Modes

Automatic Mode- It guesses the type of picture you’re taking. But it tells your camera what ISO to have, shutter speed, and everything else. It’s good for beginners.

Portrait Mode- this mode helps to keep the background out of focus and focus on what’s closest. But you have to get closer to the person so you can get the shoulders and face.

Macro Mode- It’s good for flowers, insects or other small things. It is more difficult to focus with this mode. Try and keep the camera and the object parallel or a lot of it will be out of focus.

Landscape Mode- This mode tries to keep everything in the picture in focus. You might want to use a tripod to keep your camera still.

Sports Mode- It’s good for moving objects. You increase your shutter speed to capture moving objects.

Night Mode- It is used for low light situations. You should use a tripod or otherwise your background is going to be blurry. It’s good for parties or when you have lights behind your subject.

Movie Mode- It’s like “live mode” on your iPhone. It is used when you’re trying to take a picture of something but it looks better when it’s moving then when it’s still.

Aperture Priority Mode (A or AV)- It’s a semi-manual mode, you can choose the aperture and your camera chooses everything else. It is useful when you want to control the depth of field.

Shutter Priority Mode (S or TV)- This mode is like to aperture priority mode but in this, you change the Shutter Speed. You might want to choose a slow shutter speed for like a waterfall, a fast shutter speed to freeze moments, and slow shutter speed for low light situations.

Program Mode- This is like Auto Mode but it gives you a little more control over your camera. Some digital cameras have it but it seems like most cameras have Auto mode.

Manual Mode- With this one, you have control over your whole camera. You need to know what you’re doing with it though.