Reflections on Photography

Selfie Project

To be honest, I struggled at first when I was deciding what side of me to portray for this project. Then it dawned on me: I was in school doing this project for school. I always loved academics and I wanted to portray that side of me. But even though learning is fun it's not always easy. This is especially with the workload that tends to get piled up. I wanted to portray both the good and the bad that I face in academics, but in the end I always end up balancing it out.

Exposure

ISO Sensitivity

ISO- 100, f/- 5.6

ISO- 6400, f/- 8.0

Aperture Priority

ISO- 200, f/- 5.6

ISO- 200, f/- 36

Shutter Speed Priority

ISO- 200, f/- 5.6, SS- 1/400

ISO- 100, f/- 25, SS- 1/8

Photos with the ISO set to 100 are on the left while the photos with the ISO set to 6400 are on the right.

Some immediate noticeable differences are that the backgrounds are both grainy and blurry in the photos on the right.

The photos on the right also have a slight yellow hue to them.

This is more prevalent in the top right image.

In these two photos, you can see the link between the aperture and the depth of field.

Smaller aperture leads to a deeper depth of field (as shown on the left) and the larger aperture leads to a shallower depth of field (as shown on the right).

The difference that a faster or slower shutter speed is clear.

The one on the left has a higher shutter speed of 1/400 of a second and the image seems frozen in place.

The one on the left has a lower shutter speed of 1/8 of a second and you can see the motion of the water.