This class was a bit different to any of the other ones we’ve had so far as it required us to go out into the real world and capture different pictures using with different camera settings on our phones.
We had to use our classmates to capture different shots with different qualities. Our first picture needed to be with the F-stop set to its highest setting, meaning you get less light in the picture, but more of it is in focus. This was very clear when the whole image was very clear.
Next we did the exact opposite, with our F-stop on the lowest setting, allowing more light through but blurring out more of the image, especially the background, making the prominent figure at the front stand out more, bringing more attention to them.
Next we did the middle ground, which brought more attention to the model than the first picture, as the background was a bit more blurred out, but nowhere near as much as the second picture.
Finally we did the same but inside to see how it differed to natural sunlight causing these effects, but personally, other than a slight difference, I didn’t notice too much, apart from some difference in quality.
Photographic Journalism 