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1. Luke Woolhead

2. Shutter Speed
 This is how long the
cameras shutter stays
open when you take a
picture. If the shutter
speed is slow you will get
it can cause over
exposure, but it makes the
image more blurred into
each other to make it
smoother looking. Fast
shutter speed captures
everything and freezes
movement.
Slow shutter speed
Fast shutter speed

3. ISO
 This setting on a camera
has the same functions as
an older camera. It
determines how sensitive
the image sensor is to light.
It’s chosen so that wherever
you are you can choose the
right amount of light you
need in each shot. In this
picture the people are made
to look like silhouettes and
then the part of the image
the photographer wants to
capture stands out because
of the ISO setting sorting
the right light needed to
capture it.

4. Aperture & Depth of Field
 This is how large the
iris or the eye of your
camera lens opens up.
The larger it is the
more light that gets
through. Depth of field
is how much area away
from your camera is in
focus. It either makes
things in the
background blurred so
it can focus on the
foreground or makes if
it’s a larger depth of
field can bring
everything into perfect
focus.

5. Manual Exposure
 This is where you’re in
charge; most
professionals use this
though because they
want a certain exact
settings for each shot.
This is a way to learn all
the settings yourself
rather than relying on the
camera to do it for you.
You use this if your
somewhere that the
automatic setting
wouldn’t be able to get
the right settings for. This
makes your pictures more
unique to you.

6. Automatic Exposure
 This is where the camera
chooses the right settings
for scene you want to
capture rather than you
having to choose them
yourself. Automatic
settings set both lens and
shutter speed. Like in this
picture on the left the
exposure of it is dull and
makes the picture look
lifeless. Whereas when
the camera gets the
settings right it can make
it look like its been taking
on a different day in a
different place. Everything
colour in the picture
becomes more defined,
especially the yellow.

7. Colour Balance
 This is about getting the
right amount of each of the
three colours used (red,
blue and green). It changes
the overall mixture of
colours in the image.
Colour balance doesn’t just
effect the neutrals though,
it changes the image to a
mix instead of the normal
picture which just shifts to
one colour more.
This picture shows
the original which is
more blue.
However in this
picture the three
colours have mixed
and made the flower
brighter and
balanced.

8. White Balance
 White balance is the process of
removing unrealistic colour casts,
so that objects which appear white
in person are rendered white in
your photo. Proper camera white
balance has to take into account
the colour temperature of a light
source, which refers to the relative
warmth or coolness of white light in
an image. Our eyes are very good
at judging what is white under
different light sources, but digital
cameras often cant adjust to auto
white balance and can create blue,
orange, or even green colour
casts.
Colour contrast
Daylight white balance

9. Composition
 This is an organized method.
It’s to make sure you have good
positioning of the subject. It
makes sure it leaves out
everything irrelevant. It
accentuates the main subject
and organizes all the elements
in the shot. It basically means
everything in the shot. The
composition in this picture is
that there are rocks floating in
the air and we see their
shadows on the ground. There
are clouds in the sky and the
sky is light blue. Composition is
what's in the picture.

10. Rule of thirds
 It’s where you divide your shot into
lines two equally spaced horizontal
and two equally spaced vertical
lines. Then if you put your subject
on one of the spaces where the
lines cross your shot will be more
interesting and dynamic. Most
picture showing this have three
layers visible on the picture for
example sky trees and then ground.
Each layer goes in to each rectangle
in each third. Like in this picture we
see the photo split up, the little girl
then the back of her dress and the
sun and then the rest of the sea
clouds and sky in the last third.

11. amples of Rule of thirds

12. Analogous colours
 Analogous colour schemes use
colours that are next to each
other on the colour wheel. They
usually match well and blend
together.
 They are often found in nature
and are harmonious.
 Make sure you have enough
contrast when choosing an
analogous colour scheme.
 The first colour is to dominate,
the second to support. The third
colour is used along with black,
white or grey as an accent.

13. Complementary Colours
 This style of
photography shows to
different colours that are
very dominant but work
together. For example
like flowers and nature
they shouldn’t go
together but nature
makes them look good,
like the green stems
with the bright flowers
on the ends.

14. Macro
 This is extremely close up
photography. Usually of
very small objects or
insects mostly. It shows the
definition up close. The
object looks a lot bigger in
the photo than in real life.
Its not just close up
photography though its
about the ratio of the object
showing the relationship
between the actual size of
the object and it on
camera. It can go from life
size to ten times bigger.