DAY 2: Working with Shutter Speed

     Our class started at 8:00 in the morning until 12:00 in the afternoon. Honestly at first, I thought that it would be a boring class because it's a 4-hour session but I'm absolutely wrong. Everything became exciting and fun. It seems that the 4-hour class isn't yet enough for our photography subject especially now that we're putting what we've learned into actions. So before our professor--a professional photographer--let us went outside the classroom for the activity, he taught us first some of the essential things that we must be aware of.

     He explained us that when a picture has been printed or developed, the tendency of not having the exact color will occur. Facebook site or the printers that we use have only the CMYK wherein it limits the colors in a picture perhaps the color of a photograph in a digital copy would be more lively and sparkling than a printed one. Somehow, I still prefer having a photo on my hand that I could display on the wall or everywhere.

     Our prof also gave us tips in order to have stability while taking your shots. 

      They are the following:

• Try to stop breathing for a second while you're clicking the button.
• You can lean on to something like on a wall.
• You a tripod. Acknowledge its presence! Haha

     After the chit-chats, we're set to go outside and have a good shot!

     Our first thing to do is to work with the Shutter Speed. We should follow the given f/4 aperture and 400 ISO but the Shutter speed will be up to us.  Take note also that anything more than 800 ISO will cause or introduce noise. 

      I've had a hard time thinking of what shot should I have. I just can't capture everything that I want to, particularly because I didn't have my own camera yet so I have to borrow one when I have my plan shot already. 

     I am not yet good but soon, I will! I will do my very best. Professionals start from scratch too. They experienced being beginners also. Okay, this was my shot! I guess, there's nothing much to expect from a beginner but I love my shot!

DAY 1: Learning the Light Control Buttons

     This is my first post of the basic things about photography that I’ve learned from our visual communication meeting. Everything went well and productive. Some of the things that I’m confused about before are now getting into my understanding. I’m glad that our professor who’s a professional photographer already (here’s his site), taught things to us, the beginners, in a way we could understand the-pro-stuffs that he’s explaining.

     I learned that photography is an art where we draw with light. Since the light is the main element in photography, therefore we must study first the basic functions of some of the features in the cameras which are focused on controlling the light in different ways. Those are the: 1. Shutter speed, 2. Aperture, and ISO (International Standard Organization).

     To be more organized and understandable, below is the bulleted list of the things I’ve learned about the three:

A.   Shutter speed

·         It is concerned on how long the exposure of light will takes place in a shot.

·         I learned that it can be a fast one or a slow one.

·         I now know what’s with 1/60 or 1/250 when it comes to shutter speed; the denominator determines how many times you will divide 1 second for a shot’s light exposure.

·         The minimum shutter speed is at 60^th so it won’t be blurry

·         There are requirements when it comes to shooting slower speeds such as a strong posture, stable hand, and easy breathing.

·         If I want to keep my photo have a good glow and moderate light, I shouldn’t forget that the more light, the faster shutter and the less light, the slower shutter.

B.   Aperture

·         It is the hole in lens and can vary sizes depending on the type lens.

·          Through it is the way to control light.

·         It has something to do with the f/1.4, f/1.8, and etcetera that I see in DSLRs.

·         The higher the aperture’s denominator, the smaller the hole became. Meaning f/2 has bigger hole than of f/16.

C.   ISO/International Standard Organization

·         It is the sensitivity of light.

·         The higher the ISO, the brighter the image will be.

·         Based on my notes also, 400 as ISO will be enough for beginners but however, you should still try to experiment with your camera.

     I always encounter terms like .JPEG, .PNG, and also .GIF especially whenever I need something to save in my file. I’m glad that we also had a little discussion about them and to explain it well, here they go:

.JPE/G means Joint Photographic Experts / Group which supports 16 Million Colors while

.GIF means Graphic Interchange Format and supports transparency. There’s also the

.PNG which means Portable Network Graphics and works like the two which I have     mentioned above. I remember when I made my banner image on my Tumblr blog, what I’ve got as a border design was in a .png format. We also encountered

DNG meaning Digital Negative stuffs for lightrooms/ photoshops.

     Our first meeting I think was already a success because we were able to grasp the ideas and information given to us at the same time having some fun while learning. There are more things that we should know about photography but we should not feel down because that’s part of the process. Like what our Professor told us, Henrie Cartner Besson once said that a person’s first 10,000 photos are the worst. Why? It’s because learning and development really take a long time and perseverance. What we should not stop doing is to practice and practice. 

     Who knows maybe one day, one of us who are not knowledgeable about photography, would be the most in demand and famous photographer someday?