Mysterious, March 2016

Noise is the grainy fuzziness which occurs in shadowy areas of photographs that are shot in low light. It’s caused by using an excessively high ISO setting, which is why it’s far preferable to learn how to manipulate shutter speeds and f-stops in order to properly expose photographs. I have ruined otherwise good shots by making the ISO setting my primary focus when I should have focused on lowering the f-stops and decreasing the shutter speed first. I tend not to use anything above 2500  much these days, unless I am shooting in near dark conditions (which I rarely do anyway).