.APERTURE.
The aperture is the part of the camera that lets light into it. The size of the aperture affects the way that the picture comes out. The photo on the left is is taken using a small aperture. The smaller the aperture, the more detailed an image will be. Small aperture photos take longer to take, because the camera takes in less information at one time. The photo on the right is taken using a large aperture. The larger the aperture, the less detailed an image will be; this also creates a shallow depth of field. This is because when the aperture is wide, the camera takes in a lot of information at one time, and the camera focuses on one thing to be detailed. The f-stop on the camera determines the aperture. The higher the number the f-stop is, the smaller the aperture will be. If the f-stop is a lower number, then the aperture will be wider.
.shutter speed.
Shutter speed is the speed of which the camera takes a picture. The faster the shutter, the faster the camera shutter will open and close. When you take a picture with a fast shutter speed, the camera also doesn't get much light into it, which makes the image appear much darker. For example, the picture on the left was took with a fast shutter speed. The slower your shutter speed is, the slower the shutter will open and close; the shutter stays open for longer, and therefore takes in more information. The images come our more blurry and show the movement of an object over time. The picture on the right was took using a slow shutter speed. Depending on the speed of your shutter, images may come out over exposed and very light.
.Iso.
ISO is the measure of the cameras sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the less light is needed to take a photo. The photos above show the change of the ISO setting, the lighter the picture, the higher the ISO. Picture taken with unnecessarily high ISO may appear grainy. The photo on the end was taken with the cameras automatic ISO setting.
.white balence.
White balance is the adjustment for photos that allows you to make your photo look more true to life from when you took it. The reason that you would need to do this is because the settings that you had your camera on might've had an effect on the way it came out. The most prominent reason however is because the sun and artificial lights don't emit purely white color. This can cause the color in the photo to look distorted and not true to life.
.Richard Avedon.
Richard Avedon was a fashion and portrait photographer. He began work in 1944 as an advertisement photographer for a department store. He then moved on to celebrity portraits Before photographing his subjects, he would often make them uncomfortable or ask them "psychologically probing questions". This would reveal the subjects genuine character and reactions personality.
.Irving penn.
Irving Penn was born June 16th 1917, and died October 7th 2009. He was most known for his fashion photography, which was featured in outlets such as Vouge Magazine, and Clinique Cosmetics. Penn did portrait and still life photography as well.
.Eliott erwitt.
Elliot Erwitt was born as Elio Romano Erwitt in 1928 in Paris, France. Elliott came to America in 1939 and studied at the Los Angeles City College. While there, he studied photography and film making. He is well known for his candid black and white photos that showcase absurd situations. Erwitt started his photography career after being stationed in Germany and France as a photographers assistant. I like Elliots work because the moments are very candid and pure.