~Close-Up Portraits/Still Lifes~
*I couldn’t choose which I liked so I just put all the best ones :)*
1~ Shiny 2~ Detail 3~ Saturated 4~ Cool 5~ Scratched 6~ Smooth 7~ Bright 8~ Contrasting 9~ Metalic 10~ Dark
~White Balance Read & Write~
White balance ensures that the colors in your images are accurate and natural. Incorrect white balance can lead to color casts, detracting from the image’s overall quality and authenticity. White balance compensates for the color casts produced by either color temperature or color tint shifts. On the other hand, color temperature specifically refers to where the light falls on the blue-yellow spectrum. Here are some key points on White-Balance.
1~ Sunny, which works for mid-morning and mid-afternoon sun
2~ Shade, which works for scenarios with heavy shade (e.g., portraits under a tree)
3~ Cloudy, which works for outdoor scenes featuring overcast lighting
4~ Flash, which works for scenes lit by standard off-camera speedlights and pop-up flashes
5~ Incandescent, which works for indoor scenes lit by standard warm bulbs
6~ Fluorescent, which works for indoor scenes lit by fluorescent bulbs
~Multiple Exposure with Flash & Slow Shutter Speed~
The way I had accomplished this multiple exposure final results is by setting my ISO to 200, my Shutter speed to 15-20, and my Aperture to 18. To be able to accomplish this you first, set your camera to a slow shutter speed (like 1/4s), a middle aperture (around f/8), and low ISO. The slow shutter will capture motion, like a moving person or light trails. When you fire the flash, it freezes the subject in place, making them sharp while the rest of the scene shows movement. Use a tripod to keep the camera steady. You can take several shots with the subject in different places or try different flash timings for creative effects. This technique creates cool, layered images that mix motion with clear details.
~File Formats~
- JPEG ~ Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, it is a smaller file size because of the compressed image detail/quality.
- HEIF ~ Stands for High Efficiency Image Format, it is smaller than a JPEG but with increased quality.
- TIFF ~ Stands for Tagged Image File Format, they are usually uncompressed and take up a lot of space, but they are a lot clearer.
- RAW ~ Stores all info originally captured by the camera, it is similar to TIFFs, but it cannot be displayed on browsers, you’ll need a special processing software.
- DNG ~ Stands for Digital Negative, it is offered as a main RAW file format or an alternative.
- PNG ~ Stands for Portable Network Graphics, they are compressed resulting in the loss of detail for viewing and editing, but don’t require much space even for the higher quality ones.
- GIF ~ Stands for Graphics Interchange Format, they have little image quality but are mainly made for small animations.
- BMP ~ Stands for Bitmap, they focus on color for each pixel without compression and produce high quality file but not ideal for sharing on the web.
- PSD ~ Stands for Photoshop, it is mainly used for saved photoshop files and projects and open the app.
~Barbra Kruger Poster~
I want whatever viewer to feel nostalgic and thoughtful about their most cherished memories. Like with this necklace, it reminds me of the time of when my partner gifted it to me on my birthday. Cherishing memories that one enjoys, and loves is one of the most important things I think people should focus on.
~20 Important Facts About Lenses~
1~ One important thing to know is your selection of lenses.
2~ Exploring the variety of lenses to get the variety of different photos.
3~ Depending on what you want to shoot, the different lenses you’d want to get.
4~ When wanting to get a specific lens, you’ll have to find your subject and your budget.
5~ Different subjects like sports, wildlife, landscapes, architecture, portraits, etc. will affect the type of lens you’ll need.
6~ Less expensive lenses will have variable apertures.
7~ More expensive lenses will have a fixed aperture.
8~ Wide-angle lenses measure from 10mm to 35mm.
9~ Wide-angle lenses are used mainly for landscape photos since they’re expansive.
10~ Standard lenses range from 35mm to 85mm.
11~ Standard lenses are used for walkaround photography.
12~ There are also such thing as standard primes.
13~ Standard primes offer one focal length, ranging from 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm.
14~ Telephoto lenses range from 85mm to 300mm.
15~ Telephoto lenses help you zoom into something that is very far away.
16~ Telephotos lenses are great to get close to a subject without actually getting close to them physically.
17~ Many telephoto lenses range from 70-300mm or 70-200mm.
18~ Many photographers who use telephoto lenses become lazy over time from using it.
19~ Specialty lenses are many types of lenses that can do many things like get fine detail on something or capture fast moving objects.
20~ In the end, choosing the right lenses depends on the person on the other side the camera, the one to is shooting the photo.