Photography Equipment

Types of camera’s:

• DSLR-Most efficient and will allow you to be more creative. It has adjustable ISO and aperture and built in flash. The lenses can come off and be replaced with different ones.
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• Analogue- No ISO or white balance. Rings to control aperture and used film which meant you had to develop them. The lens was not detachable. Also, it did not have an internet powered system. A motor was used to power it.SLR- Shutter opens for a fraction of a second to emit light then the motor winds exposed film, the lens adjust to focus on the subject, the film reacts to light. It also has unexposed film.
• DSLR- Shutter opens to emit light, light strikes sensor array, image data stored on RAM card and the lens adjust to focus on subject.
• Lenses. 
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• Lenses can be taken off and replaced with different ones. 18mm-55mm is the typical kit lens on a camera.
• Lens filters can be applied on your lens to get different effects on your photos. For example, a fish eye filter can make the picture slightly more distorted.
• Personally, I would use the standard 18-55mm lens on a camera. For example, when trying to shoot a wide angle shot, I would use a 18mm lens and narrow aperture as it captures everything in view. However, if I am trying to shoot a close up- I would use a 55mm lens and a wide aperture.
• Tripods:Used to lock- down a camera and gives it a good stable base in order to produce more stable pictures.
• Additionally, you can tilt up and down and side to side without the image looking shaky.
• Weighted tripods are more effective as it provides more security.
• For example, I would tripods mainly when filming as I believe that the best footage is produced this way.  However, contrary to this, I don’t think tripods are needed are all times to get landscape pictures if you can already find a steady place to rest your camera.

Flash-

Flash can create nice silhouette. However, it should not be used at concerts or around people with epilepsy. Use a low speed flash if you want the background to be in shot too.

Flash in the best to use when highlighting a certain part of a picture. Therefore, I think that it is best to use it when taking portrait pictures as it highlights the face better. Sometimes flash can be useful in darker settings but only if the setup is right, otherwise the picture may look like it’s highlighting one subject too much.