Here's a step by step list of the things you need to include in the DLSR Project. The newest update will be visible with the older content below and you'll need to scroll down.
As with all projects you're going to need to produce the research in the first few days, certainly within a week of being informed of the Photographers. (See the brief and Teams) Get it done by this coming Monday (10th November). Usual format...
Do not use AI as your main source of information (There's new stringent rules about the use of AI coming in the next week or so).
- Page of images
- Page that identifies how the Photographer makes a living - try and use as many images as possible
- Single Image analysis of one of the Photographers Photographs focusing on the use of Visual Language, the images operational context and how meaning and narrative are conveyed (Use the prompt sheet here to generate this content). Or use the side bar on the blog.
- Bibliography
- Quotes
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In class task
Basic camera functions and controls
Go on-line and find images of each of the things/components we looked at in the lesson.
Your own camera - Use this website here and find your camera - you'll via the link there are numerous images of the camera and the displays. Use these in your work to explain how your camera works. Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi / Kiss X2 Digital) Review: Digital Photography Review this review is for the 450D, but look around in the reviews section - find your make and then use control + F to find your model.
"Manual mode M" on the dial - manual gives us complete control of the camera - we tell the camera what we want it to do.
The aperture symbol on the camera body and the display that shows which aperture you're using.
Explain - reiterate why we use 1/125 shutter speed.
Explain how you change the ISO and the advice I gave with regards the use of ISO...
In these exercises (In-class tasks) given the fact we have no choice but to use the light that is available to us in order to enable the lesson activity we have to shoot using a higher ISO that in most professional situations would be unacceptable. We need to acknowledge this fact and normally we would avoid this approach at all costs because of the impact it has on the image quality - noise in the shadow areas, perception of poor sharpness and colours increasingly muted as the ISO number increases.
The way this would be tackled in a majority of professional scenarios is the shutter speed would be lowered and a tripod used, or additional light brought in - studio lighting or portable systems.
Top Tip: Go into your menu (Use your manual) and try and figure how to set-up your metering system and set it to 'Centre weighted'. Also have a look at this video and review what is said about the pro's and cons of each option. But generally, just look to familiarise yourself with the options and how to access them. CAMERA METERING: Spot, Evaluative, Partial or Center-Weighted? Which one to use?
