1. Lecture 3
CANON 450D – How to use and features
30th – LS (low shutter speed) ½ press button.
ISO – Light sensitivity – speed
100 – Spanish (Daytime, greater pixel saturation)
400 – UK (Cloudy)
1600 – Dawn to Dusk (Night, tends to pixelate)
TTL – Through the lens light meter – Gives colour contrast
Shoot on RAW + Large JPEG for best results and a back-up image of the camera’s auto features.
White balance
Kelvins + light
Portrative mode – balances the light between subjects.
TV means shutter priority job
Captures movement of subject – LSS = blurred.
1/30th second + lower = camera shake – tripod needed.
Aperture numbers – control depth of field (line of focus)
Large = larger field
M mode = manual control, BULB = manual control of shutter speed.
AF point – changes where the TTL is reading – further away from = more out of focus.
Using built in flash
Flash creates balanced photographs.
Continuous shooting
Foreground vs. background
Above + below
minimalism vs. clutter

2. Things to do:
Add some practice photographs to Yola website – exploring the camera features learned today.
Create a photo essay (12+ photographs. 1 story. RAW)
Look at OFCOM rules and regulations on photography and print / create some release forms.
From this essay I have learnt how to effectively use the Canon 450D cameras to take photographs
that take advantage of the features of the camera to emphasise, improve and manipulate subject
matter in images. I have become more aware of what it takes to be a photographer and to take
powerful images.
I have also learnt about the effectiveness of fields of focus and about light sensitivity and the
functions of camera lenses and ISO settings which I did not know before this lecture.