EDU3105 Exercises ( Basic Photography)

1. Shutter speeds in photography refers to the length of time a camera's shutter is open when taking a photograph. The amount of light that reaches the film or image sensor is proportional to the exposure time.

2. Aperture is a process that allows you to uncover the hidden potential in your photos. It brings you even more advanced ways to organize, browse, and perfect images. Aperture gets right to work on import. It uses camera-generated previews more efficiently, so you dont have to wait to see your shots. You can browse your photos and make your selects right away. While files are importing, Aperture grabs data like shutter speed, aperture, lens, and focus points and starts sorting your photos. It can also add keywords, apply adjustment effects, and back up your original images to a second drive automatically. Aperture can then store photos in the unified library, in their original folders or on an external drive.

3. The term ISO,International Standards Organization is often tossed around in the context of digital imaging, but to those not familiar with it, ISO can be both confusing and misleading. ISO is a numerical representation of the imaging devices' sensitivity to light. ISO is important to determine the level of sensitivity of the image sensor. The higher the ISO number, the more sensitive the camera is to light. In the days of film, part of selecting the right film to used involved selecting the ideal ISO for what you planned on shooting. If it was too high or too low, then you had to work around it. With digital cameras, you have the ability to select ISO on the fly; it can be different for every single photo.

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4. Explain the term "Depth of Field" in shooting techniques and the three techniques that you have learnt in shooting. When photographers talk about the depth of field in an image, theyre referring to how much of the picture they choose to have in focus. By choosing how much depth of field to have in your shot, you can focus the viewers attention in a specific place. This makes depth of field control one of the most important creative decisions that a photographer makes. Depth of field is controlled by changing the aperture setting on your camera. Like your eye, a camera lens has an iris inside that can open or close to let in more or less light. You control the size of this hole, or aperture, by changing the aperture setting, which is measured using a scale of f-stops. A) lens focal length B )aperture C) distance from the subject Shorter-focal-length lenses, smaller apertures, and greater lens-to-subject distance all increase the range of sharp focus, while longer lenses, wider apertures, and a shorter distance to your subject shrink depth of field.

PREPARED BY: TAN LEE SIAH PPG TESL FEBRUARY 2012 SEMESTER 4

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