21st February 2014 (Week 3)
Seow Jie Yi (0318873)
Introduction to Photography
Exercise 2: Aperture

LECTURE
During this week's lecture, Mr Vinod told us that most of us made some mistakes in our eportfolio. Therefore, he explained to us what needs to be fixed so that we would not make the same mistakes again. After that, he talked about aperture in class. From what I understood from the lecture, aperture controls the amount of light entering the lens.

INSTRUCTIONS
General instructions: Use a subject that is repetitive in nature. If you are using a zoom lens keep it fixed at 35mm (50mm). When you mount the camera on the tripod, do not move the framing till the exercise is concluded. The focus must be at the same point (centre of the frame) from the first image right till the last. Do not adjust it. Keep a record of the settings for each image shot.

Marking Criteria: The student must capture the evidence of the Aperture's influence in exposure using the various f-stops. The student must also capture the evidence of the Aperture's influence on the depth of field.

Instructions for Aperture Exercise 2a:
Take a picture of your repetitive subject starting with the right exposure combination of shutter speed and aperture. Start your aperture setting from the lowest number (f1.4/f2.0/f3.5). Compensate the increase of your aperture with your shutter settings as the aperture is increased.

 Aperture: f4.5   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

 Aperture: f5.6   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

Aperture: f8   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

 Aperture: f11   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

 Aperture: 16   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

Aperture: 22   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

Instructions for Aperture Exercise 2b:
Take a picture of your repetitive subject starting with the right exposure combination of shutter speed and aperture. Start your aperture setting from the lowest number (f1.4/f2.0/f3.5). Compensate the increase of your aperture with your shutter settings as the aperture is increased to maintain the right exposure.

 Aperture: f4.5   Shutter speed: 1/1600   ISO: 200

 Aperture: f5.6   Shutter speed: 1/1000   ISO: 200

Aperture: f8   Shutter speed: 1/500   ISO: 200

 Aperture: f11   Shutter speed: 1/250   ISO: 200

 Aperture: f16   Shutter speed: 1/125   ISO: 200

Aperture: f22   Shutter speed: 1/60   ISO: 200

SCREENSHOTS

FEEDBACK
General feedback: Mr Vinod told us that our eportfolio were done wrongly as the feedbacks were written in the wrong posts. We were told to fix it by the next class and he explained how it was supposed to be done in order for us to not repeat this mistake.