In honor of the New Year, Boost Your Photography will spend the month of January featuring collections of top posts across a variety of topics. This opening post will cover top posts explaining specifics of camera settings. Other top posts cover aperture, exposure, phone photography, DIY photography hacks, composition, lenses and accessories, top photography ideas, and macro photography. Top Posts about Camera Settings Shutter Speed. Shutter Speed: an overview and Creative Ideas Using Shutter Speed. These two posts provide a comprehensive overview of shutter speed in photography. The overview post provides a quick overview across the full range of possible shutter speeds and includes a useful visualization graph. Creative Ideas takes this a step further by providing how-to directions for a variety of shutter-based photographs. White Balance. What the ... White Balance and Strategic White Balance. What the ... White Balance provides an introduction to white balance and the most common white balance presets available on your camera. Strategic White Balance explains how to creatively manipulate white balance to improve your photographs. Overall Recommended Settings. Missed the Shot? Remember Camera Zero. Never miss a shot because your camera settings were off. Get in the habit of re-setting your camera to the same default settings each time you finish shooting. Read the why behind my recommended settings in Missed the Shot? Remember Camera Zero. Focus. Why Won't My Lens Focus? and Deciding Where to Focus. Find out why your lens might not be focusing correctly and the kinds of situations that can lead to focus issues. Read Why Won't My Lens Focus? Once you have those basics down, Deciding Where to Focus will help you nail focus in the right place every time. Depth of Field. Depth of Field: it's more than just aperture. Depth of field is the area of the photograph in focus, and this post will highlight all the various components of photography that can impact the depth of field in your final photograph. Want more great ideas? Follow Boost Your Photography on Pinterest: Boost Your Photography Boost Your Photography: Learn Your DSLR is now available from Amazon. Get the most out of your camera with practical advice about the technical and creative aspects of DSLR photography that will have you taking beautiful pictures right away.