Basic Rules Of Photography Analysis
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BASIC RULES OF PHOTOGRAPHY The single most important part of good photography is composition. How you compose your pictures will make the difference between a snapshot and a photograph. The basics of composition are rather simple and will be picked up with practice and over time they will come naturally. Look carefully through your viewfinder before taking the picture.
Even though these are considered the "basic rules" of photography, rules are, at times, meant to be broken. Remember, not all of these techniques will work for all of your picture--if you feel that it isn't working with your picture, don't use it. There are 3 basic ways to arrange the elements within your composition: 1. Physically move …show more content…
Believe it or not, this is determined by just three camera settings: aperture, ISO and shutter speed (the "exposure triangle"). Mastering their use is an essential part of developing an intuition for photography.
UNDERSTANDING EXPOSURE
Achieving the correct exposure is a lot like collecting rain in a bucket. While the rate of rainfall is uncontrollable, three factors remain under your control: the bucket's width, the duration you leave it in the rain, and the quantity of rain you want to collect. You just need to ensure you don't collect too little ("underexposed"), but that you also don't collect too much ("overexposed"). The key is that there are many different combinations of width, time and quantity that will achieve this. For example, for the same quantity of water, you can get away with less time in the rain if you pick a bucket that's really wide. Alternatively, for the same duration left in the rain, a really narrow bucket can be used as long as you plan on getting by with less …show more content…
Furthermore, just as the rate of rainfall was beyond your control above, so too is natural light for a photographer.
EXPOSURE TRIANGLE: APERTURE, ISO & SHUTTER SPEED
Each setting controls exposure differently:
Aperture: controls the area over which light can enter your camera
Shutter speed: controls the duration of the exposure
ISO speed: controls the sensitivity of your camera's sensor to a given amount of light
One can therefore use many combinations of the above three settings to achieve the same exposure. The key, however, is knowing which trade-offs to make, since each setting also influences other image properties. For example, aperture affects depth of field, shutter speed affects motion blur and ISO speed affects image noise.
The next few sections will describe how each setting is specified, what it looks like, and how a given camera exposure mode affects their
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BASIC RULES OF PHOTOGRAPHY The single most important part of good photography is composition. How you compose your pictures will make the difference between a snapshot and a photograph. The basics of composition are rather simple and will be picked up with practice and over time they will come naturally. Look carefully through your viewfinder before taking the picture.
Even though these are considered the "basic rules" of photography, rules are, at times, meant to be broken. Remember, not all of these techniques will work for all of your picture--if you feel that it isn't working with your picture, don't use it. There are 3 basic ways to arrange the elements within your composition: 1. Physically move …show more content…
Believe it or not, this is determined by just three camera settings: aperture, ISO and shutter speed (the "exposure triangle"). Mastering their use is an essential part of developing an intuition for photography.
UNDERSTANDING EXPOSURE
Achieving the correct exposure is a lot like collecting rain in a bucket. While the rate of rainfall is uncontrollable, three factors remain under your control: the bucket's width, the duration you leave it in the rain, and the quantity of rain you want to collect. You just need to ensure you don't collect too little ("underexposed"), but that you also don't collect too much ("overexposed"). The key is that there are many different combinations of width, time and quantity that will achieve this. For example, for the same quantity of water, you can get away with less time in the rain if you pick a bucket that's really wide. Alternatively, for the same duration left in the rain, a really narrow bucket can be used as long as you plan on getting by with less …show more content…
Furthermore, just as the rate of rainfall was beyond your control above, so too is natural light for a photographer.
EXPOSURE TRIANGLE: APERTURE, ISO & SHUTTER SPEED
Each setting controls exposure differently:
Aperture: controls the area over which light can enter your camera
Shutter speed: controls the duration of the exposure
ISO speed: controls the sensitivity of your camera's sensor to a given amount of light
One can therefore use many combinations of the above three settings to achieve the same exposure. The key, however, is knowing which trade-offs to make, since each setting also influences other image properties. For example, aperture affects depth of field, shutter speed affects motion blur and ISO speed affects image noise.
The next few sections will describe how each setting is specified, what it looks like, and how a given camera exposure mode affects their