{"id":25793,"date":"2026-08-10T13:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=25793"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T03:06:34","slug":"ten-photo-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=25793","title":{"rendered":"Ten Photo Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an oldie but a goodie, covering the fundamentals of photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This excellent tutorial (eBook) was written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickrains.com\/\">Nick Rains<\/a> for the Australian Photographic Society in 2014 and posted here with his permission. It covers these important basics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aperture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shutter Speed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Histograms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Depth of Field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focusing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camera Modes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JPEGs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White Balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click the &#8220;pop out&#8221; icon top right to view the tutorial full size in a new window or to download a copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\" https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cCKKIm0rKsr7g1OCD-5QoUgBlQYxz9BR\/preview\" width=\"100%\" height=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an oldie but a goodie, covering the fundamentals of photography. This excellent tutorial (eBook) was written by Nick Rains for the Australian Photographic Society in 2014 and posted here with his permission. 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