Photography- Functions of a camera

Photography: Functions of a camera

In this lesson we had to draw different parts of a camera. We had to draw the front elevation, Rear elevation, and the top elevation of a camera. When we did this we had to label parts of the camera and had to discuss as a class what they are used for.

Front elevation

Top elevation

What I learned about the front elevation was how to take a picture properly. You have to half press the shutter button to focus the camera to the object you are taking a picture of.

 If you want to take a picture of a fast moving object such as a fast moving car, you can hold the shutter button half way, when the car gets close, you take the picture. This gets the camera ready to take the picture. This only works right if you put the camera on auto mode because if using the other modes, the image will be blurry.



I learned about the different shooting modes on the top elevation.

P= Program
A= Aperture
S= Speed
M= Manual

Also I learned that the lens hood protects the lens from being scratched, damaged or wet. This will protect it if you are taking pictures in the rain.

Rear elevation

What I learned about the rear elevation was how to use the view finder and why you use it. The viewfinder does not blur the image and gets the full shot of the image, whereas the lcd crops it out. You can use the lcd if you are taking an image of still life such as a flower and the viewfinder if you are taking a picture of a view such as mountains.