Hey there :) I'm sure all of you noticed by now-the last three photography reports were all about the light in the picture-so essentially about exposure. To round this whole big topic up we have today's post.
Just a little recap of the functions of all three corners of the exposure triange-
Just a little recap of the functions of all three corners of the exposure triange-
Shutter Speed
What it does: Determines how long the lense is exposed to light
How to use it: High shutter speed for surroundings with a lot of light and moving objects which are supposed to be sharp on the photo.
Low shutter speed to capture a lot of light in a dark surrounding-moving objects will not be sharp.
Apeture
What it does: Determines how much of the lense is exposed to light given as f/stop values
How to use it: High f/stop values for surroundings with a lot of light and a large depth of the picture.
Low f/stop values for surroundings with little light and a low depth of picture.
ISO Speed
What it does: Determines the sensitivity of the camera to light
How to use it: High ISO Speed for surroundings with very little light but high image noise.
Low ISO Speed for surroundings with a lot of light. (Basically keep it as low as possible to avoid image noise)
Using these three settings you change the amount of light that is shown on your photo. Now you can always make this amount of light the way it would be natural-some cameras (at least mine does) has like a little bar where when you change some of the settings it shows you how far away you are from the exposure that would show exactly what you see.
Sometimes it is desirable though to make you photo lighter or darker than it atually appears in real life. An example are these two photos I took at exactly the same place just after each other.
Both of them have quite a high contrast but there is still a big difference-and that's created by just using exposure....:)
Which of the settings to change is very different but you always have to remember your priority-do you want a large depth of picture?or is a lower one okay? is your subject moving and you want it absolutely sharp?
On basically on every fancier camera you also have a shutter speed priority and apeture priority mode. Here you only change the respective setting and the camera will set the others to get the best exposure. This is very handy when you know exactly what you want to do. If not then just carry on experimenting all you'll find exactly the settings you want. :)
Have fun!
xoxo Alex
Sometimes it is desirable though to make you photo lighter or darker than it atually appears in real life. An example are these two photos I took at exactly the same place just after each other.
Which of the settings to change is very different but you always have to remember your priority-do you want a large depth of picture?or is a lower one okay? is your subject moving and you want it absolutely sharp?
On basically on every fancier camera you also have a shutter speed priority and apeture priority mode. Here you only change the respective setting and the camera will set the others to get the best exposure. This is very handy when you know exactly what you want to do. If not then just carry on experimenting all you'll find exactly the settings you want. :)
Have fun!
xoxo Alex
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