PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT-I

SUBMITTED BY- MAHAK CHAUDHARY

MFM SEMESTER-I

ABOUT DSLR
DSLR stands for “Digital Single Lens Reflex”. In simple language, a DSLR is a digital camera that uses a mirror mechanism to either
reflect light from a camera lens to an optical viewfinder (which is an eyepiece on the back of the camera that one looks through to
see what they are taking a picture of) or let light fully pass onto the image sensor (which captures the image) by moving the mirror
out of the way.
ISO
ISO simply stands for the International Organization of Standardization, which is the main governing body that standardizes
sensitivity ratings for camera sensors (among many other things). With both analog and digital cameras, ISO refers to the same
thing: The light sensitivity of either the film or imaging sensor. When you change the ISO on a digital camera, you’re rendering the
sensor more or less sensitive to light. One of the greatest features of digital cameras — one that is often taken for granted — is their
ability to change ISO on the fly.

ISO- 100
ISO- 25600
ISO- 200
APERTURE
Aperture refers to the opening of a lens's diaphragm through which light passes. It is calibrated in f/stops and is generally written as
numbers such as 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 and 16. Lower f/stops give more exposure because they represent the larger apertures,
while the higher f/stops give less exposure because they represent smaller apertures.

F4
F22

F9
TEMPERATURE
The technical definition of colour temperature is full of terms like "black-body radiator" and "chromacity space" - in short, it's very
confusing, very boring, and above all leaves you feeling even more baffled than before.

Colour temperature is measured on the Kelvin scale, which is denoted by the letter "K" or the word "kelvin" after the number.
However, this is largely irrelevant - the only part we're interested in is the number.
COMPOSITION
Composition is a way of guiding the viewer’s eye towards the most important elements of your work, sometimes – in a very specific
order. A good composition can help make a masterpiece even out of the dullest objects and subjects in the plainest of environments.
On the other hand, a bad composition can ruin a photograph completely, despite how interesting the subject may be.

In this picture, the composition of the monument, the sculptures are in the photograph. But the main focus of the picture that I
interpreted to show was the balcony corner and the design it has. The edgy thing that we can see in the picture comprises of a nice
composition.
The composition in this photograph is of the shape of the leaves and how the dense leaves form little spaces of little to travel.
In this photograph, the focus is again the sculpted stones of the monument.
SHUTTER SPEED
Shutter speed is a measurement of the time the shutter is open, shown in seconds or fractions of a second: 1 s, 1/2 s, 1/4 s … 1/250
s, 1/ 500 s, etc. The faster the shutter speed, the shorter the time the image sensor is exposed to light; the slower the shutter speed,
the longer the time the image sensor is exposed to light.

If you are photographing a subject that is in motion, you will get different effects at different shutter speeds. Fast shutter speeds will
“freeze” motion, while slow shutter speeds introduce blur from two sources: camera movement (camera shake) and subject
movement (for information on this topic, see “Camera Blur and Motion Blur”).

SPEED- 30”
SPEED- 2.5”

SPEED- 1/1.6”
SPEED- 1/2”

SPEED- 1/5”
SPEED- 1/20”

SPEED- 1/40”
SPEED- 1/80”

SPEED- 1/320”
SPEED- 1/500”
DEPTH OF FIELD
Depth of field is the distance between the closest and farthest objects in a photo that appears acceptably sharp. Now your camera
can only focus sharply at one point. But the transition from sharp to unsharp is gradual, and the term ‘acceptably sharp’ is a loose
one! Without getting too technical, how you will be viewing the image, and at what size you will be looking at it are factors which
contribute to how acceptably sharp an image is. It also depends on how good your vision is!
PHOTOGRAPHY IN NATURAL LIGHT
MY OBSERVATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT
After completing my assignment and working with all the different camera settings, I’m now aware of the different features and can
positively use them while clicking a photograph. Also, it helped me to view and perceive a good image out of ordinary things and
monuments. Photography has always been my area of interest and after this assignment I’m well aware of the settings a
photographer has to work with.