There are seven people in the class. Tonight only five of us showed up. Out of the five of us there are two Canon Rebels, one Canon 40D, one Canon 5D and one Canon 7D. Our teacher is the only one with a Nikon…(until we see what the other classmates have).
Today in class we learned about F-Stops, Shutter Speeds, ISO, Bracketing, Burst Mode, Composition, Lenses and Legs (aka Tripods and Monopods).
The teacher said he mainly shoots in AV mode (AV= Aperture Value mode). In the AV mode you adjust your f-stop. In TV (Time Value) mode you adjust your own shutter speed. In P (program) mode the camera does it all for you. In M (Manual) mode you adjust your own f-stop and shutter speed. Our teacher uses Manual mode mainly for storms, night photography and portraits with flashes and strobes.
What is the difference between using Program mode and the green box on your camera? The difference is your exposure compensation and flash use.
When it comes to ISO my teacher said he bases his ISO at 100 and moves up from there. When it comes to f-stops my teacher prefers portraits to be at f/5.6 – f/11. At f/8 or f/11 the whole face is sharper.
When it comes to composition, my teacher wants us to make sure and shoot in vertical and horizontal. The object should not be in the dead center and should be the greater part of your composition.
The teacher also suggests buying a neck and hand strap. He suggests that we don’t use the one that comes with our camera. He uses a Tamrac hand strap that also converts to a neck strap.
It is also suggested that we shoot our photos in Adobe RGB if we plan to print our photos. If your photos were mainly going to be used on the web than keep it in SRGB mode.
Our assignment for the next class is corners/angles. We are to try changing our point of view. We are to take some normal, straight on shots and then shoot from a different angle. He suggests also trying a worm’s eye view. We also need to make sure and incorporate the rule of thirds in this assignment.
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