How to adjust shutter speed and aperture in a Canon EOS 350D?

I have a Canon EOS 350D and I want to learn how to take long exposure photographs. How do I achieve those nice effects. How do I adjust the settings and which settings are good?How to adjust shutter speed and aperture in a Canon EOS 350D?You'll need a tripod for long exposure or you'll get camera shake.



Set the camera to manual (M). For long exposure cityscape/traffic trails, start with an aperture of about f8 to f11. keep the ISO around 100 to 200. Then dial in the shutter speed you want - this will be a matter for experiment. If there is a lot of light about 9bright city lights) then about 6 seconds will do. For dark rural areas, you may need considerably longer. Your camera will go up to a 30 second exposure.



if you need longer than that you have to set the camera on 'bulb' and hold the shutter down - for this you'll need a remote release.How to adjust shutter speed and aperture in a Canon EOS 350D?TAKE PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSESHow to adjust shutter speed and aperture in a Canon EOS 350D?Read the camera manual, it has all the info you need.How to adjust shutter speed and aperture in a Canon EOS 350D?Uhm why aren't photo classes a choice, they usually don't have age restrictions unless they are doing things like nudes. A general photography class would welcome you and they usually have some sort of weekend or after school/work schedule since most of they are aimed at hobbyists.



Reading the manual will help a lot. But for long exposures you have pretty much two options. The first is using the shutter priority mode, setting a slow shutter speed and letting the camera determine the rest. It sounds easy but is actually more difficult since it's hard to predict what sort of exposure the camera will choose. The best option is turn the fail to M. In this case you control both shutter speed and aperture. On most of the nikons I've used that's done by using the two dials just below the shutter button. No idea about your camera, so again read the manual.



Other stuff you'll need.



A tripod.

A light meter (you can use the built in one but an external light meter will make your work way easier).