Alphabet Photography

5 valuable things I learned in photo class this year is how there is multiple settings and things to do for taking a good picture. for example, you can take a motion blur picture by changing the shutter speed slower so it can catch more blur. to capture the action of what is being photographed, you have to make your shutter speed faster so it can quickly catch the motion you want to capture. You need to also be creative to make your pictures more interesting.

RAW vs JPEG

Jpeg file 

A JPEG file is a type of image format that decreases file size by losing some image quality. Most photographers use it. It is the most popular format.

raw file

It’s a type of raster file format that keeps all the original quality. RAW files aren’t finished images; they’re just large files containing the raw data from the shot. A RAW file holds all the uncompressed and unprocessed image data from a digital camera or scanner. 

which file is bigger?

Raw files are bigger because they have all the original image data. 

how can you change raw to jpeg?

You have to open your editing app that you use. once you have selected the RAW image you want to convert, you have to go to “export” and then change it to JPEG. Make sure you save a copy of the RAW image. 

would you shoot an important event, would you do raw or jpeg?

If I were to shoot an important event, I would rather shoot it in RAW. It would be better than JPEG. I would shoot in RAW because it is going to catch all the details, and it would have better quality. You can adjust your lighting when you are editing if you don’t like how it turned out. Even though it takes up more storage, the quality is better than the JPEG.

10 Tips

1)  The first tip that is important is the lighting, lighting is how you can make your subject stand out or blend more in the picture.

2) It’s all in the details. if you are going for a more stand out look. you should get in all the details of your subject as you can. To get better detail you can set your camera on a tripod. 

3) the raw mode gives it more detail. it either makes your pictures darker or it lightens them up some more. you can add highlights, shadows, and make certain areas darker. you can adjust the settings that aren’t adjustable in the camera.

4) The art of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. they are important because they are each designed for different things that make your picture come out looking better. The more aperture gives you more light and creates a blurrier background. while a faster shutter speed lets in less light. it is used if you are outside. higher ISO also gives you more light. 

5) Its hard to be interesting. This is important because you may think you are taking a picture no one has taken before but there is more of a chance that someone has already taken something similar. it is hard to catch the audience attention. So, you have to come up with something unique and interesting to look at.

6) Eyes are the prize. When you want to catch emotion. you can get so much emotion through people’s eyes. either through the action they are doing or their expression they put on while taking the picture. The expression in the eyes give you emotion but they could also tell people the difficulty of life. 

7) Experiment and play. You can be creative and try different things people haven’t tried. Do something different play around with the camera modes. You can try different camera angles, different exposures, different lighting, and different subjects in the same place that might not belong together.

8) Edit for reality. Editing is important. you can add more things to your picture. If there is some stuff missing that you think should be included in, add it in photoshop.

9) Creating a profile to show off your work isn’t a bad idea. you can show off your good and bad pictures for people to see. even if no one sees them, you can still have them to look back at and see how much you improved. Your work can also be recognized, and you can be given credit to.

10) Live. It doesn’t matter if you are professional or not. you still can’t put yourself down if you aren’t capturing anything great. If you are a professional, you shouldn’t always just think about what your next picture should be. you should get to enjoy your life and enjoy your time outside and not think about that stuff. 

Digital Vacation

I would want to go to the beach and have my family and all my loved ones there because every time i can spend some time with them they always know how to either make me happy or to piss me off, but they still are my favorite people to be with.

Action and Motion Articles

Motion blur is when you are intentionally trying to make your subject burly. It is when you catch the moving movement of the activity that you are taking a picture of. In order to make the blur motion show in the picture that you are taking, is to make your shutter speed slower. If your shutter speed is faster, than that will catch the action of the movement. you want the blur of it. The setting of your camera should be below 1/60s to get the motion blur effect. You can try to add some flash or light to the darker places the photo is being taken of. It will make the subject stand out more and it will be more eye catching. You can catch the motion blur of almost anything, moving cars, busy streets, people dancing, etc. 

Action shot is when you capture the movement of activity and get it to freeze so you can clearly see what is happening. Instead of having a slow shutter speed, it is the opposite. To catch the movement of the movement that you are trying to catch, you have to have a faster shutter speed. For example, 1/16000th of a second. It manages to freeze the movement of what is happening in your moving movement. If you are taking shots of a sport, you have to have your shutter speed fast depending on what kind of sport you are wanting to capture a picture of. That means you have to have a lens that zooms in a lot. You don’t want the picture to be taken from a far if you are trying to capture a specific subject. In sports you may want to zoom in more on the subject. The expression on the players faces show a lot of emotion and the stress or thrill of playing at that moment.