Digital Photography

TASK 1 : BASIC SETTING

APERTURE

• APERTURE REFERS TO THE OPENING OF LEN'S DIAPHRAGM THROUGH WHICH LIGHT PASSES . IT IS CALIBRATED IN F/STOPS AND IS GENERALLY WRITTEN AS  1.4,2,2.8,4,5.6,8,11 AND 16 . THE LOWER F/STOPS GIVE MORE EXPOSURE BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE LARGER APERTURES , WHILE THE HIGHER F/STOPS GIVE LESS EXPOSURE BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT SMALLER APERTURES .

SHUTTER SPEED

• SHUTTER SPEED , ALSO KNOWN AS "EXPOSURE TIME ", STANDS FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME A CAMERA SHUTTER IS OPEN TO EXPOSE LIGHT INTO THE CAMERA SENSOR . IF THE SHUTTER SPEED IS FAST , IT CAN HELP TO FREEZE ACTION COMPLETELY . IT CAN CREATE AN EFFECT CALLED  "MOTION BLUR ", WHERE MOVING OBJECTS APPEAR BLURRED ALONG THE DIRECTION OF THE MOTION . 

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ISO

• ISO IS THE LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY OF YOUR CAMERA TO AVAILABLE LIGHT . THE LOWER THE ISO NUMBER , THE LESS SENSITIVE IT IS TO THE LIGHT , WHILE A HIGHER ISO NUMBER INCREASES THE SENSITIVITY OF YOUR CAMERA . THE  COMPONENT WITHIN YOUR CAMERA THAT CAN CHANGE SENSITIVITY IS CALLED " IMAGE SENSOR " OR SIMPLY " SENSOR " . IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ( AND MOST EXPENSIVE ) PART OF A CAMERA AND IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GATHERING LIGHT AND TRANSFORMING IT INTO AN IMAGE . WITH INCREASED SENSITIVITY , YOUR CAMERA SENSOR CAN CAPTURE IMAGES IN LOW - LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO USE A FLASH . BUT HIGHER SENSITIVITY COMES AT AN EXPENSE - IT ADDS GRAIN OR " NOISE " TO THE PICTURE .

TASK 2 :PHOTOSHOP OF MAGAZINES 

TASK 3 : COVER MAGAZINES 

TASK 4 : SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD 

ONE TECHNIQUE THAT MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS USE TO ADD A 'WOW FACTOR ' TO THEIR IMAGES IS TO SHOOT WITH A SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD . IN DOING SO THEY ISOLATE PART OF THE SHOT WHICH IS NICELY IN FOCUS WHILE THROWING ELEMENT IN THE BACKGROUND (AND SOMETIMES THE FOREGROUND )OUT OF FOCUS AND INTO A LOVELY BLUR . HERE ARE A FEW SHOTS THAT USE THE TECHNIQUE OF SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD .   

TASK 5 : PHOTO MANIPULATION