Week One of BCM115
We were given the task to familiarise ourselves with a DSLR camera. As someone who knows her way around the iPhone camera quite well this deemed a challenge. I mean of course I’ve held a proper DSLR camera before, but I didn’t really know the different basic functions like
- shutter speed
- aperture (f-stop)
- ‘film’ speed (ISO)
- focus
- white balance
And even after the tutorial I still don’t feel 100% confident in the different functions. But at least I’m testing out and learning. I’m just one of those people who get frustrated if she doesn’t pick something up super quick. 🤷🏽♀️
My partner and I were tying to get some test shots while playing of the camera, of both the natural and material environment meeting together. And with the weather on the day, it really helped with what we were trying to achieve in our shots. It intereting as the direction we were given was to simply leave the camera on the tripod and just start recording. So even though we were doing videography, the shots were kind of just photography – but moving pictures… which is where videography first began which is kind of neat.
We had fun trying to protect the camera from the rain but also using the weather to our advantage. Very excited to dive deeper in to what screen media can achieve in art and for the emerging media.
Until next time,
Swoon x
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