Tomas Mendoza Photography

Film used to come color-coded or labeled as ‘Night’, ‘Sports’ or ‘Day’. However, once loaded we had to shoot the whole film before being able to shoot indoors or in low light. Well, those days are gone now that we have the ability to change ISO Settings from one frame to the next until we obtain the desired effect.
On our fifth meeting we get to review and critique our ‘Shutter Assignment’ and see what we can learn from this experience. We also define ISO and how changing the ISO Settings could improve some of the pictures previously shot. On the equipment discussion we review how the higher ISO sensitivity offered by a model can in turn make it more expensive.

ISO refers to the sensor sensitivity to light. On our sixth meeting we got to play with the ISO Settings on the camera and compared several pictures. A lower ISO number (or setting) reduces sensitivity to light hitting the sensor and helpful to create Quality Portraits. A higher ISO Setting increases the sensor’s sensitivity to light but also creates ‘noise’. Useful when shooting in low light such

f2.0, 1/160 sec, ISO 1600, 50mm