Camera Cheat Sheets
129 sheets · one per scene
Open the sheet for the scene you're standing in (Milky Way, waterfall, sunset, Edinburgh at night) and you've got the four numbers for your type of camera. No theory, no tutorial videos, no subscription.
Yes, show me what to set
Four numbers each. Ten seconds to set up.
In every scene you'll find the settings in 10 seconds – and can finally switch off auto mode.
You've watched the tutorials. If that sounds familiar, this is for you.
The tutorial was about the camera. You're standing in front of the scene and the light keeps changing.
You can't redo it: the sunset is gone, the Milky Way has moved on, the waterfall is a long drive away.
You see someone else's Milky Way shot and start eyeing a dearer camera. But most of the time the problem isn't the camera, it's the settings.
The light goes, the bird takes off, the fireworks start. Reading articles on your phone is out of the question.
A tutorial video never gave you these. Every sheet has the same layout: four numbers, three columns, what to pack and the fix line.
Open the scene and you've got four numbers: ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focus.
Three columns on every sheet: full frame, APS-C and phone. No guessing whether it applies to you.
You read the numbers at the top of the sheet. The explanation is one line, not a video.
The "If it looks like this…" line tells you what to change before you leave the spot.
On your phone or printed in the camera bag. There's nothing to memorise.
Milky Way, waterfall, sunset, fireworks, the Old Man of Storr and Edinburgh at night – 42 scenes, 43 sheets on light and 44 on the camera and composition.
You don't need to learn the camera.
The same camera needs completely different numbers for the Milky Way and for a waterfall – and nobody has ever put them all on one sheet.
That's why you end up on auto. It's not your fault: the course is about the camera, but you're standing in front of the scene. Camera Cheat Sheets give you four numbers for every scene: open the sheet for the scene you're in and you've got the settings for your type of camera.
Pick a scene and see the sheet:
Milky Way
Adventure · 01 — Night & sky
What to pack? Tripod and remote shutter release; focus on a bright star using live view.
If it looks like this… → change this Star trails → shorter shutter speed · Too dark → higher ISO.
It's only an example: the settings are starting points and need adjusting to the light and your camera.
Lookout sheet. The light is going but the valley still has colour. You open the Lookout sheet: the four numbers are right there and the blue hour is still on.
City at night sheet. City lights, shooting handheld. The City at night sheet gives you the shutter speed so the shot doesn't come out with camera shake.
Waterfall sheet. The water comes out blown-out or blurred. Waterfall sheet and the fix line: two tweaks and shoot again.
The same three, in every scene. Works at night, outdoors and at the waterfall.
129 sheets sorted into 42 scenes, 43 on light and 44 on the camera and composition — so the one you need is already chosen.
The Scene Map tells you which sheet to open. You don't have to choose: it's already chosen.
ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focus – in 10 seconds, for your type of camera.
The "If it looks like this…" line tells you what to change. One tweak and go again.
42 scenes in five groups: night & sky, water & motion, life, city & street, landscape & adventure. On every sheet: four numbers, three columns (full frame, APS-C, phone), "What to pack?" and the "If it looks like this…" line. For your phone, or to print at A6.
43 sheets on light: natural light, indoor light, artificial and night light, shaping light. You open one when the light changes and you don't know which number changes with it.
22 sheets on the camera (ISO, aperture, shutter speed, metering, focus, RAW, histogram…) and 22 on composition (rule of thirds, leading lines, framing…). Only the theory you really use: one sheet, one idea. Includes the Scene Map: it tells you which sheet to open for each scene.
Every sheet has the same layout: four numbers, three columns, what to pack and the fix line. Here are some of the sheets, the Scene Map and the gifts.
10 samples from the 129 sheets, the Scene Map and the gifts.
Adventure 01, Milky Way
Each one answers a specific question.
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The course is about the camera. But you're standing in front of the scene. So I sorted the settings by scene, not by the camera menu.
The settings start from the fundamentals of photography: the exposure triangle, how much noise cameras tolerate and the 500 rule for the night sky, as they're taught in photography courses. Here, though, not as theory but by scene and type of camera, turned into a cheat sheet.
In Scotland you'll find dark skies at places like Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park and out in the Cairngorms: that's why The Milky Way Cheat Sheet includes a summary of the best nights and places.
Fiona Lennox · landscape photographer and workshop teacher, 14 years · Folio Studio
4.8 out of 5 · according to users
I shot on auto for years. With the Milky Way sheet I nailed, first go at Galloway Forest, a shot I'd only ever seen in other people's feeds.
Callum ReidHobby photographer, mirrorless · Glasgow
I thought it was only for people with a camera. Cheat Sheets for Your Phone came as a gift and I haven't ruined a sunset since.
Priya NairShoots on her phone · Edinburgh
The three columns settled it: I don't have to work out what applies to my camera. At the falls, the fix line saved my shot.
Michael BoyleAPS-C camera · Aberdeen
I printed them and keep them in the camera bag. Four stars because a few sheets take more practice than I expected. But the numbers are spot on.
Sue CampbellTravels and shoots · Inverness
I've watched loads of tutorials. This is different because there's nothing to watch: I open the scene and that's it.
Graham WalkerHobby photographer · Dundee
I got the camera for Christmas and manual mode terrified me. After the sheets, my city-at-night shots are finally sharp.
Emma TaylorJust bought a camera · Stirling
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The 3-Scene Guarantee
Try 3 scenes with your camera. If on none of them you can find the settings in 10 seconds, email us within 30 days and we'll refund you. You keep the files.
The guarantee covers what we promise – that you find the settings – not printing or image quality.
Next time you're standing in front of a scene. 129 sheets, the Scene Map and three gifts: open it at the scene, 10 seconds and you shoot.
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