Today's assignment was to take 5 photos only using the manual setting on our camera. No program, no auto :)... we had to manually manipulate a photo with the proper exposure. Something I'll be talking about in a "reading note" under the chosen photo.
Before boring you with my coursework, I wanted to explain to you the course of our day. This was sort of the "official" first day of on schedule classes--all of our remaining days here are sort of structured around today. (The first Monday of the trip!) We started with a breakfast at Mama Mia's. A wonderful little restaurant just down the corner from our home, AKA: Studios Marios. After a breakfast of fresh orange juice, milk, cereal, ham & cheese, toast, jam, and coffee started our next Greek lesson. Which by the way, is not all that easy. It is fun though! Impressively, we are picking it up quickly. Peter did live here for eight years, so its not like we're learning from just a book. You'll be surprised at what I'll be able to say to you when I return!
After getting our Greek on, we then went into our photography class. Today we learned about exposure; defining it, what makes it good, bad, and ugly, how to properly obtain it, how it enhances the a photo, how incorrect exposure takes away from the photo. I'll explain this to a greater extent with one of the following photos. :)
We then hiked this afternoon, a reaaaaalllllyyy long ways! But it was beautiful. We walked to another part of the island to a gorgeous church on the top of a hill, in sort of a living neighborhood. A lot quieter than where we are now, closer to the beach.
Here are a few photos from today: All of which have some sort of story that I hope you can create on your own. :)
Enjoy!
Peace & Blessings.
Ps. I love you Mom! :D
Aperture 13
Shutter Speed 1/100
ISO 100
Aperture 8
Shutter Speed 1/250
ISO 100
Aperture 5.6
Shutter Speed 1/500
ISO 100
Reading Notes; The Photographic Triangle: At an earlier point in our book, Peterson expresses exposure as the amount and act, of light falling on photosensitve material, posing for many the question, "How much light should hit the camera and for how long?"
He sort of answers that by later mentioning ones choice of aperture and shutter speed, directly influence ISO. They all sort of relate to each other in the way of capturing correct exposure. In fact, he says that "a correct exposure is a simple combination of three important factors: aperture, shutter speed, and ISO." --The photographic triangle.
In this photo, the numbers might look funny. An aperture of 5.6? A shutter speed of 1/500? (The ISO might look familiar at 100.) What does that mean? How does it explain a good exposure?
Well the lens opening controls how much light is allowed to reach the media/film during exposure. So, if the number is big (like say the first picture in this post at 13) the smaller the lens opening--less light let in. If its smaller, like this one, the more open the lens is.
The shutter speed, in short, is like the amount of time the light is allowed in. (1/500 sec in this one.) So why am I bragging that this is correct exposure? Because based on the elements of the photography triangle, my numbers (on a bright sunny day here in Santorini) allowed for a good amount of light in and for a good amount of time while not washing out the highlights of the flower. If I would have washed it out, or overexposed, The slight white/pink highlights on the bottom pedals of the flower may have been washed out or lost. Now for aperture, it works with focus as well. With this small aperture, I was able to wash out the background while keeping the flower focused, without making the white building too bright. All the colors in the photo are able to be seen, without excessive brightness, washing out, or extreme darkness.
Also, note the shadows on the flower. They are still able to be seen; they are not too dark to where they lost the color of the flower and they are not eliminated by any extreme brightness.
Overall, based on the focal point (the flower) and the photographic triangle, this picture isn't half bad ;)
Aperture 5.6
Shutter Speed 1/60
ISO 100
Aperture 8
Shutter Speed 1/320
ISO 100
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