperture and shutter priority exposure modes are very useful, they leave the decision about how bright or dark the image will appear to the camera.
Manual exposure mode puts you in charge and it forces you to think about the brightness of a subject and its surroundings. It also means that you have to consider both depth of field and freezing or blurring movement.
It can be helpful to combine this exercise with using spotmetering as it will enable you set select exposure settings that work for a specific part of the scene.