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Manipulating camera settings

In this report, I will be explaining how to set up the camera I am using and the personal changes I will be making to the settings for my photoshoot. I will be explaining the different settings that can be adjusted, including ISO, aperture, and the shutter speed and how I will be editing these for higher quality photos.

The camera I am using is the Canon DSLR EOS 4000D. This camera has a dial that can be turned at the top of the camera to turn on automated settings built into the camera, for example: there is an automatic setting for landscapes, close-ups, portraits, creative auto, etc. The lens I am using is a standard 18 - 55mm lens, which will allow me to take natural looking photographs.


Aperture


Along with the automatic settings, I will still be adjusting the ISO, aperture and shutter speed settings in correspondence to the style of photography I am attempting to replicate. To do this on the DSLR 4000D, the dial at the top should be turned to the letters "Av". This stands for Aperture priority AE. With this setting active, I can change the aperture to my liking with the wheel that is situated near the front of the camera. With the lens that I am using, I can go from a minimum of f/4.5 all the way up to f/29. Depending on which lens you use, the minimum and maximum aperture can change. For my photoshoot, I will be using an aperture of f/8, potentially going up to f/16, to achieve a good focus on the subject up close, and a nice soft blur for the background. 


Shutter speed


As for the shutter speed, the settings can be changed in a very similar way to the aperture. The dial at the top of the camera should be turned so that the white dot is facing towards the "M" icon. This stands for manual exposure. This will give me the freedom of being able to manually adjust the shutter speed settings. Considering that the photos will be taken handheld in windy environments, I will be twisting the wheel at the front of the camera until the shutter speed is set to 1/60th of a second. This will ensure that my images do not come out with too much motion blur, but enough to make the image look alive and natural. If I find the motion blur too much of a bother during the photoshoot (or the environment is too windy), I will be adjusting the shutter speed between 1/60th to 1/125th of a second to achieve the desired sharpness.


ISO

ISO is a measure of the sensitivity of your camera's image sensor to light. The higher the ISO number, the more sensitive the sensor is to light and the brighter the resulting image will be. However, increasing the ISO also increases the amount of digital noise or graininess in the image.

To adjust the ISO settings on my camera, the dial at the top of the camera should remain on the "M" icon, and the arrow that reads "ISO" above should be pressed once. Once this is pressed, the ISO options will appear, ranging from 100 to 6400, with an auto option available as well. Depending on the lighting of the location, I will be using an ISO of 100 - 200 if enough there is enough light. If the lighting is not good enough at the location, I will be using an ISO of 400 or 800 to allow for more light into the sensor. However, I should be considerate of the effects a high ISO can have on my photographs: if the ISO is too high, it can make the images grainy and could sacrifice the quality a bit. Keeping this in mind, I will use only the necessary highest ISO setting so that the photos do not lose too much of its quality.



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