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Chapter 3: Camera Settings, ISO
ISO The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) established a numerical scale to rate how sensitive different kinds of film were to light. This scale was retained for digital cameras. When you change the ISO value on a DSLR, you can think of it...
Photography Basics
Chapter 1: 5 Elements of Exposure
The Exposure Triangle A photographer must understand the relationship between ISO (how sensitive the light sensor will be to light), f-stop/aperture (how much light is allowed to pass through the lens), and shutter speed (how rapidly the shutter closes, cut...
Chapter 2: Elements of Exposure, ISO
ISO stands for the International Organization for Standardization (it is technically not an acronym). This organization established a numerical scale to rate how sensitive different kinds of film were to light (called a film's speed). The current standard date...
Chapter 3: Elements of Exposure, Aperture
The F-Stop setting determines how much light is allowed to enter a camera through the lens to reach the imaging sensor. F-stop is normally a setting of the lens that is attached to the camera, and is controlled mechanically, by opening or closing the lens aper...
Chapter 4: Elements of Exposure, Shutter Speed
The shutter speed, aka exposure time, is the time that the image sensor is exposed to light when capturing an image. The shutter is a mechanical window inside the camera that opens and closes to allow light into the sensor for a selected amount of time. This ...
Chapter 5: Elements of Exposure, Filtration
Filtration in photography involves placing glass, resin, or plastic filters over the lens to control light, color, and image quality. There are three important filters you should know: ND Filters Neutral Density (ND) Filters act as sunglasses for the len...
Chapter 6: Elements of Exposure, External Lights
External lights (either natural or artificial) are the primary source when determining exposure, which then dictates how you setup your camera settings. Here are some key elements when going to shoot photos: Ambient Light (Natural/Available Light) The pr...
Chapter 7: White Balance
Digital cameras require a certain amount of calibration to capture color information (RGB) properly. This calibration is called white balance, because the camera is being given the information it needs to identify white areas of the image and reproduce them co...
Chapter 9: Lenses
Focal Length is the measurement of the lens in mm. There are two types of lenses; Prime and Zoom, and three categories; Telephoto, 50 (Normal), and Wide. Prime lenses Have only one focal length Zoom lenses Have multiple focal lengths (multifocal)...
Making Stickers
Cricut Maintenance
Vinyl Cuts
Shirt Vinyl Designing
Normal Stickers
Design the sticker Typically best to design it in a drawing app or somewhere else and upload it to the Cricut Design Space Canvas Open an app like Adobe Photoshop and open a page in size 8.5”x11”, make sure it’s transparent Put as many...
Vinyl Stickers
Depending on the cut, put the vinyl into the Cricut, making sure the ends line up with the white pieces meant to hold it If your cut involves anything except a basic cut, you need to put your vinyl on a mat, then put the mat in the Cricut instead (o...
Cricut Basics
Designing Things
If your design needs to be on something specific, like a T-shirt or Vinyl Decal, you can select it as well as other kinds of templates for the base of your project. If you’re not making anything specific, you are able to select a blank canvas to start on ...