Focal length:

Focal length is the distance between the centre of a lens and the focus. It tells you how much of the scene will be captured in frame.

Focus points:

The focus points are the areas in the camera’s frame that the camera uses to lock onto the subject being photographed.

ISO:

ISO is the camera’s sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the better the film’s ability to capture images photographed in low light. Recommendations for the ISO setting:

• 100 or 200 best ISO for outside pictures on a sunny and bright day.
• 400 ISO for cloudy days, or indoors for window light portraits.
• 800 ISO for indoors without a flash.
• 1600+ ISO for really low light situations – that school play your kid is in.

White balance:

The white balance is the camera’s colour balance. It is used to adjust colors to match the color of the light source to ensure that white objects appear white.

When taking a photo, the shutter will open and expose the camera sensor to the light that passes through the lens. After the photo is taken, the shutter will then close which stops the light from hitting the sensor. Therefore, the shutter speed refers to how fast or slow the shutter of the camera closes.

The shutter has two main functions:

A faster shutter speed creates a shorter exposure. This limits the length of time the camera is exposed to light. A slow shutter speed creates a longer exposure. Thus, lengthening the amount of time the camera is exposed to light.

A faster shutter speed allows you to capture better photographs of objects that are moving quickly. For example the photo below is a picture of a bird. Without using a fast shutter speed, the photo would be must blurrier or wouldn’t have even captured the bird in time before it passed by.

The photo-games we did in class consisted of two games in partners. The purpose of these was to become familiar with shutter speed and how it can affect the outcome of your photographs. The faster the shutter speed is, the easier it is to capture the moving object.

One of the games included one person throwing 3 balls in the air, and the other trying to capture all 3 balls in frame and in a straight line. Here are some of the ones my partner and I managed to capture:

The second game was shadow boxing; one person trying to ‘throw punches’ and dodge the camera, the other trying to capture the person dodging in frame. Here are some of the ones my partner and I managed to capture:

photography summer task.pptx

Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography?

Writing with light.

Q2: What year was the first photograph made in camera?

1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)

Q3: When did the first photograph of a human appear?

1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé

Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’

Robert Cornelius (1839)

Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear?

1861 (James Clerk Maxwell)

Q6: What do we mean by the word genre?

A style or category of art

Q7: What do we mean by the genre of still-life?

An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world.

Q8: What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement?

To affirm photography as an art form

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?

An interpretation of reality as witnessed by the photographer.

Q10: What is exposure in photography?

The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor.

Q11: What controls exposure on your camera?

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.

Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects?

Shutter

Q13: How do we explain depth of field?

How much of your image is in focus.

Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field?

Lens aperture, distance from camera to subject, and lens focal length.

Q15: What is composition in photography?

The arrangement of visual elements within the frame.

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?

It is subjective and in the eye of the beholder.

Q17: What are contextual studies in photography?

To provide historial, cultural and theoterical understanding of images.

Q18: How many images are captured on average every day worldwide?

4.7 billion

Q19: Which portrait is the most reproduced in the world?

The Queen (Elizabeth II)