Introduction to photography

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Today I will be teaching on Photography.Now for me to be able to teach photography then I must be a photographer.Now let me explain something to you.There is a big difference between a PHOTOGRAPHER AND A CAMERA MAN.Now on a camera there are different mode which are so many examples are Automatic mode, Manual mode, Aperture priority, portrait, landscape, shutter speed priority e.t.c As you can see I mentioned different mode to you but the one we will be dominating on is the Manual mode.

The big difference between a PHOTOGRAPHER AND A CAMERA Is the mode they are shooting on.A photographer shoots on Manual while a camera man shoots on automatic.You may be asking yourself what's the difference between manual and Automatic.Let me use this illustration.In cars we have both automatic and manual gear. Automatic gear you don't have to touch anything the car does everything by itself while in manual gear the driver does everything, and people say automatic gear is better than a manual gear. Am not here to support or oppose the motion, it's just an illustration.Back to Photography, now in Automatic mode in camera the camera gives you anything it wishes while in manual mode is anything you give your camera it will give out.

Now let me give you an example: I know you do take pictures with your phone. Yes you do.Take a picture of yourself at night, a picture of the camera pointing to the sun.(Don't add additional light just natural light) Now go to the details of the picture and see the info.

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If you watch you see that in the info for your self at night the ISO is may be above 400 can be while for the sun is below 400 or even 100. This means your phone is on automatic.But in camera there is Manual.

Now there are three major thing that depends on how clear a picture will be. These are APERTURE, SHUTTER SPEED AND ISO.

SHUTTER SPEED: This is the number of time/second(s) it will take for a moment to be captured examples are: 10s, 9s, 8s... 1/2s, 1/4s, 1/8s...1/100s... 1/200s... 1/10000s.

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APERTURE: Aperture can be defined as the opening in a lens through which light passes to enter the camera. It is expressed in f-numbers like f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8 and so on to express the size of the lens opening, which can be controlled through the lens or the camera. Now it's this aperture that determines if the picture will have a shallow depth of field or a deep depth of field (how blurry it will be)

ISO: While settling up your camera for a shoot this is the last thing you to touch. The higher the ISO the brighter the picture and the more grainy it will be. This is the major factor that spoils image that's why you will say my phone's camera is nady. The camera is not bad just that the camera had to automatically set itself so as to bring a better outcome but the outcome to you is bad.

This is just a basic introduction to photography the next article we are going to move further. Please upvote and if you have any questions you can ask in the comment section below.