Developing skills and knowledge
Developing skills and knowledge is worked up over time. To help with your tasks, you can download the following documents as resources.
F/Stop Chart
The relationship between light and depth of field and is controlled by the aperture of the camera. When the numbers change to a smaller number the apaeture is open (eg: f/1.0), creating lighter and a shallow depth of field. This allows a longer focal point and more light, hence why the background is blurred.
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The higher the f/stop (eg: f/22) number creates a deep depth of field and a sharper image all round.
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Download your f/stop chart to help guide through your assessments.
Understanding Balance with the Exposure Triangle
The Exposure Triangle helps us to understand the f/stop, ISO (film speed) and shutter speed to use to gain the correct exposure.
Whilst this is the case, experimenting with alteration of the f/stop may cause a 'happy accident'. Rules were meant to be broken so try out the change of a setting manually. The under or over exposure may provide the look you were after.
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Watch the video by SLR Lounge (2016) to gain more of an understanding.
Rule of thirds
Generally the rule of thirds is a sound composition guide by adding textures, shape, colour and lines to combine to create a well-balanced image.
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As this is a good guide to start with, once you get the hang of the two-thirds rule, often rules are made to be broken.
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Click on the Adobe video to understand more about Rule of Thirds.
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