Put some drama to it (Panorama)

Even how much good the quality of an image is, some of you might have already come across with the same observation as I have. Photographs can only show a limited point of view of a certain subject. Another creative and artful way is to combine several shots as needed into one to be able to do that and post-process them. Taking several photos and stitching them into one to show it in a perspective which sometimes is not the way it was seen in normal view.

The technique is for you to take overlapping shots of the subject you have chosen. The frames of the first photo taken should overlap with the next one with 20-50 percent of its size. Just imagine two rectangles overlapping like a Venn diagram, although, in this case you’d be doing it in taking pictures. The whole point here is that you should be able to capture several shot of a single subject in the same angle but in different frames. For instance, you are standing in a single vantage point your head directed at 180 degrees from your left side gradually turning on the other side. This is most like what you will do if you are planning to produce a panoramic image. You will have to first examine your subject and analyze which perspective fits the view.

You can do this in many ways have it the basic way which is taking photos of a single straight lane, an example is a highway or a beach. Having either of these subjects you might want a much longer view to emphasize its structures. You can also make a panoramic image which gives away a turning perspective, for example, a dome, or a cylindrical venue crowded with people.

Using fisheye and or kit lenses are recommended. It is said to be more useful and effective in this style of photography. Fisheye lens at 8-15mm and kit lens at 18-55mm should be good to take panoramic photos with less effort in taking several overlapping shots.

There may be no need for me to say it but I will anyway as an explanation. It is due to the limitation of my resources that I was not able to produce better examples of panorama. (I promise to upload better photographs when the time comes. J)

So here, for the sake of giving you an example:

Copyright MarCaDi

Stand up, sit-up, Shoot right on!

If ever some of us would like to further pursue in the field of photography later on, this Mass Comm Lab-based photo shoot that we had would be of much help. Even if no one would, we still seem to not have much of a choice since it’s a part of the course. It’s a bonus because there are lots to learn.


There are certain factors to consider if you are planning to conduct a photo shoot which we have learned during our practice and trial shoot in the confinement of the Mass Comm Lab and Editing Lab. First, consider your purpose for shooting. If you would only do it for fun and learning decide on your own theme, in our case we chose high fashion. On the other hand, if you are a hired amateur photographer, even if you only have a small pay grade, let your client choose his or her preferred theme. Photography as business includes negotiations. Secondly, hire models, and let them come 2 to 3 hours ahead of the photo shoot schedule for preparation especially if your model is female, make-up session takes a long time to finish. You must also give tokens for your models like what we did, it doesn’t matter if they are professional or not. Therefore, because it’s a class work, each of us paid an equal amount which we used to have something given to our models as our thanks.


If you already know the basics which refer to the exposure triangle: shutter speed; aperture; and ISO, and the techniques in lighting this should be a little less difficult for you. Still, it will always depend on the situation you are in whether the process should be less hard or even more difficult to handle.


That was what made it hard for us to take a lot of good shots. We are more than 30 in class and we only had 2 hours left to shoot because the other 2 hours was allotted to the preparation. Here comes another lesson, no matter how much it is needed and good to have a lot of photos taken, it is more significant to have photos taken less in quantity but better in quality. You cannot do anything on several “so-so” shots. I would always prefer to have less unedited photos if the situation only permits that. I can be prouder this way knowing that I did not need to edit my photos just to make it look good with some or many alterations.


So, here are my obras:

Models: Acine and Justin 

Copyright. MarCaDi

Momentum is better

Stop motion is the kind of animation which is more likely to be impossibly be done by video recording. It is done by putting together a cluster of images to form a video which creates a different and wonderful effect.

To better explain it our instructor had shown us various clips showing different kinds of stop motion animation. Now, we even recognize a simple TV commercial which includes some stop motion in it.

Of course, like any other previous meetings, we went out for practice. Though this time we did conceptualize first before doing the deed since it is important in this kind of art you can relay a simple but remarkable message.

What we initially do is to show the difference of emotions like happiness and sadness. One of us will run from a distance looking so happy, even laughing yet, when she closes up to the view her face shows sadness instead.

Our remarks was that it would be a good video however; it can also be done by video recording.



You can check out our final stop motion video on this link:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHOvoN6tcWQ

Better outcomes for those who do research: things to consider before and after recording video and the post-process

    It was already several weeks now when we were tasked to produce a script about ourselves, which we will use in our video. Yet, before we head on to that, let me first share about the settings and whatnots “behind the scene”.

    The process of not just pointing and shooting does not apply only in photography, but also in filming or recording videos. Let’s start on the pre-process. You should initially have the idea of what kind of feel you want your video to have. Do you want it to be cinematic? Set it in 24 (for slow motion) to 30 fps (frames per second) (also applicable if you wish to upload it online). Are you broadcasting? Use 50 fps. For fast motion videos set it at 60 fps.

    The type of memory card you use also plays a role in this. It varies in CF cards (Compact Flash cards), SD cards (Secure Digital cards), and in SDHC cards (Secure Digital High Capacity cards). Your memory cards should be in class 10 and with at least 16GB storage. Actually, there were techniques we got from the discussion and the screening of the videos the next meeting. First, when you are buying memory cards, be sure to try shooting for 2-3 minutes if it did not reach the said duration then it will not work properly for video recording. Second, consider what clothes to wear especially when you’re in a studio. The lights on your side will make the colors reflect on the background and on the video itself. Shooting in the open area would make it easier in terms of lighting because sunlight is already in warm tone. All natural colors will appear on the video.

    If you’ll wear attires with dark shades direct a light on your body so it wouldn’t make your complexion look odd and dark as much. On the actual shooting as well, make sure to put an allowance of few seconds at both start and end of a single scene so it would not be ‘bumpy’, and won’t appear like an “original video with a pirated audio” like what Sir said, when you edit it. I was doing this technique ever since I started to edit videos, yet, I wasn’t able to follow this time because I was strictly following the 1minute maximum time limit. Anyway, another tip is, follow the 80/20 rule. It is really a business term. In this case, when you are doing the video face at the front by 80% and the rest 20% you’ll be facing the different other angles. Lastly, make a separate recording of the audio so that when you’re editing you can mute the video audio and replace it with the clearer version.

    Going back to our application, my immediate decision was to write a short script about me as a beginner in photography. It was not merely the settings and formats of the video to consider. But, the lighting, the wardrobe, as well as how we executed ourselves in the video and whole lot of other things. I learned these when my video was done and upload ready.

    What you will need on the actual shooting are the following:

1. Script (idiot boards if necessary)

2. Studio/site perfect for you to shoot

3. Camera

4. Tripod

5. Light (if you’re indoors/studio)

6. Reflectors

7. Video-head (for tripod)

8. Microphone (boom microphone is more suitable)

    Others might already know that I’m a person always behind the scene and only sometimes on it. Therefore, the outcome of my video was unsurprisingly epic.

    I will let you be the judge if it is good epic, bad epic or just acceptable. If you’re curious, please might as well look it up on Youtube, type in 'As a Beginner in Photography.'

Shoot in front, light from the back

    When you are studying certain photographs try to check  if the model or the subject has a halo of light. It’s called the rim light and it happens if you do back lighting.

    You can do this sort of style when it’s sunrise or sunset if you want to take pictures of nature. If you’re in a studio or indoors, use a wireless flash trigger. You can also use natural light when indoors; sunlight coming through the window. If you’ve got an access to the equipment, then use snoot or the segmented cone light shaper. It will serve as an instant spot light. It’s handy and portable and you will avoid having the light scattered all over the model.

    Color temperature takes part in this of course. But it depends on your subject and what time of day you take and the type of lighting you use. Plus, the variations of metering were tackled too: Evaluative/matrix, Center-weighted average, partial, and spot metering.

    During the actual discussion and shooting on Wednesday I wasn’t fortunate enough to find a decent place and subject to take. Also, I wasn’t able to get the borrowing slip back from the faculty office because of our make-up class. As a result, I haven’t got yet the chance to take pictures in a different location.

    Lucky me I seemed to have done this before, though not intentionally.

    When we had our practical exam in our Advertising class, I borrowed a camera from the school to shoot the video and do our homework during that time which is the portrait lighting pattern. I took several trial shots then, with our beloved pets as the models. Some of the outcomes turned out to be a little dramatic. It was near dusk, the sunlight was a bit orange. I have taken pictures just in our porch and in the living room. Pepper, the female and younger in our dogs has a habit to rest in the doorway. So, while she was there I took shots of her and since we often keep the lights off in the living room it resulted to be lit from the back. I was actually uncertain if short lighting and back lighting was somehow similar. But, I convinced myself that Pepper’s picture was a combination of both (if it’s not the same thing) because she’s got an outline of light from her nose through her back.

    I will still try to borrow the camera so I can post a better photograph to follow which I will also pass as my homework. For the meantime, please bear with my sample shots.

    Everyone, meet Pepper our hyper and sweet furry friend.

    Just pretend that the background is blurred enough.

It needs a little retouch: paint it with more color

    You might be problematic with your pictures looking dull and pale, not to mention, boring and lifeless. This should be the solution to that. Color temperature was our latest topic. There is a setting in your cameras where you can adjust the color temperature and specify as well which part of the picture you want to add color and which color it would be.

    We followed the usual routine. Discussion and several demonstrations first then we went on our own to take shots. We are a team of three girls. One is the model of the other and the other was the model of the next and you should get the idea by now. The almost barren soccer field was the place we have chosen as our venue to shoot. It was incredibly hotter then and the clouds were not that blue making me think that maybe it was pale so we can accordingly apply the use of color temperature.


    The shots were good enough, I believe. Though I noticed that in most of the photographs our eyes were just a little opened since we were half-blinded by the strong sunlight.

    Now, compare the picture below which I enhanced the colors blue and green from the one at the top.

    Check out the other sample:

Model: Shara Balce

Through simple lenses: Taking what you can; regretting later what you didn’t

What do you use to capture remarkable moments when you are traveling?

Do you really need a high-end camera to have a proof of your experience?

Do you need advanced technology to show beauty?



I don’t think so.



Forget about the double standard

     Technology is becoming more advanced today and as a result we adapt to a more modernized society. Back then, all that is important is to take good pictures and it does not matter what you use. In this day and age, it is the exact opposite. The equipment you use portrays a significant factor in everything that you do.

     A perfect example of this is taking photographs when you are traveling. People say it is preferably to have a DSLR camera to take pictures and videos. This should be the problem. Our priority seemed to have changed. We confuse enjoyment with keeping up with the trends. We are now forgetting the essence of experience, traveling, and preserving memories.

Don’t problematize the simple things

“Wala naman akong magandang camera dahil walang budget.”

“‘Di bale may camera naman kaibigan ko hihingi na lang ako ng kopya ng pictures.”
     These were only few of the things that I have heard and have said myself. It is common for people, particularly the teenagers (I would not exclude myself), to be stressed out with this kind of things.

     Let us not make our lives miserable even more. Don’t problemize things that were not even called problems. Madaragdagan lang ang kunot sa noo niyo at lalaki lang ang eyebags niyo sa kapo-problema ng mga bagay na hindi naman dapat problemahin!

Use available resources

“I want you to learn on your own so you should learn to start doing things on your own. Well, I believe you can do it.”                                                                              

- Ms. Gerby Muya

     I remember our instructor told us one meeting not to hire professional photographers who, not to mention have various equipment that are good to have BUT, not necessary.

     Just like you should not problematize simple things, you should not also dwell on things that you don’t have. Being envious of others who can afford such expensive equipment is alright but, crying and moping about it will not take you anywhere. As I already mentioned we have advanced technology today. What is the use of your smart phone camera if you don’t actually use it?

     You’re saying your phone is not that high-end or “smart”? Sharing with your friends who have the equipment can be your last resort.

Simplicity should be the policy

     Years ago when the technology was not yet this “smart” you are contented with the big and heavy phones with cameras and or the point and shoot digital cameras.

     What happened now?

     Sumikat lang nang bongga ang 600D, 700D, at hanggang ilang daang “D” pa ‘yan ayaw na kumuha ng pictures gamit ang lumang technology?!

     Always remember that even if it is good to be attracted to complicated things because it is a sign of creativity, we should also try to appreciate simplicity. Know that the more advanced the technology is the more complex it gets and the more chance it could get you to trouble. Moreover, being able to show great beauty using small things has a bigger points of creativeness.

     Be attracted to simple things. Do simple things. Use simple things! Add this to your policies.

Nature don’t need your filters

“Ang low tech ng camera mo tapos ang baba pa ng megapixel. Pangit kumuha ‘yan!”

Sounds like a bull to me.

     Here’s a question I would like to ask you instead, what do you use before “the coming of age” of high end cameras? Wasn’t it cell phone cameras, point and shoot cameras, and video cameras? At saka, sino ba kukuha? Ikaw naman ‘di ba hindi ‘yong camera?

     One more important point here, especially when you are in travel or vacation and there are lovely views of nature laid bare in front of you, what you should do is just to take it all in and take a shot of its beauty. What you use to do it does not matter! Nature is beautiful as it is because it’s a gift from The Creator of all things in this world before our existence.

No excuses
     You might say that what if you are not photogenic or that you don’t look good in a certain shot. Why should you worry? It was not you that is important in the “picture” it was the background that is! What is the point in the first place that you are taking a whole body shot with a wide background anyway? Is it not so you could show it to your friends to “ipagyabang” and let them “mainggit” (“to brag and let others envy you”) because you have been to places they have not been to? The chances are greater that they would be praising that place than they would criticize your pose and your face.

     Isa pa, hindi lang naman sa ganda ng gadget nakukuha ang totoong kagandahan. Anggulo, anggulo rin ‘yan. (Being able to show beauty does not depend on the gadget you are using. You can get it with the right angle.) Just take your time taking pictures and you’ll get what you’re aiming to.

Experimental evidences
     Providing proofs would be required for this article to be persuasive enough. Therefore I followed through what I had planned which is to take pictures of anything that catches my attention during our second viaje using only our still alive and “clicking” point and shoot digital camera.

     Before, I thought that a point and shoot camera only works how it is called. But recently, since we were being taught with basic photography I realized that those data being displayed in the camera setting were not there as mere displays. I started to play with the settings and formats of our digital camera and it began to make sense to me.

     I browsed through the “mode” button and tried to take pictures with every categories of format available, of course apart from the “smart auto”: program, DIS, scene, and movie. Under each setting that can also be adjusted through white balance (color temperature), ISO (the sensitivity of camera to light), and exposure (the amount of light that fills the image).

    This is just simply saying that no matter how not advanced your equipment is you should take what you can. Keep a copy of the remarkable moments you are in. Therefore, you would not regret later what you didn’t.



    Please, check out the sample shots and believe!

    

    (NOTE: this is the full version of my article from our travel magazine (still on progress), which serves as our project/major exam)

A-B-C-D...One two three shoot!

Previously, before the strike of the typhoon 'Glenda', I have written about our discussion and trial shoots using different lighting patterns. I have also posted the photographs of my mother that I have taken. Then on Wednesday, we were tasked to do compositions photography. 

Our facilitator had shown us sample pictures that he had taken. He started with letter 'A' down to letter 'Z'. Afterwards, we head on to maximizing our time searching for subjects that look like letters. During the start of the practical session of shooting, my classmates were saying that it would be hard to find something that may look like 'Q'. Meanwhile, right after they said it my sight focused on the umbrellas they were letting to dry in front. Since I was seated there, the letter was clear to me but somehow it also wasn't (if you get what I mean) so I just continued looking around for the other letters.

Usually, I go outside of the Mass Comm Lab to find subjects and take pictures. But in this case, for no apparent and unclear reason I have chosen to wander around inside and just outside the door of the room to take pictures. The spots where I have been taking photos from were rather accident prone areas. It was because when I was shooting the curtain above the doorway I was startled with Ting, a classmate, who opened the door not too softly. My heartbeat was still fast but, on the process of telling her my reaction I also thanked her because I have found two more letters, at the door!

The second accident was when I was taking pictures of the floor on the outer side of the door. I have seen an indistinct scrapes or bumps on the ground that appears to me as a letter but then I almost got my own bumps on my forehead because our instructor opened the door. Anyway, we just laughed with the happening and to myself knowing that I really tend to be absentminded when I am absorbed doing something.

These were not actually the ones I have included in my alphabet collage.

Setting aside the photography lessons for a while, I have perceived myself to have a good spatial skill since the world begun. This should also be the reason I believe I am a paranoid. I tend to see faces looking at me on the tiles of our floor and of our comfort room. I even saw a half-body Genie on our restroom just under the soap dispenser and yes he was staring at me (past tense because we already changed the tiles). Having this belief I did not dwell too much on how will I find subjects that are abstract enough and that look like letters. Rather, I realized that perception also applies in composition photography. What you see is different from what others see. I may see this certain subject is a letter but there will not be an assurance if they see it the same way. Therefore, I must conclude that the crucial part of this kind of photography is not merely your subject but how you take it.

I am still a learner so I admit that I did have a hard time looking for letter subjects particularly ‘K’ and ‘Z’.


Note that most or half of the pictures in this collage were taken only with the use of a point and shoot digital camera because I was not able to borrow a DSLR. Also, most of my subjects were taken from our house and from our classroom (Mass Comm Lab).



Here's my alphabet collage:

Beauty from different talks of light (Lighting patterns)

On our previous meeting we recapped the light painting activity we had. Sir Rey discussed some of the positive and negative points of our trials and works we published on our blog posts, as usual. Not long after we moved on to our next practice—the different lighting patterns for portraits. There are four basic lighting patterns: split, butterfly (paramount/glamorous), loop, and Rembrandt. To be able to practice using these we were permitted to find our suited partner taking the role of the model and the other as the photographer and then vice-versa.


I’m going to start with the easiest pattern for me. Rembrandt. It was just basically the pattern of lighting a well-known painter used (from whom its name originated), it was his trademark, which was later recognized as a formal lighting pattern in photography. It pertains to the kind of lighting wherein the shadow contouring one cheekbone is prominent and forming a triangle between the nose and the cheek. It was easier for me because all I have to do was to have a dim studio, a studio light, the model, and a little re-positioning and I can take a photo using this pattern. I often did it accidentally. Even when I was trying to use another pattern but it would end up it was Rembrandt. It happens especially if I’m trying to shoot a picture using the loop pattern which has similarity with this. Yet, in loop lighting the nose and cheek’s pattern would not meet, creating only a subtle shadow or contour on the cheekbone (under the eye). It was funny though, because I know that the outcome of my attempt should only be satisfying if I achieved what I was hoping to for my subject.


Next, was the Butterfly lighting. This is one of the most crucial for me because this is where the complexity of different models with different features takes place. It was also called as glamorous and or paramount. It was named butterfly since when used there would be a shadow below the nose that forms a butterfly. It was hard because people have different facial features especially the nose which is the identifier of this pattern. However, Filipinos are characterized to being ‘pango’ or having round and a bigger nose. Thankfully, later on I succeeded to learn a technique on how to use it. What I do before was to take from above eye level it turned out to be all right. Then, when I tried shooting from below eye level I got a clearer butterfly shadow with my model, Eunice bowing a bit. The last one is split or side lighting. Split lighting pattern makes the subject look slim. It exposes the model more prominently on one side while the other is silhouette creating a dramatic or mellow mood. I was actually having this idea that people who read this will master using split lighting. Then, before we were dismissed some of the different magazine-cover-look poses that Sir Rey knows were shared to us and all us girls even demoed.


And because of this activity, we were tasked to shoot portraits of a family member using any of these lighting patterns. This is a difficult task for me due to my lack of equipment to use and and a studio where I can use studio lights and have spacious area to take pictures comfortably. With this being said, I have to adjust (for the nth but not the last time) to the resources I have: a tiny room, natural light (sunlight from the window), a couple of improvised lights, my beloved mother as the model, and the camera I borrowed from the school. I thought of strategies on how I would shoot with alternatives for a studio light indoors.


So, I came up with the plan to do the photo session at night when it was dark. I turned off all the lights in our room leaving only my small USB LED lamp connected in my computer and the also small flashlight my father lent me. It was tiring for the arm and for my model’s legs since she was standing for quite a while. Like usual, I had a hard time getting the right setting. Then, I had come up with the conclusion that maybe using natural light would be easier and more effective to our very constricted working place.



Here are the outcomes…

#LightofMyLife
Copyright MarCaDi



PS:

The shots I had taken during our actual class activity will be attached here to follow when I get the copies.

Let's paint air with light

As it was scheduled, we practiced doing light painting. But, prior to that we tackled a little more about aperture, the shutter speed that also helps you control the ambient light, and discussed the ropes on the usage of ISO (International Standards Organization) which again pertains to the sensitivity of the camera to light. So, the first activity we have on our meeting recently was to take pictures with different ISO settings.

We have encountered the usual problem in the same hour of the day: too sunny; too bright; the weather’s too hot, so again we had made a lot of exhibition first before we can spot a good subject on the right position. And you might tell me that I am obsessed with the koi pond since the picture I have had checked was featuring the mini falls again. But of course, it was of a different angle and settings. The shutter speed was good because the ambient light was controlled and focused on the main subject. But, if not with the age of the camera I used it would not be grainy when zoomed in.

Now for the light painting, our instructor had told initially the technical arrangements we have to know to be able to do a light painting. You have to set the ISO to the lowest which is 100. In our activity I have set the shutter speed at 6” (seconds) and the aperture at (f) 22. Please check my trial shots, the first two light paintings you'll see. A little epic… for these I can let you judge.

Then, luckily yesterday my classmates were attempting to take pictures to post on each of their own blogs. I simply joined them since that was actually what I was waiting to happen.

We were able to do extra work early because most of us were already done meeting for a group project on our subject that time. With so many of us with not much of an idea what to paint, we took turns in doing the task at hand. When it’s finally my turn I was experiencing a little panic because I realized that my idea would not work. So I passed the flash light to a classmate and took another turn later. There was a little situation because there are still others who are meeting. We could not turn all the lights off therefore the depth of field was a bit bright.


You are all free to admire the light don't let your eyes wander anywhere else. Remember just focus on the light!

Mass Comm Lab at the Pacencia Hidalgo Laurel Building, Ground Floor
Lyceum of the Philippines University - Laguna

Heart made of light. Copyright. MarCaDi

Credits to JB's camera :)

Be Still and Shoot as Fast as You Can

During the second meeting, we focused more on shutter speed. After the further discussion we were off to take pictures using different shutter speeds.


It has been a little frustrating because of many things. First, most of us don’t have our own cameras so we settled on teaming up with whoever has and those who have borrowed one. This being said, I actually come up with the idea of posting this on my other blog which is “Cravings” since I crave to have enough budget and be able to have my own camera for personal use. (I might just end up posting another there just to take out my emotions.) Anyway, I joined a group of three. There came the second conflict, we could not quite find a better subject at the grounds of the campus not to add the sun was infuriatingly staring at our backs. So, my basic idea was the place in between the buildings which I call “the Garden” and then the pond which was swarming with koi as the second site. Here’s the third conflict takes place. After choosing our subject we were alternately taking “poses”. It was not because we were taking pictures of ourselves but we find it rather troubling to find the right position where to shoot from. We knelt down a few times. Then looked up high and knelt down again. We stood up at the edge of the pond which is risky for us. One or all of us might get wet and swim with the kois. Then the last and the most obvious problem, is that we had a hard time finding the right shutter speed for each of our chosen subject. Honestly, the one hour limit given to us almost lacked. BUT, in the end, of course we made it. We each had our best taken picture for that activity critiqued by our instructor.


It turns out that my subject was the mini falls at the koi pond. My remarks was rather satisfying because according to Sir Rey the photograph I had taken was good enough since there are ripples of water captured clearly though I can make it even better by a faster shutter speed. It was the one below.


My best shot for now.

Mini falls at the Koi pond at Jose P. Laurel Building, LPU-Laguna.

Falls at the Pond. Copyright. MarCaDi

Credits to Jean's camera :)

Overall, we successfully passed the first trial. Next, the aperture—a harder course.

Having met the Basics

   "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst..." 

 - Henri Cartier Besson 

It was our first meeting to a four-hour class; Visual Communication, on a Wednesday morning, we started off with one-by-one introduction of our section. We stood and tell our names where we come from and what our capabilities are (including the weaknesses).


There are few of us who has their strength fit for the course. But, for most of us not having equipment individually for us to use is not the only problem alone. Majority has no background at all in the field. Especially, with the basics, in this case so far, it’s Photography. We were introduced to the basics which also stand as the most important factors to learn: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO the factors that forms the Exposure triangle. 

The shutter speed is used to control the light by a fast or a slow motion. If you're in a bright space, set it faster and if you are taking a picture in a dark place (less light) make it slower. Meanwhile, the aperture is a hole or an opening on the lens that lets light in. It varies in different sizes, the smaller the number of the size the larger the opening. The bigger the opening of the aperture the shallower (blurred) the depth of field. Last is the ISO (International Standards Organization), the sensitivity of camera to light. A lower number means it needs less light. ISO 100 to 200 are used in a bright place, said to be best for portraits. For beginner’s use, ISO 400 is suggested (not by me) and ISO 800 and above is to be used for dark or less light.



Aside from all those technical things discussed and some other stuff (which we cannot quite keep up with smoothly still), we have learned that there’s a big opportunity in the field in terms of source of income as well. On the other hand, it was just the first day and all we have done was listen and to have met few of the basics. No application yet. And so far we haven’t started on our quota—10,000 worst shots.