In Physics, we did a unit on astronomy. Looking at these amazing stars and galaxies through the telescopes and with your own eyes is going to make you want to capture so you can look at it forever. That is why we learned a little about photography. It would not only help when we went on these trips, but also just within daily life. In this assignment, we played around with the settings to see how each of them affected the photo. After we saw the effects, we looked into what inside the camera changed to make the photo different. This assignment was not only fun but also a good learning experience for people who don't understand the settings or have never used a professional camera before. I found more of a passion for photography within this assignment. Overall, I found it as a good learning experience. This is what I found while doing the assignment:
Shutter Speed: The higher the number you set, the darker the picture. The lower the number, the brighter the picture, as shown here:
I think the reasoning behind this is because the higher the shutter speed, the faster it goes, meaning it goes pretty quickly, not allowing much light to get it. In other words, if the shutter speed is higher or faster, the picture will be darker because it doesn't have a lot of time to let the light in.
F/Stop: If the number is set lowest it can go, the picture turns out bright but out of focus. On a higher number, the pictures comes out dark but very clear, as shown here;
I think the reasoning for this is because the lower the number for F/stop, the wider the camera lens gets. If the camera lens is wide, it lets in more light which explains the brightness. As far as the out of focus part, when the lens is wide, it takes in so much light from all different directions and angles that it becomes out of focus. That is why the middle is a good balance for this setting.
ISO: When ISO is set to a lower number, it makes the picture dark. When the number is high, it produces an overexposed photo, as shown here;
I think the reasoning for this is because of the sensitivity to the light is what this setting does. This is good to know for night photography especially of the sky that the ISO should turned up so it collect all the light, even if the light may be dim, it will collect it because it is sensitive to any light.