Week #1 18% grey

The first exercise was to take a photograph, on automatic, of a sheet of white paper and a sheet of black paper.

Interesting results!

Checklist for Chapter 1

▢ I understand that the camera can measure how much light is falling on a scene

▢ I understand that the camera doesn’t know what it’s looking at

▢ I understand that the camera is programmed to turn every image to an approximate 18% grey tone

▢ I understand that not every scene I look at will be made up of an approximate 18% grey tone

▢ I know that a very dark scene (eg a black cat in a coal cellar) is made up of dark tones, and a camera on auto mode will therefore overexpose it (trying to turn it to the lighter 18% grey tone)

▢ I know that a very light scene (eg a polar bear in the snow) is made up of light tones, and a camera on auto mode will therefore underexpose it (trying to turn it into the darker 18% grey tone)

▢ I’ve done the homework: taken 2 photos, one of white paper and one of black paper