My Photography Research
Shutter Speed
-Shutter Speed Photos-
Shutter Speed is how fast the shutter within the camera opens and closes. Think of a room with 1 window, and nothing else. shutter speed would be how fast you would open then close that window to let light through it. The camera has this feature so them you can make images like I have!
-Slow shutter speed means that the "window" is open longer.
-Faster shutter speed means its open for a smaller amount of time.
The longer its open, the longer that light can get through. This can let you use a light and have it leave streaks across your photo. Or you can make it faster to capture a fast moving object, but you will need to either get more light in that area, or increase you ISO.
Shutter Speed is how fast the shutter within the camera opens and closes. Think of a room with 1 window, and nothing else. shutter speed would be how fast you would open then close that window to let light through it. The camera has this feature so them you can make images like I have!
-Slow shutter speed means that the "window" is open longer.
-Faster shutter speed means its open for a smaller amount of time.
The longer its open, the longer that light can get through. This can let you use a light and have it leave streaks across your photo. Or you can make it faster to capture a fast moving object, but you will need to either get more light in that area, or increase you ISO.
ISO settings are settings that allow you to increase your light sensitivity, or decrease it. This can be useful when working with shutter speed, because you can increase it to make a fast shutter speed image brighter (You would definitely need that) or to make a slow shutter speed image darker (A must in most cases). Increasing ISO can also have some negatives. One of those being that the image becomes "grainy", or has noise. This can cause it to have a "grainy" look. This isn't the worst thing to happen to your photos, but it will feel like it. You can also use ISO to help with outdoor photos, or if you are taking a photo of a bat in a cave, or even an explosion! All of these things would be great photos, and they would be even better if the ISO settings were right.
Low ISO High ISO
-Darker -Brighter
-Slightly blurry -Grainy
-More clear
-Darker -Brighter
-Slightly blurry -Grainy
-More clear
Aperture
Aperture is an adjustable hole that light can enter through. However, this changes how far the focus point is, or more scientifically, the aperture changes the focus are on a depth of field by affecting the cone angle of which light rays can get through. On a camera, these settings usually go from 4-22, if you have some crazy $32,000 camera that has a 423 setting or something like that, then you wither have too much money or you are really into photography. with the settings 4-22, 4 is the biggest and 22 is the smallest that your aperture can go. I don't know why, but all you need to understand is that the smaller the number, the bigger the hole.
Tiny Aperture Wide Aperture
-object up close is blurry -Milk bottle is in focus
-Focus is further down depth of field. -Further objects are blurry
-object up close is blurry -Milk bottle is in focus
-Focus is further down depth of field. -Further objects are blurry
White Balance
White Balance is what you call white. Or basically white balance is the color range of a photo.
These are all photos at (roughly) the same time, except they all have a different white balance setting.
#1 #2 #3
-a lot of white and slightly purple -Looks yellow -purely white
-better white balance for dark interior use -probably better for exterior use -best for bright interior
#1 #2 #3
-a lot of white and slightly purple -Looks yellow -purely white
-better white balance for dark interior use -probably better for exterior use -best for bright interior
Color Wheel
Primary Colors
Primary colors Are the three colors that make up the color wheel, these colors include: Red, yellow, and blue.
Monocromatic
A monochromatic photo is a photo with one color but it has added black or white along with it
Complimentary
Complimentary colors are two colors opposite of the color wheel that, well, compliment each other.
Lighting
Split Lighting
Split lighting is when light only shines on one half of the face
Rembrant Lighting
Rembrant Lightning is when a light is above the face, creating some shadow from the nose.
Butterfly Lighting
Butterfly Lighting is when one light is on one side of the subject, and reflectors are on the other.
Rim Lighting
Rim Lighting is when the main light is behind the subject, creating a "glowing" outline around the subject
Custom Lighting
My image of my custom lighting shows the light under the subject, creating a shadow from the nose, basically reversing rembrant.