Portrait Photography

Havingsaidallthis,JPEGscancomeintotheirownwhen
used for shooting. They take up a significantly smaller
amountofspacethana RAWfile,andwhenshootingin
certainsituationswhereahighvolumeofimagesneedsto
betakenthiscouldbeofgreatbenefit.Toillustratethis,
onecameracapturingfilesontoan8GBcardwouldbeable
to record approximately 396 RAW images; however if
shootingwithhigh-resolutionJPEGsthecapacitycouldbe
as high as 1900.

CAMERA SETTINGS

Thethreemostimportantvariablesettingsthatyoushould
familiarize yourself with and fully understand are ISO,
shutter speed, and ƒ-stop. These must be considered
independentlyand mastered inrelationto each otherfor
successful portrait photography. The photographer must
developtheabilitytocontrolandmasterthelight,andhow
itisthenrecordedtothefocalplane.Eachisasimportant
astheother,andevenslightvariationsofeachcanhavea
profoundeffectonthefinaloutcomeoftheimage.They
are all explained in detail below.

SUMMARY OF VARIABLE CAMERA SETTINGS

ISO(film sensitivity)

AuniversalstandardforfilmsensitivitysetbyInternational

Organization for Standardization.