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Photography Lesson Homework: ISO

May 9, 2012 by KC Coake 7 Comments

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I have been slowly working my way through some lessons on using a digital slr camera posted on a very helpful blog. I am finally getting around to trying another lesson.

This lesson was on using your ISO setting. The ISO is the camera’s sensitivity to light. Aimee at It’s Overflowing does a great job of explaining it in her post: Photography Friday 4 {ISO}.

I have a feeling that when I master the ISO settings, it will be very helpful to me. Our current home is surrounded by trees. Now that winter is over and the trees have all their leaves, I am noticing it is so much harder for me to get good pictures inside my house. I am sure that as I work on using my ISO setting it will improve my pictures during the summer months when our house is darker.

The pictures I used to practice the ISO setting really don’t show much difference. My camera has an ISO range from 100 to 1600. I see that other cameras have a higher range. I guess it is just proof that my once state of the art digital SLR is outdated. Oh well, it’s what I’ve got.

Here is the first try at seeing a difference with the ISO setting. It is hard for me to distinguish much difference, but I would say that the ISO 800 is slightly better or brighter than the other pictures. (Oh and you can see Pumpkin working hard on her handwriting in the background. Do you also see the sweet note she wrote me to go with the tissue paper flowers? It says I am the best mom in the world! ahhh! So sweet!)

I tried again, hoping for easier to see results.
Umm, not so much.
 
Based on the concept that ISO is the camera’s sensitivity to light, kind of like the difference between a window with no curtain, one with a sheer and one with drapes, I decided to try something. 
 

I was working on pictures for another blog post to come next week (probably).

As you can see above I tried a few different things. I tried the ISO open to the max (to let the most light in) but as you can see in the picture on the left, it is still dark. So, I thought maybe the high ISO with a flash might help, but as you can in the middle picture, that came out a bit too bright. Finally, I thought, what if I add artificial light in the form of a flash but treat it like I am by a bright natural light (bright daylight window). With that assumption in mind, I set my ISO to 100 with my flash on and took the final shot on the right. To me, it is a good balance, not too dark and not too light. It seems like it shows off the colors of things as close to real as I could get it. 
 
I might not have been able to see the differences in the ‘assigned’ homework for this lesson, but I have been able to attempt to implement what I have learned about ISO. I have tried it many other times already with mixed results. I will keep working at it and keep learning as I really want to become a better photographer no matter the season.
 
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  1. Pinkoddy says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    If you are interested I’m running a photo editing software programme  
    https://pinkoddy.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/win-win-win-enter-here/

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  2. Katie @ Little Becky Homecky says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    These are great tips! I love that you posted pics with each ISO to show the difference. As a VERY amateur DSLR user, I love that you shared this!! Thank you! 

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  3. Michelle Barbour says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Thanks for the tip!! I am a new follower! Hope you have a great weekend!
    Michelle
    http://www.delicateconstruction.com

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  4. Cassidy says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Awesome tips.  I Have a Cannon Rebel T2 and love it. I am always love messing with the settings. The more you shoot the more comfortable you get with your settings. I try  mainly to shoot on manual mode so that I am forced to learn  how to use my camera better.

    https://fitcraftystylishandhappy.blogspot.com/ 

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  5. K Coake says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    Thanks for stopping, commenting and following my blog! 

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  6. K Coake says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    That is a good idea to just go for it and figure it out…I might have to try that. 

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  7. K Coake says

    July 18, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    Thanks! I felt really discouraged by this lesson and by the results(and my dark house). I appreciate your comments! 

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