Photography - Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed - Gatcum, Chris. The Beginner's Photography Guide, 2nd Edition. New York: DK, 2016. Print.

"The shutter speed you can use have a profound effect on the resulting image."

I tend to play around with shutter speed a lot. It gives you the ability to change how you want your picture to be portrayed, whether or not it is clear or slightly blurry or completely blurry.
"Action may be captured in very sharp detail, blurred to convey a sense of motion, or even reduced to an abstract smear of colors."
Anyone is able to change whether or not they want to portray movement in their picture.

"The precise effect you use is going to be a technical and/or creative decision, but the mode of choice is Shutter priority: you select the shutter speed and the camera will set a suitable aperture."

In this first picture, I had a slower shutter speed than I needed to have. It created a blur among the car lights. This was a creative decision from myself.

In a different photo, I chose the "correct" shutter speed, which ensures a clear photo, with the right shutter speed and aperture.

This picture was taken in the same car, within a couple of minutes of the picture above that was taken. I had simply chosen a different shutter speed, along with aperture, to make my picture clear as well has to bring a different mood to this picture.

Thank you for viewing my blogpost! If you had to choose between taking only motion photos or clear photos, which would it be?

Photography - Exposure

Exposure - Gatcum, Chris. The Beginner's Photography Guide, 2nd Edition. New York: DK, 2016. Print.

"Exposure: a good exposure involves balancing the aperture, shutter speed and ISO. in doing so, you determine three things: how much light passes through the lens (aperture); the length of time that light passes through the lens (shutter seed); and how sensitive to light the sensor is (ISO)."

Every good photo has to be exposed correctly, otherwise you just have a photo that either so dark you are unable to see anything, which meant it was underexposed, or a picture so bright, it just seems completely white, which is overexposed.

For example, this photo is overexposed. The colors look washed out due to too much lighting.

This photo is overexposed. The amount of light filtering through the window blinds was too much for the camera to handle.









A properly exposed photo is one tin which everything is clear and lighting that fits the mood you want to set.

Do you think all photos must have the "correct" exposure in order to be a good photo? Or do you think exposure should differ based on the mod  you want to set?

Photography - Available LIght

Available Light - Gatcum, Chris. The Beginner's Photography Guide, 2nd Edition. New York: DK, 2016. Print.

Using the light around you to your benefit is the first step you should take to make sure you get the best quality photo possible. If your lighting is too dark, no one will be able to see the subject(s). If too bright, it will washout the photo, making everything too white. Making sure your position is key to lighting. For example, when i am outside taking a photo in a store (like the picture below), my lighting source is above me, but i also have to take into consideration that my lighting is florescent/tungsten, which is indoor lighting but for stores.

"Tungsten: Also known as Incandescent, this setting is good for indoor shots under regular domestic" (Gatcum).

"Florescent: Florescent settings compensate for different indoor artificial lights" (Gatcum).

these types of lighting affect my photo look and my editing process later one. For this particular photo, i found the lighting washing out the bright colors of the flowers.

What do you think is the best type of lighting - natural or artificial?

Photography - Keeping Everything In Focus

Keeping Everything In Focus: Gatcum, Chris. The Beginner's Photography Guide, 2nd Edition. New York: DK, 2016. Print.

"When you're presented with a stunning view, it's only natural to want everything in your photograph to be as sharp as it appears to the naked eye." (Gatcum, 56).

There are certain steps one must take to ensure that the picture you take are the sharpest they can be. To ensure that your photo is the best quality it can be, auto-focusing may be the way to go. The book I have helped explain how the amount of light given to a photo can affect how you focus. Where you take the picture from determines what is and is not in focus. Also the amount of time given to a photo, the shutter speed, will affect how clear or hazy a photo turns out. Taking a step back can help fit everything in shot, too. 

In this photo, I was in a situation where it was a very bright and sunny day, with a bit of cloud coverage. I choose to take my picture of the side of the building, facing my back to the harsh glare of the sun. It helped my lighting and I was able to take a nice, clear, focused photo.

What do you think is best for a quality photo - a photo with everything in focus and clear or a photo that is not focused or clear, yet has a narrative?