Eye

We were assigned to take a photo of a shape in the eye. In order to manipulate the shape in our eye, we used a light that reflected red light only and cut out a shape on black paper that was posted on the light. This was challenging because initially the flash was on, which made the shape come out unclearly. Also after manipulating the camera modes, I settled for portrait since it would focus on the closest subject.
ISO is 400. F-stop is 5.6. Shutter speed is 1/10.

Water droplet

The given task was to capture a photo of a water droplet being dropped. The task was quite difficult because some students had food coloring, which enhanced the visual appearance. However, I was still able to capture the photo. It took several trials and several hundred drops of water to achieve.
 ISO is 400. F-stop is 4.0. Shutter speed is 1/80.

Spring

We were told to take a picture that represented spring. My representation of spring would be squirrels. I originally planned to take a picture of a bird, but it kept flying away every time I approached it. This squirrel caught my attention when it made croaky sounds and hissed at me when I took it's picture.

F-stop of 5.6. ISO of 100. Shutter speed of 1/125.

Bulb

Possibly one of the hardest tasks we've been assigned, taking pictures on "bulb" mode was truly interesting. The class went down to the auditorium, behind the curtains where it was pitch black. Bulb mode can be achieved by setting the dial to "M" and changing the shutter speed to the lowest possible setting. While on bulb, you can choose when to take the picture by pressing down the button and letting go when you wish to.

A problem I faced was that the light that came out of my iphone to create the design was sometimes too bright. When it was too bright, the picture did not focus on the image I tried to make. Shutter speed was on bulb. F-stop was 4.5, and iso 1,600.

We were challenged to draw out our initials on this mode. Luckily, I have an easy letter. Letters that required you to do more than one stroke was harder. F-stop was 4.5. Iso was 1,600 and shutter speed was on bulb.

Manual focus-Changing shutter speed

Part two of this mission was to instead of changing the f-stop, we were told to stick with one f-stop and change the shutter speeds. I chose to stick with the f-stop of 13.

In this photo I chose the shutter speed of 320. As you can see, the photo is nice and bright. This is due to the small shutter speed. The lower the shutter speed, the more time it takes the let light in. 

In this photo I chose the shutter speed of 1/1000. Since the shutter speed was increased, the time allowed to let light in was decreased, resulting in the darkening of the photo.

In this photo I chose the shutter speed of 1/2000. With such a high shutter speed, the time allowed to let light in was close to nothing, resulting in a dark photo. 

Manual Focus-Changing f-stop

In the following photos, we were asked to be on "manual mode" which can be read as M on the Nikon. I chose a specific shutter speed, which was 1/200, while changing the size of the aperture on all three photos.

In this photo, I chose an f-stop of 5. By doing so, my subject and the background came out to be very bright. The small f-stop creates a big aperture which increases the depth of field and creates more light.

In this photo, I chose an f-stop of 10. By doing so, my subject and the background came out less bright and was more appealing to the eye. The medium f-stop allows just enough light to come in.

In this photo, I chose an f-stop of 20. By doing so, my subject and the background came out to be very dark. The bigger the f-stop, the smaller the aperture, allowing less light and depth of field.

Fast Shutter Speed

Compared to slow shutter speed, fast shutter speed is much easier to work with. In the photo below I had my subject do an activity that required fast reaction. My subject jumped in the air and I was able to capture the jump with the shutter speed of 1/4000. When the shutter speed is fast, less light is being allowed in. Therefore you must be in a well lit place in order to use shutter speed. Vice versa for a slow shutter speed. With a slow shutter speed, it's absorbs more light so you should be in a relatively dark place.