Taking Photographs

I was required to learn about technologies throughout the course of this project. Therefore, I had to learn how to use an SLR camera will full success.

  I firstly learnt about exposure. In photography, this refers to the quantity of light reaching a photographic film.  An image can be ‘over exposed’ creating an image which is too light or it can be ‘under exposed’ creating an image which is too dark.

 

I was also required to learn about shutter speed. This refers to the length of time which the camera’s shutter is open as a photograph is taken. This can affect the exposure of an image. It can also detect movement. Selecting a slow shutter speed allows more data to be captured in the image before the shutter closes allowing movement to be presented in a  photograph. However, selecting a high shutter speed mean less data can be captured and the resulting image will present a moving object appear unnaturally frozen.

 

I generally used a high shutter speed to make my images appear still which was a common convention on all of my chosen style models. I was also able to alter the aperture to ensure the image was of a suitable brightness and to make it appear higher quality.