The camera im going to use is a camera model-finepix s4300
What the dials signify on the top of the camera.
Showed me in detail what some of the dials/camera settings looked like.
What I learned? Shutter priority, how long it takes for the camera to take a photo. The quicker its taken the better quality of the photograph. I also learnt about appeture which is to do with the lens of the camera. Each camera on the front has information of how far the lens can open and close. If the lens were to be in f/1.8 the focused objects background would be very blurry, but if it were in f/22 the object and background will both be clearly visible. (iso)
With the information that I learnt I took a number of pictures as practise. However the camera that I had would not blur the backgrounds of the pictures taken even though I followed the instructions of the photographer experts. Which has brought to me that the camera in my possession isn’t powerful enough for what i want it to do.
the image here was taken in a sunny enviroment, the camera unfortunatly wasn't able to capture the image in a high quality.
this background of this image here was blurred using photo shop showing what i wanted the camera to do originally.
Teacher Feedback:
- Quicker shutter speed doesn't mean a 'better' picture (what does "better" even mean???). I've seen some epic pictures taken with long shutter speeds.
- Quicker shutter speed allows in less light so pictures will be darker - a bit like the picture of you by the wall. Longer shutter speed will give brighter pictures but any movement can cause issues. But aperture also affects the amount of light that comes into the camera and F-Stop settings also need to be considered.
- Look at these links (the second one even has a picture excatly like you want to achieve)
- BBQ Pictures - first one is fuzzy and I'd guess it's down to the camera moving. Second one looks like it's out of focus. Remember that focus can be manual or auto and which you use will depend on how much control you want.
- Nice work in Photoshop to blur the background in the picture of you but I'd suggest a bigger patern in the background. The small house bricks with the cement in between are hard to blur enough to get the effect you want befre they turn into a generic mush. I'd suggect bigger blocks like a chuch wall or breeze blocks, or maybe even a fence.