ISO Tests

The purpose of this task was try out different ISO settings and make sure the shot was still exposed correctly. I used both ISO 100 and 1600, shot both at night and during the day.

Day

ISO 100

ISO 100 Over-exposed from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

For this first shot, I used ISO 100 but my aperture was too high causing the shot to be over exposed.

ISO 100 (1) from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

This was shot in ISO 100, I had to make sure my subject was exposed correctly which was difficult because he was standing in front of the light source, the sun.

ISO 100 (2) from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

This shot also used ISO 100, but the whole shot is exposed well, because this time my subject isn't blocking out my light source.

ISO 1600

ISO 1600 from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

This shot was done inside and I used ISO 1600, this can be seen by the quality of the footage compared to the three shots with ISO 100, the image appears quite grainy.

Night

ISO 100

ISO 100 Night from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

This shot was done at night, clearly, and I used ISO 100, this meant that the shot was barely visible but it is better quality than the ISO 1600 shot

ISO 1600

ISO 1600 Night (2) from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

This shot was done at night, clearly, and I used ISO 1600, I have repeated the same shot I used ISO 100 for, to show the clear difference in exposure.

ISO 1600 Night (1) from Jakob Morrison on Vimeo.

This shot was done at night, clearly, and I used ISO 1600, this meant that the shot was actually visible but again the image appears a little grainy.

Process

The numerous shots produced are effective in showing the difference between differing ISO settings at both daytime and nighttime. I struggled with this at first and wasn't entirely sure how to make sure a shot was exposed correctly.

Problem Solving

When filming outdoors during the day, I found my shot was over exposed because I hadn't adjusted the aperture correctly, when I realised this I re-shot the shot, I increased the f-number which allowed less light to reach the lens.

Justification of Decisions

See below each video

Recommendations

If I was to reshoot the shots at night I would use another source of light especially the ones where ISO 100 was used because the subject can barely be seen, I would have also tried to do more of an aesthetic shot, with complete darkness and one source of light directly next to the subject as they move.