camera and studio setup

aperture

the aperture decides how much light is let into the photo you take. how it work? well as you make the lens smaller the less light it let in and vice versa. it can also blur the foreground and background to focus on that bracket the object your taking a photo of.

shutter

the shutter speed is what it sounds like it is, it dictates how long the shutter takes to close when you takes a photo (it shows the movement of an object)

Iso

Iso controls how much light is let in to the camera, it dictates how light or dark your photo is going to be.

exposure

exposure is when the amount of light that reaches your camera creating visual data.

exposure metre

exposure meter, also called light meter, photographic auxiliary device that measures the intensity of light and indicates proper exposure

white balance

white balance helps make the colours on a photo more realistic (more intense)

auto focus

auto focus is exactually what it sounds like it automatically focus’s on the subject of the photo.

manual focus

adjusting the focus by yourself with out an aid from the camera

this is the set up i used for one of my objects photo shoots. this set up matches the settings above i have presented.

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  1. Edgar: you must complete your draft blog posts and submit the entire project as follows :
    Follow the 10 Step Process and create multiple blog posts for each unit to ensure you tackle all Assessment Objectives thoroughly :

    Mood-board, definition and introduction (AO1)
    Mind-map of ideas (AO1)
    Artist References / Case Studies (must include image analysis) (AO1)
    Photo-shoot Action Plan (AO3)
    Multiple Photoshoots + contact sheets (AO3)
    Image Selection, sub selection, review and refine ideas (AO2)
    Image Editing/ manipulation / experimentation (AO2)
    Presentation of final outcomes (AO4)
    Compare and contrast your work to your artist reference(AO1)
    Evaluation and Critique (AO1+AO4)

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