Priority of Settings

1) REVIEW: APERTURE / SHUTTER SPEED / ISO

2) PROJECT: PRIORITY OF SETTINGS

When shooting in Manual mode (or any mode, for that matter), it is important that you know which settings are the most important. The answer to this depends on the purpose of your photography.

Shutter speed is most important if you're taking long exposures for effect (i.e. a "foamy" waterfall or dark/night photography) or if you need crisp action shots without motion blur.

Aperture is most important when you want to control how much of your image is in focus. Landscape shots work best with small apertures whereas portraits work best with large apertures.

ISO is most important if you deliberately want noise in your image (high ISO) or are insistent that there be no noise in your image, regardless of other values (low ISO).

2) PROJECT: PRIORITY OF SETTINGS

You have THREE classes to complete this project.

You will hand in six (6) images, according to the shot list below.

Every image must be shot on Manual mode. You will also be asked, for each image, which of the three settings (ISO, Shutter speed, Aperture) was the most important for that shot and why.

SHOT LIST

1) An outdoor shot that includes the entire greenhouse in focus.

2) The water arc of a water fountain, motion-blurred.

3) Your camera partner juggling something, action frozen

4) A cluster of very small objects (e.g. coins, rocks, marbles, dandelions, etc.), only one of which is in focus. (Even more impressive if the object in focus is in the middle of the bunch and not the front!) - use manual focus for this.

5) A "hand selfie:" A point-of-view shot of your outstretched arm and hand with a spinning (and blurred) background.

6) A light-writing image taken in a dark room in such a way that we only see the light-writing and not the background or other parts of the room at all. The writing can be a word or a drawing/shape/pattern.

For all of the above, composition counts. Take the time to ensure your images are as free from distracting elements as possible!

CROP your images (original ratio) to improve their composition!

CAMERA SETTINGS

Shooting Mode: M

Everything Else: Up to you...that's the point.

TO HAND IN:

1) Upload all six images to your website (Exposure > PROJECT 7: PRIORITY OF SETTINGS)

2) Log your camera settings (add caption for each image)

3) In the caption, for each image also add a sentence explaining which setting was most important for that particular shot.

4) PUBLISH your site.

5) In another window, open this project in CLASSROOM

6) Complete the self-evaluation rubric (and copy-paste your settings from your website into the rubric document)

7) Upload your three images directly to CLASSROOM and TURN IN the project on Classroom!