Depth Of Field
Depth of Field is where the object in the shot is focused and the surroundings of the object are out of focus (if the object has a low depth of field). The depth of field can be changed where the whole shot is in focus but vice versa is true where the depth of field can be changed so it is only the subject that is in focus. In these two pictures, the picture above has a depth of field of F22 and below has a depth of field of F5.6. This shows that the higher the number, more of the shot is in focus.
Shutter Speeds
This depends on how long the camera's shutters are open for. The image above shows that the shutter speed was open for 1/1000 where all the embers from the bonfire are completely frozen, however in the picture below the shutter speed was slowed down to 1/20 which causes the embers to blur.
The picture above shows that the sign is the focus of the shot going through the railings, but in the photo below shows that the focus is the railings and thus making the sign out of focus. To do this I turned down the depth of field to F5.6 so that the focus of the two different objects could be changed.
This is where the shot cuts out parts of the image which should usually be there. If this is done well then the audience can usually recognise what the picture is and make their own assumptions on what the picture is, however this is not always the case. In this case I have taken an image on myself smoking a cigarette, however the photo is focused on the smoke coming from my mouth rather than the cigarette itself.
Panning
This is where I slowed down the camera shutter speed and then panned the camera so that it followed the subject but at the same time because the camera is following the subject, it is blurring out the surroundings of the subject. This is shown by these two people walking on the sidewalk.
Night Flash
In this shot I turned down the ISO to 400 and then I used the flash on the camera to light my subjects. The only problem with this shot is that even though the subjects are lit perfectly, but everything around the subjects are blacked out.
The pictures above I let the camera expose for 3 seconds which developed these photos of the fireworks. This way the camera picks up any light that is in the shot. I also experimented with this further by turning down the ISO to 100 and lengthening the shutter speed to 30 seconds, and by using a light I was able to make the pictures below.
This is basically how sensitive the camera is to light. If the camera has an ISO of 100 then ideally the shot would be in a well lit area, whereas if the shot had an ISO of 6400 then the shot may be have very little light. However the higher the ISO is turned up, the more the shot looks grainy and thus reducing the image quality. In these two photos, the picture has an ISO of 100 and the picture below has an ISO of 6400 and as you can see the picture above has an ISO too low and the picture below has an ISO too high.
White Balance
This is the colour temperature of the light source. In these pictures you can see that the white balance is correct in the first picture. The next picture I changed the white balance into a more blue setting which gave a "colder" feeling to the photograph. Then I upped the white balance to a more tungsten setting which gave a "warmer" feeling to the photograph.
Above and Below
This is used so that the viewer is given different perspectives of the image. When the shot is above, the viewer gets the impression that the subject is slightly insignificant, however if the shot is below the subject looks more imposing. In my example I have taken a relatively small car and taken a below and above shot. In my opinion I think the below shot looks more imposing than the above shot, where the above shot looks more insignificant.
