Photography Aperture and Shutter Speed

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Task 1 Aperture Aperture is the adjustable size of the lens opening in the camera. As the photographer, you are able to control the size of the aperture by making the aperture larger or smaller. When the aperture size is larger, more light is let in the lens. When the aperture is smaller, less light is allowed through. Modes Macro Landscape Portrait Manual Aperture Priority Program Shutter Speed Shutter speed is how long the camera’s sensor/film is exposed to light. The longer the shutter is open, the brighter the picture will be and if the shutter is not open long enough the image will be too dark. Both aperture and shutter speed control the overall exposure of the scene. Modes Action – Is an automatic setting where the highest shutter speed possible is set on the camera. Landscape – Set to the smallest aperture (largest F-stop) possible in order to formulate a bigger depth of field. (Shutter speed will be slower) Night – Enables you to set the camera to the slowest shutter speed possible, but can also turn off the flash and set the fastest film possible. Portrait How do Aperture and Shutter Speed relate to each other? For the same scene, if the aperture is wider, the shutter speed is increased, and if the aperture is smaller, the shutter speed is decreased. This is because if you have a large aperture, more light is let through the lens (fast shutter speed). And if you have a small aperture, less light is let through known as slow shutter speed. Film Speed Aperture is measured using F-Stops. The f/number is a ratio of focal length to aperture diameter so F- Stop numbers get bigger as the aperture gets smaller. Shutter speed is generally measured in seconds or in most cases fractions of a second. The bigger the denominator the faster the speed (i.e.1000 is much faster than 1/30). Slow Shutter Speed Slow shutter speed is
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