Getting more out of your camera



Exposure

Is all about how much light goes into the sensor on the camera in one picture.

if the camera is exposed for too long it will be called a wash out and if the picture is exposed for no time at all this will be come out really dark. In my pictures i would say that the exposure being on high when there is a lot of light is bad because the picture will come out very bright and it won't be easy to see what you are looking at. 

task 1 normal exposure



task 1 high exposure

task 1 low exposure

Flash
The flash in a picture is artificial light, flash should only be used when you are in a dark environment rather than when you are outside, flash should also be used for taking pictures of objects that are close instead of miles away because the flash won't be noticed on a long distance picture. In my picture the flash should not have been used because you won't be able to see yourself when taking a picture in the mirror because the flash gets in the way.

task 2 flash on

task 2 flash off

task 2 hollie's face flash on 



task 2 hollie's face flash off

 White balance
White balance is all about the process of removing unrealistic colour casts, so that objects that appear white in person will be rendered in the picture when taken. in my pictures you can see that when the white balance was used. It changed my picture so that it had a tint of blue on it this can improve my picture in many ways but sometimes the original picture is good enough.


task 3 white balance




task 3 white balance




task 3 white balance

ISO
Iso is about how much light your camera needs to take the best picture. if you have lots of light a low iso would be fine, the more light the higher the iso. In my picture i would of needed the low iso because i was outside where lots of light could get into my camera.

task 4 ISO 100

task 4 ISO 800

task 4 ISO 800

task 4 ISO 100

AF mode
Is auto focus mode, the camera should automatically focus on a certain object and then it should blur out the background. In my pictures i would say that it helped because it made my dr dre beats stand out when the camera focused on them rather than the background.

task 5 AF mode

task 5 AF mode

task 5 AF mode

Burst
Burst mode is taking a bunch of pictures rapidly instead of taking 1 by 1, this is good because then out of 8 pictures you will be able to get one good picture which will stand out from the others. burst can be used for sports or something that is moving really fast. Out of all my pictures i would say that my last one was the best because it showed emotion from his face, plus burst is good because it helps catch any brilliant moment really quickly.

task 6 burst

task 6 burst

task 6 burst

task 6 burst

task 6 burst

task 6 burst

task 6 burst

task 6 burst



Culture day



Where i started my travelling for culture day



flash on window of train

no flash on window of train

Picture of Gavin while on the train

Where we got off too swap to another train

  The train map

A church wall which is breaking

Walking along the thames

Getting st pauls in the background

Looking at a bridge

Looking at the globe theatre

st pauls



Walking along the wobbly bridge



picture of Ryan and Gavin on the wobbly bridge



Picture from the wobbly bridge of the spire



Picture in Tate modern

Picture of a painting from Tate modern

Picture of the spire

Looking at the spire

London dungeon

Where i finished for the day

photography composition



task 1 potrait



task 1 portrait



task 1 landscape




task 1 landscape

 Task 1 is all about taking pictures which are portrait and landscape. portrait is for pictures where you take a picture of a person and landscape is where you take a picture of the environment having no people in it. 
How i used it?
I used landscape and portrait wisely because when taking a portrait picture you are only suppost to take a picture of a person and also have the camera a certain way. I also used landscape to an advantage aswell because your only suppost to take a picture of a scenery and also have no one in the picture.

task 2 rule of thirds





task 2 rule of thirds




task 2 rule of thirds

  Task 2 is all about the rule of thirds, the first two pictures is about  having the sky 3/4 in the picture and having the earth on the bottom line of thirds, the second picture is about the earth being on the top line of rule of third and having the sky only 1/4 of it in the picture. The last one was about the peoples eyes being on the top line of rule of thirds.
How i used it?
I used the rule of thirds well because i made it as accurate and on the line as possible, i made sure that when i was using the camera that the peoples eyes were in line and if they wern't i would repeat it.

task 3 diagonal rule



task 3 diagonal rule

  Task 3 is about diagonal rule, this rule is too make the picture more interesting instead of it being boring.
How i used it?
I used it to an advantage because there were alot of straight lines around school but i choose to pick two straight lines which were obvious, i also choose the two objects because they looked funky when they were slanted.


task 4 symmetry

  Task 4 is all about symmetry, this also makes the picture very interesting, by making it symetrical on both sides. it is also very eye catching so the audience will enjoy looking at the picture.
How i used it?
I used this photography skill wisely because you had to search very carefully what symmetry you took a picture off because if you took a picture of something which wernt symmetrical you would have done it wrong.


task 5 similar balance

  Task 5 is all about similar balance, this is taking a picture of the object in the background but using another object more closer making out that this is our main target but it can leave the picture being empty.
How i used it?
In this picture i used a chair as my decoy target because it was obvious and it looked very artistic, but maybe next time i could have choosen a different back ground because that could be accused of being the main target of the image.