Here’s the summary of Kindergarten lessons.

1. SD card and xD card ain’t the same thing.
2. Photography is all about light.
3. You manipulate the light to your will.
4. Minus the Force, Luke.
5. A camera works by letting in a specified amount of light.
6. Through a specified size of opening.
7. Within a specified amount of time.
8. To a specified medium.
9. Putin is a President of Russia Federation (at the time of this writing anyway)
10. There are 3 basic skills of photography.
11. First skill is controlling the size of camera aperture.
12. The size of aperture hole is formally known as ‘f stops’.
13. The larger the number, the smaller the opening.
14. Over one stop means increasing the value one notch up.
15. Under one stop means decreasing the value one notch down.
16. Second skill is controlling shutter speed.
17. Shutter is a component in a camera that allows film or sensor to be exposed to light.
18. Within a certain amount of time.
19. Third skill is controlling the medium sensitivity.
20. The medium here is where you capture your light.
21. A 35mm camera is a medium.
22. Digicam sensors are a type of medium too.
23. That old lady with tarot cards ain’t the medium we are talking about.