Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO - how do they all work?

Aperture

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

Focus.

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the larger the F number, the higher the Aperture the smaller the F number.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?

The depth of field makes the background of the photo sharp.

4. With the camera near you - tell me the F stops available on the lens currently attached.

Shutter Speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Blue and Gold night, which will be next month, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light

a.) the dunking booth-high

b.) the food eating contest-medium

c.) the rock climbing wall-medium

d.) someone working at a booth-low

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle-medium
f.) the Diamonds performance-high

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) the dunking booth-high

b.) the food eating contest-medium

c.) the rock climbing wall-medium

d.) someone working at a booth-low

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle-medium

f.) the Diamonds performance.-high

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. Explain how each works - DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, use your own words.

• Aperture Priority- You set the manual set the lens aperture. While the camera chooses the right speed capture for the photo.
• Manual Mode- Is the control of shutter speed and aperture. At this mode it lets you take full control of the camera and adjust the exposure controls.
• Program Mode- Camera automatically chooses the shutter speed of your photo based on how much light passes thru the lens.
• Shutter Priority Mode- You get to choose the shutter speed, and the camera automatically chooses the right aperture for you based on how much light passes thru the lens.
• ISO- you manually choose what you want it to be.

3. With the camera near you, what are the shutter speeds available to you on that camera? You will have to turn the camera on to determine this - hopefully you can figure out what setting to put the camera on to determine the answer to this question.

ISO

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?

You will get more sound noise in  the photo.

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?

If the ISO is low then it is less sensitive to the light.

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?

When you cant see the light in the photo good enough that's when you should increase the ISO.

4. At the camera near you, please tell me what ISO's are available on your camera?

 400; 800;3200;6400;

ISO 6400

ISO 300

SIM CAM

Africa Powerpoint

My reactions to this slideshow is that Nick Brandt took AMAZING photos. My favorite photo is of the Zebras, it was my favorite because of the design of the Zebras and how the photo was only focused on the two of them and nothing else and the clouds looked very nice in the picture and how the sky was looking dark grey and light grey.

A. Nick Brandt used a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses for the photos he takes in Africa.

B. He started taking this photos after "Earth Song" was directed by Michael Jackson. The video had many animals in it, and he ended up falling in love with Animals after that video and the land of East Africa.

C.The hope of Nick taking this photo was just giving the animals equality to humans, and capturing the moments of their life's, and showing the beauty of the African Desert and the Beautiful Animals that live in there. 
              
D."As for Africa, I went there in 1995 to direct one of the videos they did for Michael Jackson. And I absolutely fell in love with the place.  It was completely magic to me. I had to go back on holiday and that’s when I started taking my Pentax with me. I just realized there is a way of expressing my feelings without the need of somebody else’s money.  Initially, it cost a lot.  I had to direct stupid car commercials to pay for these expensive trips. I could never have taken these photos the normal way, like most wildlife photographers."-Nick Brandt

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?
Not being able to find the type of photo that i needed such as like framing i was confused on trying to hurry and find one i didn't really get a good subject of the photo.


2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
Focus and zooming in the camera, i used it by focusing on a subject that i really wanted to get a picture of a person and i zoomed in too get them the main subject of the photo.


3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
I would focus on one subject in the photo, and not a group of people where who ever's looking at my photo cant tell what my subject is.


4. What things would you do the same?
Some things i would do the same would be the mergers, and the balance.


5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?
I think next time the easiest would problem have to be balance, merger, rule of thirds, and simplicity.


6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?
Framing would have to be a somewhat hardest for me to capture.


7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?
Framing, and i remember the rule, but when ever i take the photos people are in a group of people and instead of a main subject for my photo i don't get one and if i do its a group of people which is hard to focus on.

Academic Shoot

Lines

• I think i did this rule very well, because the lines are in a row, for both the computer screens and the chairs that are lined up. 
• The subject of this photo is The guy doing his work on the computer.
• Yes the subject could have been a little clearer.
• If i could do this differently i would have zoomed in more, and i would have gotten the subject a little more clear.

Simplicity

•  I think i did this picture very well,since i zoomed into the boys face.
• The subject of this photo is this boy that is reading.
• Yes the subject is fairly clear to people that are looking at this picture.
• What i could do differently next time is get the boys arm out in the back, and should have gotten the sofa instead of that boy in the background.

 

Rule of Thirds

• I think i did good getting the subject of the photo.
• The subject of this photo is the girl that is sitting on the sofa reading,
• I think that its clear to see the girl sitting on the sofa reading since i had zoomed in the photo.
• What i could have done differently was maybe gotten a different angle of the photo and got her backpack out of this photo and the background behind the sofa, to just the carpet.

Balance

•  I think i did good for this picture.
• The subjects of this photo is the two people sitting on each side of the sofas.
• Yes it is noticeable subject.
• I could have done differently in making the guy in the left corner out of the photo and the book shelf's out of the photos.

Framing 

• I think that i did not so good.
• You cant tell the subject of this photo.
• It is not clear to people viewing this photo what the subject is.
• What i could have done better is got ONE subject and not all of these people as subjects, and focused on one person and got better frames.

Avoiding Mergers  

• I think i did very well.
• The boy is the subject
• Kind of not really since other students are around.
• What i could have done better is focused on mainly the student in the middle(whit shirt) and got the merger coming from his head.

The Story-

This photo tells a story of good people helping and donating their time to homeless people to serve the homeless people.

Action or Emotion

This photo represents action & emotion because the girls are both happy and showing a smile on their face, and while their smiling they are doing a project it looks like and are both having fun.

Filling the frame

This picture is interesting because of the smoke that is in the picture and you cant really tell what their doing but it looks interesting cause of the smoke.

The falling man

My reaction to this photo is shoking! This photo is very depressing but i mean this person had rather took their life, instead of burning to death. Its very emotional because seeing this and sad knowing that this person had to stand up and jump off and not burn.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Grumpy?
I had trouble getting a Grumpy face because, its hard to make people grumpy that are always happy.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I had trouble focusing the camara when i would take pictures that i thought were really good well they didnt end up really good cause the focus was blurry when i went back and looked at the pictures.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy?
If i could do the assignment again i would make sure the camara is focused before i take pictures and make sure the zoom in is on when its needed and when its not needed zoomed out.

4. What things would you do the same?
I would continue trying my best to shoot angles, like the stairs picture i took.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, grumpy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?
Yes im interested in shooting again so that i can go back and get more things of photography in my pictures.

Composition 9/11- learning the basics

Simplicity

In this picture you can see that the van made the best standout of the photo besides the guy on the side, and theres no buildings to see on the side so i thought it would be simplicity.

Rule Of Thirds

In this picture you can see the trash on the left of the photo was the main part and the rest of the photo i simple to where the focus is mostly on the trash.

Lines

In the picture you can see that the lines are going Horiziontally down.

Balance

In this phot you can see that the people that are standing up in shock, are shaped in a square shape.

Framing

In this photo you can see that the Twin Towers are the main focus, and they are being framed by trees, and also by more buildings that are much smaller than them.

Avoiding Mergers

In this photo the main focus is the man in the yellow shirt in the middle of the photo and there is a pole that looks like its going straight threw his head but it really isn't.

Red, Metal, Grumpy

Great black and white photographers, PART 2

Lee Friendlander was a American Photographer & Artist he was born July 14, 1934 in Aberdeen Washington. Friedlander studied at The Art Center College of Design. In 56' he moved from California to New York where he PhotoGraphed album covers for jazz muscians. Friedlander used  Leica 35mm cameras and black and white film. He know works by PhotoGraphing his surrondings since he has Arthiritis and Housebound.

Warm-Up

The photo that i've choosen makes me feel sad, because of the homes that have been destroyed and the animals and people who have been killed because of this fire. It makes me feel depressed just looking at it, because i wouldnt be able to imagine loosing my home, and my town that i live in burning.

The Camara

Single Lens Reflex

1. Pixel-a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled. Each pixel has its own address. The address of a pixel corresponds to its coordinates. Pixels are normally arranged in a two-dimensional grid, and are often represented using dots or squares.
2.Pentaprism-A pentaprism is a five-sided reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by 90°. The beam reflects inside the prism twice, allowing the transmission of an image through a right angle without inverting it (that is, without changing the image's handedness) as an ordinary right-angle prism or mirror would.
3.Focus-a focus, also called an image point, is the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge. Although the focus is conceptually a point, physically the focus has a spatial extent, called the blur circle. This non-ideal focusing may be caused by aberrations of the imaging optics.
4.Auto focus- An auto focus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication.


Vocabulary-
Aperture-an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels. More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the opening that determines the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come to a focus in the image plan.
Shutter-a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene.
Exposure-exposure is the total density of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor) during the process of taking a photograph. Exposure is measured in lux seconds, and can be computed from exposure value (EV) and scene luminance over a specified area.
Depth of field-depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
F-stop-
the f-number (sometimes called focal ratio, f-ratio, f-stop, or relative aperture) of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens; in simpler terms, the f-number is the focal length divided by the "effective" aperture diameter.
Focal length-The focal length of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light.