The document discusses key camera controls for taking photographs, including aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. It explains how these three elements - known as the exposure triangle - work together to control depth of field, motion blur, and light/image quality. The document provides examples and quizzes to illustrate the effects of different settings for aperture, shutter speed, and ISO values.

1. Photography - Technical
Camera Controls

2. MAKING BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
• National Geographic:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video
/player/photography/photographers/sim
ply-beautiful.html

3. HOW DOES LIGHT TRAVEL THROUGH A
CAMERA?
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A
B B
C A

4. CAMERA OBSCURA

6. QUIZ
1. What did artists use pre-1800’s to
draw/trace with?
2. What does light do to an image when it
travels through a camera?
3. In digital camera’s what reverses the
image?
4. In digital camera’s what does the
photograph produce itself onto?

7. EXPOSURE TRIANGLE

8. EXPOSURE TRIANGLE QUIZ
1. Which component controls the grain?
2. Which component controls the blur?
3. Which component controls the Depth of
Field?

9. ISO measures the
ISO sensitivity of the image
sensor.
ISO 100 ISO 3200

10. ISO AND NOISE
• The lower the
number (eg.
100) the
finer/smoothe
r the grain.
• Meaning that
the image will
be higher
quality.

11. ISO AND LIGHT
The higher the number (eg 1600) the more sensitive your camera is
to light.
Meaning more light is let onto the image but the quality is poor.

12. SHUTTER SPEED during which the camera
to control the amount of time
is exposed to light.
'faster' shutter speeds decrease the amount of light and
freeze the image.
‘slower’ shutter speeds increase the amount of light and
can create movement in the image.

16. Mitsuaki Iwago

17. Stephen Dalton

18. Linda Connor

19. Bragaglia brothers

20. Karl de Keyzer

23. QUIZ
1. Give a numerical example of a fast
shutter speed
2. Give a numerical example of a slow
shutter speed

24. APERTURE
to control the amount of light entering the lens.
• has an effect on focus and depth of field

25. In the camera lens

26. Small number =
shallow depth of
field.

27. Shooting
When shooting a landscape, get as much of the
photograph in sharp focus as possible (f11 to f22).
In a portrait, shallower dof (f2.8 - 8) will isolate your
subject from distracting backgrounds

29. Keith Arnatt

30. Erna Lendvai-Dircksen

31. Cornell Capa

33. QUIZ
1. What F stop would you typically use when
you shoot portraits?
2. Give a numerical example of an F stop that
creates a shallow depth of field.
3. What could you photograph at F22?
4. If you had F22 would more or less light
come through the camera than F5.6?