Photography

The Basics of Photography

Shutter Speed :

Higher shutter soeed equals sharper picture, but it also means less light

A slow shutter speed means you have longer exposure. This is good for things like night shots. 

Middle ground shutter speed is good for outdoors and sunny days.

Fast shutter speeds mean you have shorter exposure, this is better for sports/action shots. 

Slow Shutter = Blurred motion

Fast Shutter = Freezed motion 

Shutter Speed from Slow/Brighter to Fast/Darker : 

30 -> think slow, longer exposure

15

10

2

1

1/25

1/30 -> middle ground

1/50

1/100

1/125

1/250

1/320

1/500

1/1000 -> think Fast/Darker, shorter exposure

Aperture :

Low aperture lets in more light, more aperture means sharp but less light

Shallow pictures are brighter, blurred backgrounds, and brighter. Better for isolating subjects

Deep pictures are better for landscape, they're darker, everything is in focus

Shallow Aperture to Deep Aperture : 

f/2.8 -> portraits

f/4 -> portraits

f/5.6 -> slightly blurred background

f/8 -> slightly blurred background

f/11 -> landscape photos

f/16 -> landscape photos

f/22 -> landscape photos 

ISO : 

Determines your cameras sensitivity to light. 

When in the outdoors and it's sunny, you usually want smooth/crisp images, this is ISO levels like 100, 200, or 400. 

When inside and having natural lighting from somewhere like a window, you want a middle ground, this'll be more like 400, 640, or 800. 

When in the dark, like night pictures or no windows, you want more grain/noise, this is where you'd go for 800, 1600, or 3200.

Exposure : 

Try to keep it at 0 when shooting for even exposure

Lenses : 

High Definition 0.43x58mm Wide Angle Macro Lens - used for capturing small objects up close while still capturing the background

High Definition 2.2x58mm Telephoto Lens - used for emphasizing objects that are far away and bringing them closer to you, think landscape 

Close Up 58mm +1 = getting closer to your object

Close Up 58mm +2 = getting closer to your object

Close Up 58mm +4 = getting closer to your object

Close Up 58mm +10 = getting closer to your object