Cocky Bastard - ME Presenting to you Photography 1011

And so i was thinking about what everyone is complaining...
that our blog is full of nonsense and no useful information
HERE let me present to you my secret to photography!
i believe i can safely say that I CAN teach what our so called"Guest photography teacher" is trying to teach us in BASIC photography.
in actual fact... there is not much of a "Advanced" photography per se
But just what i like to call it... "EYES" to see things that nobody thought they will notice.

there are some basic basic stuff i am going to explain in super layman terms.
first there is the only 4 things that you will have to note EVERYTIME you take a photo.
aperture. -- hole to let light in
shutter. -- time you open that hole
exposure. -- therefore how bright is your picture.
ISO -- how sensitive your camera sensor or film to light
(in this case i do not take exposure as a variable because there is AUTO METERING! and so i believe it is redundant to bother yourself with one more variable. MOST DSLR metering work well enough to save you ALL your trouble)

so what does the hole do for you?
BIG hole = Little area sharp
Small hole = Most area sharp


Shutter speed is like that.WHY?
And so you imagine your sensor like a towel.
and at the same time imagine light is water.
you want your towel damp enough to wipe the table
BUT not so wet such that it starts dripping.
and so if the hole to let in water is big of cause you close it fast
(so that the towel dont get too wet!)
and if the hole is small... you let it open for a little while more
(BUT do realise you only want your towel wet... not your hand. so you dont move around else the water will wet your hand! - Like how the images will have CAMERA SHAKE as the shutter is open and you move... the sensor takes in alot of mess!)


Effects.
at this point of time i shall introduce a term called
BOKEH!
this is an effect causing background blur and fuzzy but your intended object sharp as knife. THIS IS CREATIVITY.
NOTE! Camera shake IS NOT CREATIVITY as much as you want to bullshit your way through... it is not hard to deduce if it was intentional or not - experience tells it all.

and so how do you get that BOKEH? look at "What does the hole do for you"
And so when is it useful? - PORTRAIT SHOTS - when taking shots of models. TO ISOLATE YOUR INTENDED SUBJECT - so this is the main subject? WHEN BACKGROUND IS JUST PLANE SUCKY! - Blur it. DUH!

and so Architecture and Landscape shots... use WHAT APERTURE? Landscape and buildings take up alot of space and so look at " what does the hole do for you"
you want everything sharp and bright.

and so here is the most important part
PUT YOUR DSLR CAMERA OR DIGITAL CAMERA IF THERE IS SUCH A FUNCTION
TO:

Av - APERTURE priority (you control aperture and iso.Period.)
Tv - SHUTTER priority (you control Shutter speed and iso. Period.)

And so what is ISO you ask?
imagine it as how water absorbent your towel is. LOW ISO means need more time to soak wet. High iso = Faster!
NOTE! this is what affects ALL images:
HIGH ISO = Digital noise, in film will produce GRAINY photos.
Low ISO = BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS!

and so.. you compromise speed for quality.
or you compromise quality for speed?
YOUR CALL! PHOTOGRAPHER!

After all these... knn you realise your shot is too dark.. or too bright from the preview...
you adjust the EV Value button this is the compensation. + and you get brighter photo. - and you get darker photo.
There! Exposure fixed!

ALL 4 Covered!

it is getting so friggin long.
I shall end with one Secret Composition technique i believe is in the following lessons in school.IT IS THE KEY TO ALL BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS! so teach everyone first.(only if you are interested enough to read till here)
its call the RULE OF THIRD



i managed to sneak a few photos from other websites to explain.
picture speaks for itself hor?
PUT YOUR PICTURE ONTO THE FOUR SPOTS CIRCLED IN RED
everytime you shoot.

and there you have freakin CHIO PHOTOS to go all the way.
these are what you SHOULD KNOW before you can even improve.
and so After this... you just got to shoot...
shoot...
shoot...
until a point where you realise you kinda shot everything that every photographer had shot
THEN FROM THAT POINT ON... YOUR EXPLORATION INTO PHOTOGRAPHY STARTS.
Your ability to spot things people will never see....
Your ability to spot moments where you have to shoot in split seconds to get what you wanted in the photo.


So this is a little lamp in on little corner of the a bridge(sorry cant remember which) to end my Lesson

hope everyone benefit!
Be a Photographer!
it opens eyes!