What is ISO?
The ISO on a digital camera allows the user to control how light sensitive the camera is.
The lower the ISO, the less light sensitive the camera is.
The higher the ISO, the more light sensitive the camera is.
Advantages:
The ISO allows the user to take photos in bright areas with a low ISO and in darker areas with an increased ISO.
Disadvantages:
When the ISO is increased, the quality of the images will be poorer. The images become grainy, less sharp and will have decreased amounts of detail.
Examples:
ISO 100
ISO 400
ISO 1600
ISO 6400
- Red – Not usable image.
- Yellow – Maybe / Needs editing.
- Green – Usable image.
What is a contact sheet?
A contact sheet can be used as evidence of a photo shoot. They are pieces of paper which display all of the images taken during a single shoot.
What are contact sheets used for?
Contact sheets can be used as a way to look at photos from a shoot and decide which ones will be used as a final image.
Colour-coding is used as a way to differentiate between good images, images that need editing and images that won’t be used.
Contact sheet example:
Here is an example of a contact sheet that I made for my “Photographing paper” work.
- Red – Not usable.
- Yellow – Maybe / Needs editing.
- Green – Usable image.
This half-term (September October) we will be looking at abstract photography.
What is abstract photography?
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