Switching to program mode, however, allows your camera to make some decisions for you, but also puts three things in your control: the flash, the ISO value, and the white balance. Let's start!

In program mode, the camera chooses a shutter speed and an aperture that will give a correct exposure, but you can choose from one of the other pairs of values that will give the same exposure.

In part one of this series you kicked your digital SLR camera's auto mode to the curb with the help of program mode. In doing so, you learned to con ...

This flower was shot indoors in low light. The camera, in Program mode, selected the largest aperture on the lens to give the fastest possible shutter speed. This is Program mode's default ...

Now, if you have no clue what settings to start with, you can stick it in Program mode or Shutter-priority mode and see what the camera chooses, then switch to Manual and adjust from there.

Aperture Priority Mode may be a semi-auto camera mode, but the A or Av on the camera dial allows photographers almost full control over the shot. Learn how to use aperture priority mode, and why A ...

What exactly is manual mode, and how do you use it to produce the image you really want on your smartphone? Here's what you need to know.

You don't need to master full manual mode to eliminate -- or embrace -- camera blur. Shutter priority mode is both the beginner's training wheels and the professional's quick shot mode. Learn how ...

HTC One camera features and Zoe mode walk-through (video) At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, we come to grips with the extensive camera options on HTC's new smartphone.

You just need to use the camera’s panoramic mode, wherein you take a series of photos and the software combines them into one big picture.