This week we learnt about Aperture. I found this really interesting as I have never heard of the term before and I love how much it can effect a photo and how much you can do with it. It is an essential photography skill that helps to determine how dark or bright an image is by controlling the amount of light allowed into the camera lens.
During the workshop we placed three objects at different distances away from the camera and took pictures alterating the aperture and changing the F-Stop. In the first picture I got the teddy bear in sharp focus whilst the other objects further away were slightly blurry. I did this by setting an F stop of 4.0. I then took a photo of all three objects with a setting of F18.0, this resulted in all three items being in focus.
I feel like I have learnt a lot from this workshop and I am now excited to go out taking pictures on my own and attempting to produce photos with a sharp focus. I will definitely be changing the aperture of the photos I take for my final project, I think having a low F-stop will produce really sharp, professional headshots for my persepective interviewees.
I had a few issues attempting to take a picture of Elaine with a very high F-stop of 22 due to a lack of tripod and having shaky hands. The photo came out slightly blurry but it shows how important using aperture settings are in photography.
Ellie Bagshaw Photography Journalism 