March 18th, 2011 at 12:17am
Yeah, it does take a bit too much time... But it's really cool!! I went and got my hair trimmed today, so I had to take all the braids out. I sew each one in, so it took fifteen minutes to get five braids out. Lol
Hmm. Well I'll just throw some info at you then.
The ISO number on either the film or the adjustable number on your digital camera controls how sensitive the film or chip is. The higher the number, the more the silver particles (in film), and the more sensitive film is. So ISO 100 is great for sunny days, but helpless indoors. ISO 800, on the other hand, is about perfect for shooting inside scenes. Typically, ISO 1600 is pretty high, but these days, it's rather common for digital cameras to have 6400 settings.
Always shoot in the lowest ISO possible. The reason for this is that, while it enables you to shoot in lower light, a higher ISO speed means more noise.
This pic illustrates the effect of three different ISO speeds. Notice that the highest speed is the most grainy. (( http://loginricha.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/iso_compare.jpg?w=500&h=301 ))
Aperture has a lot to do with amount of light let in and focusing. It's measured in f-stops and the bigger the f-stop number, the less light the camera lets in. The f-stops on the lens control a little opening for light that is inside the lens. The bigger the f-stop, the smaller the opening, and the smaller the f-stop number, the bigger the opening.(( http://www.eclecticelectronics.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/different-aperture-openings-500x449.jpg )) It's kind of backwards. This works in conjunction with shutter speed by controlling how much light goes into the camera. If the aperture is really high (say, f22), not a lot of light is let in and the shutter speed has to be longer.
The reason for adjusting the aperture is to highlight perspective through depth of field. Now, there are many ways to do this, and aperture is only one. What a high aperture number does is it makes everything in the frame crystal clear. An infinite depth of field. A low aperture number like maybe F 2 or 2.8 only allows the subject (what you focused the camera on) to be crystal clear. Everything in front of that focal point and behind that point will be blurry. (( http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/167247_176312722407342_176051389100142_344691_7480861_n.jpg ))
So yeah, that's three random things about photography... :P
Lol! Yeah, man! Then you'd have to start an ubercool jazz band!! XD
Hmm.. Kinda, not really. The line is, "The world goes a-flutter by." Jónsi, though. :P
Oh my gosh, that's awesome!! Well don't worry about anything, I love answering your questions!!
And yes, oh yes. I use Adobe Photoshop CS3, and I love it. It's not very user friendly in that it's a bit hard to navigate and there are a whole lot of controls that beginners might not know what to do with. CS3 can be pretty pricey, though, so unless you're "illegal downloading savvy," I'd direct you to the free alternative, GIMP. Stands for GNU image manipulation program, and it does nearly everything photoshop does, minus a couple key features... The main thing, though, is that it supports transparency and layers, which are both essential in complex image editing. (Stuff with lots of sparkles, combining images seamlessly, switching heads and altering people's appearances)
There are tons of GIMP tutorials on youtube, and to find it, just Google "GIMP free download."
Haha, you can't be that bad!! :P