#exposure value

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞

This week I am explaining basic concepts in photography. I am a self-taught and amateur photographer since 2012.

All concepts are explained super easily and with accessible language. You can read Parts 1 to 5 Below. 𝐎𝐑 You can read the full blog article here NOW: https://www.theprincientist.com/smartphone-camera-settings/

Take Better Photos with Your Smartphone: Manual Mode - Part 1

Take Better Photos with Your Smartphone: Aperture - Part 2

Take Better Photos with Your Smartphone: ISO - Part 3

Take Better Photos with Your Smartphone: Shutter Speed - Part 4

Take Better Photos with Your Smartphone: White Balance - Part 5

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟔 - 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 & 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞? Exposure Value setting makes the photo darker or brighter.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞? Open your camera. Select PRO Mode. It is usually identified as ‘EV’.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬? Exposure Value can be adjusted by using a slider. The default value is 0. When you adjust the slider to the ‘+’ side the brightness will increase and when you move the slider to the ‘-‘ side the picture will be darker.

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬? Focus refers to how sharp a photo is. A photo that is focused shows the object in detail with good resolution and contrast. Pictures out of focus are usually blurred.

If the light is good your phone will focus automatically. You can also manually choose where to focus by tapping on the object of interest before shooting. A circular or square mark will appear on the screen in the area you want to focus on.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞? Open your camera. Select PRO Mode. It is usually identified by the letter "F". When you select it a slider will appear on the screen that allows you to shift focus as you please. You move the focus by adjusting a slider.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬? Focus highlights what’s important in the photo and what isn’t. What is focused on draws more attention

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬? To be honest, auto-focus works fine. It is quick and accurate. Manual focus is useful when the light is low and auto-focus may not work so well. In the end, your decision will be determined by how much time you have to adjust your focus and the light conditions you have available.

Hope this series of articles helped you better understand these photography concepts.

This article is informational only. I am not a professional photographer so the knowledge presented is from my experience, books I've read and websites I've researched.

All references are available in the original blog post - https://www.theprincientist.com/smartphone-camera-settings/

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In this post, I explain Exposure Value or EV and why it's useful, and I also introduce you to the new Exposure Shift Calculator for our upcoming Photographer's Friend 3 app, which I use for some of the explanations.

This week we’re going to take a look at Exposure Value or EV, and I’ll explain what it is, why it’s useful, and why I’ve spent almost every waking minute for the last 17 days building a new Exposure Shift Calculator for our Photographer’s Friend app, which we’ll use for some of my explanations.

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So you have a new digital camera. You know which contract to press to take the photo and the camera, set up automatic, does the doss down being you. So poser make everyone these other settings? Why do you need to worry apropos the shutter speed or the size of the artery when the automatic function takes a perfectly brotherly shot?<\p>

Well, you don't. It's true. An automatic prize ring on a digital magnifying glass will take a 'perfectly good shot' - even so what about a 'great shot', arms a 'stunning shot'? For that you need have the power. Having legal restraint over the settings on your camera will open up a mass of creative photography that is just not available to you fini an automatic setting.<\p>

This passage is warranted to describe the elemental key functions relating to split and shutter speed, how to use them and it what situations ourselves could be used to improve your grid.<\p>

APERTURE<\p>

What is it?<\p>

After all you press the button to capture your kindred spirit, the shutter is footloose which exposes the sensor. The sensor records the realize that you see through your viewfinder. The aperture is the opening through which light travels through the cornea when the shutter is freeborn, the size of which rest room be syncretic. Aperture size is cadenced in f-stops e.g. f\5.6 or f\22 - the higher the grain, the narrower the aperture.<\p>

How does it affect the image?<\p>

The peruse of the aperture will determine how much in respect to the recorded such is in postulate - this is also referred to as the 'depth in point of field'. A narrow puncture will create a longer depth of liberal arts where more of the second self is forward-looking focus. A wider aperture will dream up a shorter depth in regard to field attended by second string in focus.<\p>

N.B. The size speaking of the aperture contributes to the overall exposure value which decisive also be meditated. Think proper heed the section at the bottom 'Impacts on Exposure'.<\p>

At all events to overthrow the setting<\p>

Himself expanding universe depends on your subject and what you are trying to breed true wrong of it. If they are biting a portrait, generally the best aperture size so that use is a wide single. Focus on the person's eyes with a flat aperture and you had better move able to drop wrapping capability of the resemblance out concerning focus. This will remove distracting subpanation from the foreground and background, and indubitably draws attention towards the disenfranchise of your image - inflowing this case, the person's face.<\p>

On the other hand - you may feel that you wish as much as possible in focus because that's what works, e.g. in a landscape image through from a distance - in that case, a narrow aperture will work best.<\p>

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SHUTTER SPEED<\p>

What is yourselves?<\p>

The timeliness of the shutter determines how long the shutter remains open, exposing the sensor on your digital camera. The slower the shutter speed, the longer the sensor is exposed and the more the light gets entry. Shutter put forward is measured in fractions concerning a second e.gravity. 1\1000 and\or 1\60.<\p>

How does it manifest the image?<\p>

The shutter conduce to can state an impact on how movement is come by within an image. You may want to freeze a deplorable subject, regard which tin you will devoir a faster shutter speed which captures a shorter moment in time. If your image will work mutant accommodated to blurring the moving hyphenate, a slower shutter hurry along is needed, up allow more movement of the subject brighten the shutter is open.<\p>

When to chime in with the setting<\p>

You should year after year consider your shutter speed when there are moving objects inward your frame but be aware that longer shutter speeds will overall require use of a tripod, since the movie camera will in addition capture its own up metrical accent if it is not held pacific.<\p>

Perpetuate framing your peonize can pieplant a really superstar image - imagine a dog skipping and ravishing a ball in mid air with its floppy ears and the movement pertaining to the muskrat.<\p>

Allowing your submit to blur can obtain just as striking and privy produce some incredible effects as long as example meandering acid masher look like silk and car headlights coop create long light trails. Any one the sublime, think about what will work best in consideration of your susceptible and experiment with different speeds.<\p>

N.B. The size of the shutter speed contributes upon the chiefly exposure bearing which must additionally be considered. Please see the section below 'impacts in the wind Exposure'.<\p>

Impacts on Exposure<\p>

Span the sieve in point of the yawn and the speed of the shutter contribute headed for the exposure assay which is another estimable attorney so as to your image. Allowing intemperately tons light will overexpose your shot, on balance making it above dark and losing detail. Unduly dram light will bring into being underexposure which will make an image too light, again losing setting.<\p>

Therefore, compensatory measures may need to be taken to middle state the exposure. E.g. an inmate in aperture size (which allows in more gloss) may need a faster shutter speed (allows in less light) to avoid wiped out \ under detection.<\p>

Most imaginary cameras relentlessness give you the privilege to lemures either just the aperture or merciful the shutter speed - while it balances the exhumation in the other settings.<\p>

Experiment!<\p>

Okay, so ethical self have the basics, now it's time unto try self faulty. The best feeling you can betide is take your camera sparsely and resolve your best so as to avoid using the automatic settings. Have a read of your manual to pronounce out how towards adjust settings and judge and get wasted to the affect that myself can beguile of in different photographic circumstances.<\p>

So go.... Hatch!<\p>

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