Photography Basics
Today, I'm going to teach you 80% of photography in 10 minutes Now remember, 20%
of the effort is going to get you 80% of the way there But it takes a lot more
to really become a great photographer When I learn something new, I like to look
at it in its simpliest form I tell people, talk to me like I'm a 5 year old Once
I have that basic understanding, that core knowledge, that solid foundation of
what this thing is Then I can build on top of it and really dig into the
complexities of it That's what we're going to do with photography Today, I'm
going to get you 80% of the way there So that you're creating awesome images and
when you're not creating awesome images you'll be able to trouble shoot and
figure out why Here we go! 10 minutes! First up is ISO and it's the first thing
that I'm going to set in any given scenario The basic gist here is that ISO is
the sensitivity of your camera's sensor The higher the number, the more
sensitive to light your camera's sensor is going to be the lower the number, the
less sensitive So you might be thinking, crank that ISO up! I want lots of
light! I want to be able to pull all the light! It's kind of the opposite
actually You want to keep your ISO as low as possible Because the higher the
ISO, the more grain, the more noise, the more artifacts and weird funky things
are in your image to show how ISO works I did a little test shoot of one of my
favorite lenses Here is ISO100 here's 200 here's 400 800 1600 3200 and 6400 This
is a Sony A7R2, so just for fun here is 12,800 and 25,600 Eh, just a little fun!
ISO is a big reason that camera body prices fluctuate so much A cheaper camera
might be able to go to 800 or 1600 ISO before getting really grainy and noisy
While a more expensive camera can go up to 3200, 6400, 10,000 and beyond and
still be pretty usable In general with photography, you pay more to get more
light So outside, where there's plenty of light I'm going to have my ISO at 100
In the shade, 200 Now when I come indoors, I'm going to bump my ISO to 400

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