Photographic Terminology

___Thomas Ross____

Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practice TerminologyP1, P2, M1, M2

Shutter Speed

The shutter speed on the camera was difficult to get around. We were constantly taking images like the first one. After we figured out how to change the shutter speed we started getting pictures like the second one.

The shutter speed basically changes the brightness of the image, the higher the number the darker the image. As you can see the photo that you can see clearly has an exposure time of 1/60 sec. however the one you cant see is 1/6 sec.

Shutter Speed

FAST SHUTTER SPEED SLOW SHUTTER SPEED

F-Stop- f/22Exposure Time- 1/320 secISO Speed- ISO-3200Focal Length- 55mmMax Aperture-5

F-Stop- f/22Exposure Time-1/2sec ISO Speed- ISO-3200Focal Length- 34mmMax Aperture-4.6

Iso

ISO is the darkness/ light of the image. If I was stood in a dark room I would turn the ISO up, However if I was stood somewhere really bright I would turn it down. This image is from being inside it differs from being outside.

ISO

HIGH ISO LOW ISO

F-Stop-f/10Exposure Time- 1/100 secISO Speed- ISO- AutomaticFocal Length- 32mmMax Aperture-4.5

F-Stop-f/3.8Exposure Time- 1/4000 secISO Speed- ISO- AutomaticFocal Length- 20mmMax Aperture-3.8

Aperture & Depth of Field

The depth of field is where one part of the picture is in focus and part isn’t. Mainly the part that is in focus in the part that you want to be seen not the other way round.

Aperture & Depth of Field

NARROW DEPTH OF FIELD LONG DEPTH OF FIELD

F-stop – F/5.3Exposure time- 1/4000 secISO Speed- AutomaticFocal Length -40 mmMax Aperture- 4.8

F-Stop-f/10Exposure Time-1/100 sec ISO Speed- ISO-200Focal Length-55mm Max Aperture-5

Manual Exposure

Manual exposure is where you control all of the aspects of a camera. This means that you manually control the shutter speed, focus, ISO, aperture. This making the image more to your liking as you can control what is happening in the image. The reason that we use manual control is that if we want a darker efffect we can change the iso or f-stop so that we get the result that we want.

White Balance

White balance is where you remove all unrealistic colours from an image. These colours are things you see white in person render in white on the image. For proper camera white balance you have to take into account the colour temperature of a light source e.g. natural light or spot light.

Rule of thirds

The rule of thirds method is where you have this grid that allows you to select certain points on image. The points that overlap are the main focus points of the image. So when you go into Photoshop or any other software that will let you edit the image, you can resize the image so that the focus points are where you want them to be. E.g. the eyes of a person or the spot on a image where you want the audience to look.

Examples of Rule of thirds

F-Stop- f/4Exposure Time- 1/25 secISO Speed- ISO-400Focal Length- 20mmMax Aperture- Automatic

F-Stop- f/4Exposure Time- 1/25 secISO Speed- ISO-400Focal Length- 20mmMax Aperture- Automatic