Exposure Values

Gaining a thorough understanding of how exposure affects the outcome of your images in a lecture and walking tour exploring Exposure Value.

What you’ll Lean

Exposure Value is a fundamental building block of photography and needs to be fully grasped to advance your knowledge and skill in taking pictures and getting the results you seek in your images.

Exposure value denotes all combinations of a camera's shutter speed and relative aperture that result in the same exposure. Choosing among combinations of shutter speeds and exposures on your camera’s settings will not only help you achieve a proper exposure, but will also affect the resulting visual effect of your image. 

After a one-hour classroom lecture on EV, the group will take a walk down Pearl Street for hands on practical experience to proper exposure. This is a great class for DSLR owners who are looking to advance from the automatic, or program modes. 

Although all camera settings with the same exposure value nominally give the same exposure, they may not necessarily give the same picture.

• The exposure time “shutter speed” determines the amount of motion, or blur,
The relative “aperture”, opening of the lens, determines the depth of field; that is, the amount of foreground or background that is in focus in addition to the subject.
The light sensitive medium, such as the film image sensor in a digital camera may exhibit reciprocity failure; a point in the light necessary to produce a good exposure is no longer in related with previous levels of exposure.

What you’ll Need

A DSLR or camera that allows you to manually adjust Aperture, Shutter Speed and Focus

Tripod and cable releases are suggested.

Dates & Times

This class meets on the third Wednesday of each month.

5:30-8:30PM

Cost: $39.00

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Class Size

Due to the very hands on nature of this workshop, class size is limited to 10 people.

About Brian Rabin

Brian is one of the lead instructors at Mike's Camera. Originally from New Jersey, Brian now calls Colorado home. Recently, Brian’s work has been featured as a contributor in Edible Front Range Magazine and a group exhibit with The Photo Martini Club at the Denver Aquarium. In addition his work has appeared in the Japanese website Eco.Goo

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