Understanding ISO

     ISO is the international standard organization. Or the sensitivity to light. By changing the shutter speed you are measuring how much ISO you need, if you're in a bright lit up area it is more likely you will have a lower ISO. But if you were to be in a dark room you would want to adjust your ISO to a larger number. Now if you have a small ISO your picture will me smoother while the larger the ISO its more grainy. Aperture,ISO, shutter speed create whats called an exposure triangle. So if you were to be in a bright your room your shutter speed will be fast and ISO will be small because you want to expose not as much light as you can while in a more darker room your shutter speed is slower and your ISO is larger because you want to expose as much light as you can.

Lower ISO

Higher ISO

Understanding Shutter Speed

            Shutter speed is the amount of time the shutter is open when taking a picture. By changing the the time of how long your shutter is open, if you were to have a larger shutter speed it means you are letting more light in and might have a blur movement. Now, if you have a smaller shutter speed it means you are letting less light in and deal with a frozen movement. Aperture, ISO and shutter speed all come together to create an exposure triangle. The shutter speed affects the aperture because the larger the shutter speed the larger the aperture since you exposing the sunlight longer. Now, if you have a smaller shutter speed you have a smaller aperture since your only have a small amount of time exposing the sun to the camera.

Slower Shutter Speed

Fast Shutter Speed

 

Understanding Aperture

Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken. By changing the aperture in a camera you are adjusting how much light you are letting in the camera. The smaller the f/stop # the more light you are letting in, while the higher the f/stop # the less light you are letting in. Now if you have a smaller f/stop number then there is more light in the photo, with a small depth of field. While with a larger f/stop # there is less light in the photo, with a larger depth of field, and also the focus is more clear.  Aperture, ISO, and Shutter speed all come together to create whats a called an Exposure Triangle. The aperture affects the shutter speed so the lower the f/stop # the faster the shutter speed, while the larger the f/stop # the slower the shutter speed.

Small Depth of Field

 

Large Depth of Field

 

Photographic Themes

        This was a very fun yet challenging project to do. But in the end it was interesting what my mind came up with for these words. My favorite photo I took was the knife standing up, because what originally happened before I took this photo was me walking around my kitchen and my whole house looking for something terrifying.  I couldn't think of anything so I just stuck a knife onto a cutting board and the picture was born.

Themed shooting assignment

Theme	Subject	Reason
1.     Anger		Homework makes me mad and frustrates me.
2.     Power		I choose to take a picture of him because he use to work for the mayor and I think he's got a lot of power to do things.
3.     Ugly		I always see trash as something ugly.
4.     Calm		This reminds me of the beach and I always feel calm when I think or am at the beach.
5.     Compassion		Because holding somebody's hand is like knowing they're always there for each other.
6.     Authority		I always thought being able to say or put out a sign saying do not disturb gave you a lot of authority.
7.     Pride		Being at CV made me see how much school pride it really has.
8.     Mysterious		I took this picture during a thunderstorm and I took it a couple of seconds after lightning struck and i thought it was mysterious because of the split between the light and dark.
9.     Wisdom		I always thought that being to see the light is being knowlegable.
10.  Love		I thought the idea of Paris and the Eiffel Tower was like a sign of love.
11.  Lazy		I'm always too LAZY to clean my room.
12.  Temptation		I always feel like food is always tempting
13.  Happiness		Listening to music always makes me happy
14.  Growth		I always see when little kids tip toe they want to grow up.
15.  Memories		This was just a bunch of pictures of me and my mom back when we lived in the Philippines.
16.  Sounds		I took this picture of a speaker because this is were most of the sound comes from in my room.
17.  Diversity		I took this picture of an american type of junk food and Filipino junk food. And it basically describes of how diverse my fridge and cabinets are.
18.  Dangerous		Knives to me are always dangerous.
19.  Hope		I used this one because everyone seems to find hope within themselves and god.
20.  Truth		Honesty and truth are the same.
21.  Patriotic		People in the army wear camo and they are usually pretty patriotic.
22.  Sad		I see trash as something sad because people never have the initiative
23.  Terrifying		There's a red light in my room that I always imagine is a red eye and I think it's absolutely terrifying.
24.  Abandoned		I choose this photo because the plants and the green color has an abandoned feel to it.
25.  Courage		I  always feel like courage takes motivation.

About Me

 

Portrait Session with Caroline Fulton

How to befriend Caroline Abby Fulton:

       Step 1: Remember her name, Caroline Abby Fulton or C for short
       Step 2: Show interest in her name ask her why she was named Caroline
              P.S it’s because of the song Sweet Caroline
       Step 3: Ask her about her interest. She’ll most likely say giraffes
       Step 4: Ask her why she takes her classes for example photography?
     She might say:
                 - She wanted to see what the course was like
                 - She wanted to know how to take a good photo
       Step 5: You need to love giraffes because that is something that Caroline would love to take a picture                        of. Giraffes in the safari
       Step 6: Ask her if she could change anything about herself you better know that she’ll say her attitude
       Step 7: And to be really good friends with her ask her what she wants to do when she grows up and                          where she sees herself.
            She might say:
                         Out of college
                 A husband
                 With 2 dogs
                 And a good job
      Step 8: When you guys hang out it’s most likely you both will be on the couch with her dog watching                          reality tv and movies.
      Step 9: And if she ever goes missing you can probably find her in the nearest couch.
      Step 10: Fun Facts about Caroline
                  - She would like Miley Cyrus or horror movies to go away from pop culture.
                  - She wants to break the habit of her attitude don’t ask me how she just wants to.
                  - Caroline is Entomophobic which means she has a fear of insects, Aracnophobic which means                        fear of spider, and monophobic meaning she has a fear of being alone.
                  - She thinks her greatest flaw is her height.
                  - And if she were to become a super hero she would like her power to be strength because she                        would be able to do things that others may not be able to.
                  - And she could eat at any restaurant for the rest of her life she would love to eat at Mikado’s.
                   I hope these 10 easy steps make you Caroline’s new bestie!