What every beginner needs to know

  1. Setting the exposure using the histogram: The camera’s LCD screen might be a good way to tell if what you’re doing is right, but it’s not entirely reliable in conditions like harsh sunlight. The best way to tell if your exposure is correct is by consulting the histogram.
  2. Raw: The downside to the jpg format is that it’s a compressed file. Not all the information that should be there is present. Color, contrast and detail are all affected by this compression. To put simpler, shooting in RAW format will give you access to the full capabilities of your camera.
  3. Selecting focusing points manually: camera has the option of selecting the autofocus points for you, but it can’t always anticipate correctly. That’s why learning to change the AF points manually is a useful skill.
  4. Learn all AF modes: Most cameras come with different autofocus modes like One-shot AF, Servo AF and AI Autofocus. All of these modes have different uses, depending on subject and situation.
  5. Aperture priority: In aperture priority mode, your camera will vary the exposure settings depending on the aperture value you set. Having complete control over aperture means control over depth of field.
  6. Shutter priority: The shutter priority mode works just like aperture priority, in the sense that it gives you complete control over shutter speed while making all the other settings automatically, according to the selected value. This is a great setting for situations where you don’t want the shutter speed to go over or under a specific value.
  7. Control motion blur: Motion blur often comes from using a shutter speed that is too slow for holding the camera in your hands. Every photographer has a maximum low speed they can use.
  8. Manual white balance: All digital cameras have a few white balance presets. While they can do a fairly decent job, we recommend learning to set white balance manually, according to each lighting situation.
  9. Drive modes: This isn’t a major setting, but you never know when you’re going to have driven modes. Essentially, there are three of them single shot, continuous low and continuous high.
  10. Metering modes: There are three metering modes in most cameras, each with a specific job. They have different names depending on camera manufacturer, but essentially, they behave the same.
  11. ISO: Learn how to select the correct ISO value depending on the lighting conditions. Lower values are great when there is plenty of light to work with.
  12. exposure compensation: It is a +/- scale that will tell your camera to increase or decrease exposure, depending on your needs. It works for all semi-automatic modes (P, Av, TV) and will influence exposure in increments.
  13. Manual exposure: The last stage of learning how to use your camera’s settings is full manual control. You can’t call yourself a real photographer until you’ve learned to control every little setting on your camera.

Painting with light

35 Beautiful Examples of Light Painting Photography - The Photo Argus

This photographer did a really good job with painting with light. think the photo was captured in a dark room with a timer so she can have time to do the pose she achieved. She probably had Mutiple lights in her mad and just moving them around. She had to change the exposure while editing to get the cool background. She did a really good job, and it looks great.

Photojournalism

Multiple people in a classroom studying and taking notes.

Student In Coach Thomas’s classroom doing their work.

This is a student in school in Mr. A classroom.

compilations: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier Bresson was a French artist and humanist photographer.  He was considered a master of candid photography.  Henri would capture his iconic photographs through a combination of patience, skill, and keen eye for composition. Henri was able to take his iconic photographs and create images that can be appreciated both aesthetically and emotionally. He mainly used a Leica with a 50 mm lens. Cartier Bresson’s work spanned photographic genres for the entirety of his long career. He is regarded as a pioneer of candid and street photography.

 

 

 

 

SHOOT LIKE AARON SISKIND

 

AARON SISKIND (1903-1991) , Chicago, 1948 | Christie's

 

Aaron Siskind work was very different to other photographers he made sure to really capture nature and architecture. He presents them as flat surfaces to create a new image which stands independent of the original subject. His work is unique to the art of photography.

Advertising/commercial photography

  1. I am representing Stanley company .
  2. The Stanley cup is a vacuum -insulated tumbler that promises to keep your cold drinks cool for hours.
  3. historically focused on working-class, outdoorsy types as customers.
  4. I would expect to see Stanley advertisement in local stores.
  5. I will use led lighting to really get a clear shot.
  6. All I used was a white backdrop.

PEPSI Advertising Print Campaign on Behance

 

Maybelline Cosmetic Advertising with Gigi | Maybelline, Werbung

Marc Jacobs' Daisy Fragrance Spring 2017 Ad Campaign with Kaia Gerber

 

READ AND WRITE: INTRODUCTION TO USING STROBES

Important Information

  1. There are two kinds of power packs symmetric power packs and asymmetric power packs.
  2. If you’re shooting outdoors or with complicated modifier setups, you are going to need a lot of power to overcome the sun, or the light loss caused by the modifiers.
  3. Wide reflectors produce a larger pool of light and a softer light quality
  4. Wide reflectors produce a larger pool of light and a softer light quality
  5. The most common types of light modifiers are umbrellas and soft boxes
  6. The difference between reflecting umbrellas and soft boxes is that the spread of light with a soft box is more contained
  7. two main types of light stands: lightweight stands and C-stands which are more heavy duty
  8. C-stands are frequently used in the video industry due to their durability and stability
  9. Some other tools that control and modify the quality of light are barn doors, snoots, and honeycomb grids
  10. Honeycomb grids, as the name suggests, are basically honeycomb shaped metallic grids that direct the light for a more focused spread

History timeline

There are so much photography inventions that impressed me. The Camera obscura was one that sticked out to me. Camera Obscura was the predecessor of the photographic camera. With out the light sensitive film or plate all pictures will come out dark.  Another Invention is Calotype. Calotype was in early photographic technique invented by William Henry. It made the images look like it had good pretty quality. Daguerreotype was an invention made in 1839 by Louis Daguerre. The invention was the very first commercially viable photographic technique. It made people look at pictures they took differently.

 

Raw vs JPEG

1.A main difference between 2 file sizes is the quality of the image.

2.Raw files are bigger than Jpeg files.

3.Yes, a raw file can be changed to Jpeg.

4. If I wasn’t shooting for something so important, I would shoot in Jpeg just because the quality isn’t the best.

pop art

  1. pop art is characterized by a deconstruction seen in popular culture such a comic books, movies, magazines etc.
  2. Peter Blake is considered a pop artist because he produced work inspired by popular culture and folk art then soon was labeled a pop artist.
  3. Petter Blake is most famous for co- creating the sleeve design for the Beatles. He is also known for his collages.
  4. I chose Petter Blake because his work references big brands and celebrities of his time.