Get the Shot! Photography + Instagram Workshop September 21, 2013 BlogPodium
Part One: Taking your camera off manual Technical details Common problems and how to fix them Practice Ways to make your photos look slick Practice A few more useful tips Part Two: Getting the most out of your iphone Taking better pictures Developing your style
Why would you want to use your in manual mode? Control! Can make one scene look two (or more) different ways These images were taken 1 minute apart
Taking Your Camera Off Auto Mode
Before you can take your camera off auto mode there are a few basic relationships to understand Shutter Speed Numbers like: 40, 60, 80, 100, 200 Aperture Numbers like: 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8.0 ISO Numbers like: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Shutter Speed Think of your camera s shutter like your eyelids -> They open and close to control light Like the name suggests, shutter speed is how fast the shutter moves The faster the shutter speed the less time your camera s sensor (or film) is exposed to light
Shutter Speed -> Useful tip Minimum shutter speed for hand held photos is about 1/60 Shown on your camera as 60 Numbers like 30, 40, 50 will produce blurry pictures
Aperture How big the pupil of the camera is In bright sunlight our pupils are very small to restrict the amount of light In the dark our pupils are very large to allow as much light in as possible larger aperture = larger hole = more light
Aperture is denoted by F number ->F2.8, F4.0, F16 Shown on your camera as: 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8.0 Inverse relation F Aperture F2.8 is a big hole, F16 is a little hole
ISO Think of ISO as your retina Film speed - hold over from film days How sensitive your sensor (or film) is to light ISO 100 is not sensitive ISO 1600 is very sensitive ->100 for a bright room ->1600 for a dark room
Where am I going with all this technical stuff? Why does this matter? Have you ever looked at something awesome and then looked at the picture and thought to yourself that it didn t look the way it should? When you understand how your camera works you can get it to do what you want, not what it thinks is the right thing.
Auto Gone Bad F3.2 1/40 ISO 100 What is the problem here? Backlit
F2.8 1/160 ISO 125 F2.8 1/80 ISO 800
Moving Subjects Faster shutter speeds will spot motion ->Great for pets, kids, sports Slower shutter speeds produces blur ->Waterfalls
F4.5 1/200 ISO 320 <- Fast Shutter Speed Freezes motion F13 1/3 ISO 100 <- Slow Shutter Speed Blurs motion
Practice Time Shutter Speed Priority Tv or S mode
Highlight Your Subject Our eyes are naturally drawn to crisp and sharp images Blur confuses our eyes so we naturally search for something in focus
By using a shallow depth of field we can highlight our subject and allow background to fade away
F2.8 1/160 ISO 400 F10 1/80 ISO 2500 F18 1/80 ISO 8000
F2.8 <- Large aperture Useful for highlighting your subject F10 F18 <- Small aperture Useful for showing an entire scene
Practice Time Aperture Priority Av or A mode
Wow, that s a great picture! You must have a really great camera! -> Although this is not something that photographers like to hear. You do need certain tools to shoot like a pro.
Nifty 50 Both Canon and Nikon have a 50mm F1.8 lens for around $150 Shooting at F2.8 Vs F5 will really make your products pop
Lighting direct side back Look at how light falls on your subject and move it accordingly - walk around your subject
Questions?
Getting the most out of your iphone Steady yourself Phone takes picture when you remove your finger
Getting the most out of your iphone Use Camera + app Allows you to be specific about where your focal point is Allows you to adjust exposure
Editing your iphone Pictures Be consistent - Pick a few ways to edit your pictures and stick to that Crop your pictures in your pictures in your editing app
A Few Apps I like $0.99 Free $1.99
Questions?
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