Shutter Speed and Depth Of Field

on Monday, November 4th 2013 we started to use our camera. Mine is Canon 60D 

First, sir Pongky told us that we have to know our camera well. 

Steps how to make a good picture are:

1.Setting white balance

• White balance is camera setting that adjusts for lighting in order to make white objects appear white in photos. So its about the temperature. 
• You want your photo looks more red or blue (warm and cool temperature)

2. Setting image file

• its about how big are we going to print the picture.
• RAW is the biggest file.

3. Setting ISO

• <<ISO: sharper and brighter picture. this function is use on the dark condition.
• ISO>>: less-sharper (more pixelated) and darker picture. this function is use on the bright condition.

4. Exposure mode

SHUTTER SPEED

What is Shutter Speed?

Shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open.

• Shutter speed is measured in second - The bigger the denominator, the faster the speed (i.e. 1/1000 is faster than 1/30)
• In most case, you'll probably be using shutter speeds of 1/60th of a second or faster - cause anything is slower than this is difficult to use without getting camera shake (that cause blur)
• Slow shutter speed (anything slower than 1/60) need to use tripod 
• Shutter speed on your camera will usually double (approximately) with each setting - for example 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8 etc
• Some camera has very slow shutter speeds - for example 1 sec, 10 sec, 30 sec, etc. These are used in very low light situations
• If you want to choose what shutter speed to use, you should ask yourself what effect do you want - you have the coice either freezing the movement (looks still) or intentionally blur (giving a sense of movement
• To freeze movement in an image - faster shutter speed or slower shutter speed (movement blur)
• Motion is not always bad - There are times when motion is good. Example taking  photo of a waterfall (want to show how fast the water is flowing), a racing car (wanna give a feeling of speed), a star scape. You need to use tripod
• Focal length and shutter speed - longer focal lengths will accentuate the amount of camera shake so you'll need to choose a faster shutter speed

source: http://digital-photography-school.com/shutter-speed

1. Fast shutter speed

• freeze image
• <<1/60 : fast

2. Slow shutter speed

• blur image
• 1/60>> : slow

3. Panning

• You move the camera (following the object) while the object is moving
• Using slow shutter speed

APERTURE (DEPTH OF FIELD)

What is Aperture?

• Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken
• Aperture is measured in f-stops (i.e. f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, etc)
• f/2.8 is much larger aperture than f/22

Depth of Field and Aperture

• DOF is that amount of your shot that will be in focus
• Large DOF : most of your image will be in focus whether it's close to your camera or far away (i.e. f/22)
• Small (shallow) DOF : only part of the image will be in focus and threst will be fuzzy (i.e. f/4.5)

using f/22

using f/2.8

"get your camera out and do some experimenting is the best way to get your head around aperture"

source: http://digital-photography-school.com/aperture

1. Small F (e.g f/2)

• Is for taking less-light photo
• the smaller the aperture is, the bigger the hole's open

2. Larger F (e.g f/32)

• Is for taking lots of light photo
• the bigger the aperture is, the smaller the hole's open

LENS

1. Wide Lens
2. Normal Lens
3. Tele Lens
4. Macro Lens

IMPORTANT DECISION WHEN TAKING PICTURE

1. Composition
2. Focusing
3. See where metering indicator falls
4. See your light meter indicator (be careful of error signal)

Postage Stamps: Started to Trace The Indonesian Landmarks

Wednesday, November 6th 2013

Hi, good afternoon guys!!!

Yesterday, we started to do our first assignment, the assignment is making the postage stamps that consist of Indonesian Landmarks. The steps are:

1. I was searching for some Indonesian landmarks and stamp design images:

 

Bedugul Lake, Bali

Mount Bromo, Malang

Gedung Sate, Bandung 

Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), Bali

Ampera Bridge, Palembang 

National Monument (Monas), Jakarta

Rumah Gadang, Padang

Rumah Toraja, Toraja

Tugu Yogya, Yogyakarta

Candi Borobudur, Magelang

2. Lets get started! I chose Monas cause it's my first experiment, so I chose the easiest one. Click File > New

3. Make a postage stamps rectangle (actual size) 20x25mm. Click Rectangle Tool and click on your artwork and it will appear this box:

4. Make one circle and copy it. After that transform it. Click Object > Transform > Transform Again or Cmd + D

don't forget to group it after you got 18 circles :)

5. Copy it (14x18circles)

6. To make it like the real postage stamps, do this! Go to Windows > Pathfinder

7. Then click Minus Front

8. Gr8! Then, start to make the margin, using 17x23mm rectangle

9. Make it as guides line by clicking View > Make Guides

10. You could copy it into 4 series.

11. I tried to put texts by clicking Text Tool on the left column 

12. Lets start tracing! (Click here to know how to trace)

I started to try colouring the Monas

Tada!

13. I didn't really satisfied with my Monas, so I fixed it. Things that I've fixed were the torch and the shadow.

I tried to make the Monas' torch

14. I also changed the Monas' colour hehehe to make it unordinary ;-P. 
Well, cause I only want that Monas' part, I did this step. So, click your guide line on your artwork, go to View > Guides > Release Guides

15. Arrange your guide line to front.

16. DO NOT PANIC! Heheheheh oh ya! make sure that you've grouped your Monas! Then, click your Monas go to Object > Clipping Mask > Make.

Hihihi! Done with my Monas. I only have to add the texts and..... (to be continued)

Ideas Generation

Wednesday, October 30th 2013

Today was our first day with sir Reza. Quiet exhausting cause we had 2 classes for today from 12-8.30 pm. But we have 2 days of holiday (Thursday & Friday). Today was only introduction, at the first time, sir Reza asked us to make a moodboard consist of things that we like (so he could know the style of each person). 

Then, sir Reza gave us some option of places in Indonesia for our assignment, such as Yogyakarta, Bandung, Samarinda, Raja Ampat, etc. I choosed Yogyakarta as mine cause: 

1. I'm from Yogja, but I don't really know well about it, so I want  to find the uniqueness of Yogya. Like pepatah have said "Tak kenal, maka tak sayang" ;-P
2. Yogya is one and only place that still applying keraton system.
3. Wanna explore alot inside Yogya!

The second place that I chose was Lombok cause I'm interested to Lombok's fabric, Kain Ikat.

So, I made this:

I still have many things to do and many things to explore more and more :)