First Frame– Just Getting Warmed Up

First day of internship, and I’ve already learned so much, with planty more in store!
Jeff, one of my mentors, taught me the basics of Aperture, ISO, and the lenses they use. This was only a small fraction of what we went over. I learned so much that I’m still processing it all even now. Photography just got even more technical, and it’s really interesting.
So here’s the gist:
Aperture (or F-Stop) is how open the shutter is. The wider open it is, the more light that is let in, and the less time the shutter has to be open.
ISO is sort of like that camera’s sensitivity to light. But, the higher the ISO, the greener the picture will be. Nonetheless, the picture will show a lot of light.
When it comes to lenses, (for example, a 35mm lens) the lower the number in milimeters, the wider the picture is. Fisheye lenses get wide pictures too, but there’s a lot more distortion to it (sort of rounded). Lenses such as a 50mm lens is better for portraits and such since it’s a tighter image (like an always-on zoom).
Who knew? Not me! But I’m so glad I learned it! Now I’m so much more interested in getting new lenses, especially after I saw what they could do, and how much sharper the pictures that Jeff showed me were. Looks like I have even more of a reason to get a summer job.
I even got my first assignment today: Shoot the Alphabet. Basically, I have to explore where ever I can and look for objects (anything really) that looks like a letter of the alphabet. I hope my pictures will turn out okay! But, no matter how lame or amazing they are, I’ll post them in one of the next blogs.
Let’s just see how creative I can get!