ISO

ISO 200

ISO 3200

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?
 

 You can get more light in the photo

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?
 

 Use a low ISO whenever you have plenty of light.

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?
 

 Use a high ISO when in low-light situations and when you want to freeze motion.

4. At the camera near you, please tell me what ISO's are available on your camera?

100, 200, 400, 800, 1600.

Shutter Speed

High shutter speed.

Low shutter speed.

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light
a.) the dunking booth - 1/1600th
b.) the food eating contest - 1/500th
c.) the rock climbing wall - 1/250th
d.) someone working at a booth - 1/500th
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle - 1/500th
f.) the Diamonds performance - 1/1200th

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.
a.) the dunking booth - 1/500th
b.) the food eating contest - 1/250th
c.) the rock climbing wall - 1/2
d.) someone working at a booth - 1/2
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle - 1/250th
f.) the Diamonds performance. - 1/500th

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. Explain how each works - DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, use your own words.

• Auto Mode - shutter speed and aperture are selected by the camera.
• Aperture Priority Mode - you choose lens aperture, while the camera sets the shutter speed.
• Manual - you set both aperture and shutter speed.

3. With the camera near you, what are the shutter speeds available to you on that camera? You will have to turn the camera on to determine this - hopefully you can figure out what setting to put the camera on to determine the answer to this question.

          30 seconds to 1/4000th

Aperture

f/2.8

f/16

1. The aperture is closely related to the pupil.

2. A smaller f-stop means a larger aperture, while a larger f-stop means a smaller aperture.

3. A smaller aperture brings all objects into focuse, while a larger aperture will isolate the foreground object from the background.

4. f/3.5 - 5.6

Africa

         I think the powerpoint was pretty cool. I think if the pictures were in color, they wouldn't seem as special. I liked how the photographer framed his photos and how he captured some of the animals.

         In my favorite photo, hundreds of zebras were crossing a river. A few were actually in the river, in a line. Hundreds more were crowded together on land. In the background there is a small cliff and a large tree.

3. Nick Brandt -

a.     He uses a Pentax 67II with two fixed lenses.

b.     He wants to "record a visually poetic last testament to the wild animals and places there before they are gone at the hands of man."

c.     He wants to convey his feeling for the lands of East Africa through his photography.

d.     "To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera."

Academics Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?

All the kids would turn their heads and stare at the camera. It felt pretty awkward and it made it taking a good photograph difficult.
 

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

I forgot about the rules until halfway through shooting. After that I just did my best to take a photo for each rule.
 

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?

I would focus more on the rules.
 

4. What things would you do the same?

Nothing, really. I don't think I did a good job.

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?

Rule of thirds.
 

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?

Framing or Lines.
 

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?

Balance. I suppose I could read some stuff.

Academics Shoot - Lines

          I don't know if I followed this rule correctly, but there are lines in it. The subject is obviously the flag. Anybody could easily tell.

Academics Shoot - Balance

          I think I followed this rule well. The spaces between the computers make squares and rectangles, and the 2 pairs of students are balanced. The subject would be the students. I think it might be hard for people to tell with all the computers.