Getting more out of your camera

Getting more out of your camera 

Exposure

Natural

High exposure

Low exposure

 The exposure is when light is collected by the sensor in the camera. The exposure symbol on the camera is usually shown like this +/-. The first photo I took is when the exposure was natural. The second one is when I turned the exposure up to its highest point making the photo come out brighter. Finally the last photo is when the exposure is down to its lowest point. From the photos I took I think that exposure helps the image look for effective and also gives of a different mood in each photo.

Flash

With flash on a reflected surface

 Without flash on a reflected surface

 Flash on a persons face

Flash not on a persons face

Flash is used to create artificial light. Using exposure is considered better than using flash. Flash only has a short range of use and it doesn't work on reflected surfaces as it just creates a big flash of light. As you can see from the first photo, the majority of the photo is just a big flash of light and without flash on you can see more clearly what's happening in the photo. The  third photo is when flash is on and it just makes the face of the person brighter, while with no flash on it makes there face look more natural. With flash I think it is only useful if your using it in a dark place e.g a party. Other than that I think Flash can ruin a photo.

 White Balance.

White Balance in the sun mode

White Balance in its  bulb mode 

White Balance in a cloud mode

White Balance is when you remove unrealistic colour. As you can see from the first photo You can see that the colours seem natural and a bit brighter  when I put the white balance in the sun mode. The second photo I put in the bulb mode which gave it a blue tint. For the last photo I took I put the white balance in the cloud mode, which gave it more of a gloomy day feeling. Out of the modes I like the bulb one the best as I like how it gives of a light blue tone to the image.

ISO

ISO depends on how much light you need to take a good photo.  If you have a lots of light being given off than a lower ISO is fine to use but, if you don't have little light then you should use a higher ISO. With a lower ISO its doesn't make a picture look blurry e.g ISO of 100, but if you have a high ISO the chances are that the photo will come out blurry e.g ISO of 800. The first to photos I took don't show a lot of difference, but the first one I took was with an ISO of 100 then the second one with a ISO of 800. I took these photos in a light place, which is why I think much difference didn't appear. The two last photos I took where in a dark place and as you can see there is much difference between them. The first image I took was with the ISO of 100 and you can see the objects clearly, but as for the second one the objects are more blurred out as I used the ISO of 800.  What I noticed is that in the first image, you can faintly see string across the left hand side and in the second image it becomes more clear. I this function can damage the the photos you take depending on how high or low you put the ISO and also the surroundings that your in.

AF mode

Af mean Auto focus which is when it focuses on one part of your image. When I used this effect on my object I didn't really see a difference being made so personally I dont see this effect having much use.

Burst

Burst mode lets lots of photographs to be captured in a rapid rate. This is done by holding down the shutter button. Burst mode can be used in things that include fast motion. I think with the photos I took they didn't come out that bad, but some are quite blurry. Also when using burst mode on a person I think it shows there facial expression more clearly as your capturing it more quickly.