50mm lens with aperture blades set to f/2

Mastering exposure is a huge step toward better images. But to make your camera do its exposure tricks, you need to speak its language, and it’s not hard to learn.  Apertures, shutter speeds, and ISO settings are exposure’s “Big 3”. Not only are they the key to technically correct exposures, they are the experienced photographer’s secret weapon in the pursuit of creative, dynamic images.

You can learn the language of exposure in this article which is part of an ongoing series of exposure articles which are linked on this page.