Shooting

The white balance control determines how colour is recorded, while the ISO control sets the sensor’s sensitivity to light.

You can’t always rely on fully automatic exposures, so it pays to learn how to adjust two important controls that determine how much light reaches the image sensor in a camera.

Many different moving subjects can make great photos and movies: people, animals, birds, vehicles, sports action or simply the motion of flowing water or blowing leaves. Photo Review tech editor Margaret Brown gives shooting and settings tips for each type of motion scene.

While light is critical to all areas of photography, it has its greatest impact in nature photos, especially when photographing landscapes.