crash photography course

I saw  a blog  today on indoor   photography . It was really   good , providing many   ideas  on how to take improved   pictures  of houses  inside….for people who  know  what they are doing already. I wanted to elaborate a little bit  and make it a bit simpler  for those of us who think the f in fstop stands for words they say out of anger  when attempting  to understand  how to operate  one of those cameras with “too many buttons,” in the words of my nana . First of all , as my fellow blogger said, it really does come down to the light. As a camera operator , you have the ability to make a room glow with a romantic atmosphere, or make it look bright and airy like a  spring  day. Let us  go over a few crucial terms and pieces  of your camera, starting with ISO. Essentially this means  your camera’s sensitivity to light. If you are in a darker room, you want your camera to be more sensitive to light…HOWEVER…(this is a huge however) it also makes the camera more sensitive to noise. In normal person’s terms, this means it makes it look fuzzy. So, keep your ISO’s as low as you can to snap a better quality photo. Another thing that manages  the light intake is known as the shutter speed. All that this means is how long the lens lets light in. The quicker the shutter speed, the less light it lets in. When you have really long shutter speeds, you get way  more light. This, too, comes with a cost. If you move your camera the slightest bit when it is set to a really long shutter speed (longer = lower numbers) the shot will appear blurry. The aperture or f-stop essentially means  the sharpness of the photo. I could go into a really  long explanation of this, but in mortal terms, with lower f-stops, the camera will focus on things within a certain range and everything else will be blurry. Higher f-stops creates a overall more sharp photo. Higher fstops also let in less light, so the image will be darker. It’s  all a big balancing act. Of course there are many other functions on a camera, but if you understand these, at least in general terms, it will help you hugely .Find out what works and what doesn’t…what kind of balances you like….But, I hope that this helps you understand a little more about cameras and light.

See some examples of our home photos on College Station Houses  or Helotes Houses .

Jenn, the Cortiers blogger and photographer