Task 2.1
Part 1
Selecting the proper White Balance:
”Take your camera outside during daylight and photograph the same scene using different white-balance settings. Move indoors and repeat the exercise with shooting in a tungsten-lighting environment. Finally, find a fluorescent light source and repeat this one more time. Pay close attention to how each setting affects your images’ overall colour cast in different lighting environments and write down your findings.”
What I learned from this practice was that white balance has control over the temperature balance in the image. Learning and practicing white balance setting might be helpful to balance out different color temperatures depending on your location and subject.
Experimenting with Focus Modes: (1 hour)
”Change your camera settings so that you are focusing using the Single-Point focus mode. Try using all of the different focus points to see how they work in focusing your scene. Then set your focus mode to AF-S and practice focusing on a stationary subject and then recomposing before actually taking the picture. Try doing this with subjects at varying distances. Lastly, change your focus mode from autofocus to manual focus and practice a little manual-focus photography. Get familiar with where the focus ring is and how to use it to achieve sharp images. Write down what you learned from the different focus modes.”
I learned that AF-S is for focus points. Single point focus gave me ability to focus on one specific subject. maybe small or in the distance, or even close to get the right eye drawing focus. Using Dynamic area AF gave me more pointers that was in focus, making it easier to take photos of something in an area or even moving subjects. Manual Focus just let me control where the focus distance is in an image. Turn on the slider around the lens and you change focus.
Part 2
Practical assignment (1-5 days)
”Take five pictures every day for the next five days. The subjects of your photographs can include a series of different objects, people and landscapes. The focus of this activity is to put into practice what you have learned so far about exposure and composition: Depth of Field, Motion Blur, High Key, Low Key, Pattern, Symmetry, Texture, Lines, Framing, Perspective, Space, Balance and Colour. Apply the manual settings as explained. Submit your six best pictures at the end of the week, listing the following with each image:”
- ISO
- Aperture
- Shutter speed
