Lesson - 1 - Basic steps

Every shooting session start with your creative mind. You choose a subject, a location and you have a frame in your mind.

Now, taking photos requires the following steps

(1) Composing the photo

(2) Set the correct exposure

(3) Set the correct focus

(4) Re-compose the photo

Composing a photo means, how you want the frame, where the subject should stand. How far you should ZOOM-IN or ZOOM-OUT. How do you want the background.

Setting "Exposure" means, to set the amount of light to be captured by the camera. If the amount you set is not correct, your photo will be too dark or too white (washed out)

Setting the focus needs no explanation. But it needs some learning to use the camera controls.

Re-composing is related to focussing. Many cameras requires the subject to be focussed be at the center of view. That means, it may not accurately focus the subject, for your frame. So you focus the object keeping it at the center, lock the focus, re-compose the frame the way you want and then shoot.