Camera blur can be your friend. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Your iPhone camera is pretty good at taking photos automatically. You just point it, shoot, and the camera works out all the tricky ...

Shutter speed makes or breaks a photo. It's the secret behind crisp, sharp images – and the magic of dreamy motion blur. But there are some myths about shutter speeds that you might have heard before, ...

Have you ever wondered why still photography is thriving even though it’s so easy to capture video with our smartphones. I’d say it’s because there’s something endearing in the knowledge that a photo ...

As you might expect, you use Aperture-priority mode when you need to control the size of the opening through which light travels to reach the sensor -- usually to affect the depth of field -- but ...

Last week I covered the three things you should do if you buy a DSLR or mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Second and arguably most important on that list was mastering your camera's "Manual" ...

Today the Lytro Light Field Camera is receiving a firmware update that unlocks manual controls such as ISO sensitivity and shutter speed. But just in case you haven’t heard of it yet, the Lytro is a ...

Your dSLR's (or ILC's, or enthusiast compact's) Shutter-priority mode is perfect when you care about shutter speed beyond all else. Here's what you need to know to use it. Lori Grunin Senior Editor / ...