My Photo Research
A mix of different ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, White Balance, and High Contrast
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ISOISO is one part of the exposure triangle, it can be forgotten about even though it can dramatically change your photo. ISO can brighten or lighten your photo depending on the setting. This means that if you are in a dark room trying to take photos and they aren't turning out you could turn up the ISO and your photos would turn out brighter. The different settings of ISO are 100, 200, 400, 800, and up in that same pattern. However there is a downside to turning up your ISO, this is that the higher up your ISO is the grainier or more "noise" your photo will have. The photos to the left are different ISO settings so you cam see the difference between them.
Shutter SpeedShutter Speed is another part of the exposure triangle, it can do more to your photo than just changing the exposure. If the shutter speed is smaller than the photo will take quicker and get more movement, fast shutter speed would be good for taking pictures of sports or dancers. the higher your shutter speed the slower the camera will take the picture, slow shutter speed would be good for taking photos when playing with light or trying if you needed a lot of light. The shutter speed is measured in fractions the faster the smaller the fraction, the slower the bigger the fraction.
ApertureAperture is the last section on the exposure triangle. Aperture is the size of your lens and how big or how small it can open, aperture is shown with an f and then the number ex. f/22, f/5.6, or f/1.4 there are a lot more sizes than are listed. The aperture changes something called depth of field, which means that if you have a shallow depth of field then only the subject will be in focus, this happens when the aperture is on a lower number such as f/1.4. Meanwhile a wide depth of field will make sure everything is in focus no matter how close or far away the subject is that you're shooting, this is shot at a higher number such as f/22.
White BalanceWhite Balance is NOT a part of the exposure triangle but is sill a very useful tool. As said in the name it deals with the balance of the white in your photo, the different settings are for different lighting and trying to find the pure, real white. There are six different settings: Incandescent, florescent, direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, and shade. These settings will show as blue and gold if they are not the right setting for where you are taking the photo.
High ContrastHigh Contrast is unlike those listed above because this is not a setting in the camera or lens. Contrast is the gradient between the darkest part of the image and the lightest part of the image. In order for there to be high contrast there has to be a extremely dark black, an extremely light white, and all the grays in between.
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