20+ Cheatsheets & Infographics For Photographers

We love cheatsheets as one can refer to them and make quick amendments to better our skills. Since many loved our last compilation of cheatsheet for designers, we’ve decided to compile another set of cheatsheets, this time for photographers.

Amateur photographers, and even pros can easily benefit from these cheatsheets as it is a resource for fresh and new ideas. We’ve scoured the Web and have found a wide variety of cheatsheets covering various aspects of photography and catering to the many levels of skills and interest of anyone who calls themselves a photographer.

Most of the pictures you see here are cropped for a nice fit, so remember to click on the links to check out the entire cheatsheet or infographic. Some of them are really long and can give you a ton of worthwhile information that you really can’t do without.

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Focal Lengths

Focal Lengths

Manual Photography

Manual Photography

3 Ways to Affect Depth of Field

Depth of Field

What Your Camera Captures At Every Lens’ Focal Length

What Your Camera Captures At Every Lens' Focal Length

Photography Cheatsheet

Photograhy Cheatsheet

3 Elements of Exposure

Exposure

Color Temperature Scale

Color Temperature

F-Stop Chart

F-Stop Chart

Lighting Modifiers

Lighting Modifiers

Portrait Lighting

Portrait Lighting

Portrait Lighting For Home Studio

Home Lighting

Nikon vs Canon: Shooting Modes

Shooting Modes

Nikon Metering Mode

Metering Modes

Reading The Nikon Viewfinder

Nikon Viewfinder

Portrait And Posing Ideas

Posing Ideas

How To Read A Histogram

Histogram

Portrait Cropping Guide

Cropping Guide

More Photography Resources

Here are more (but wordy) resources to help in certain photography situations. The following also includes keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture together with a few other cheatsheets for certain DSLR models.

10 Rules of Photography

10 Rules of Photography