Today’s meeting differed from the usual ones. Even though it was a   longer meeting (4 hours), we devoted but a few minutes to photography and specifically a technical subject, sensor sensitivity, also known as ISO. What did we do with the rest of our time? We made some Christmas decorations for our schools’ library and multipurpose hall! Check out the photos below to see what we’ve made…

Our meeting lasted quite a bit longer this time around. There are two reasons why this happened: Firstly because we prepared a couple of calendars with photos from our nighttime excursions and secondly because the critique of the photos we shot is taking more time than scheduled as our new members are pretty lively and creative! When we had finished, we explored how a photograph can be affected by changing the values of the shutter speed and aperture of the lens. By using a faster speed, we can ‘freeze’ an image, whilst with a slower one, we can capture the movement of the object we’re trying to photograph. You can look at some examples down below: In our next photograph you’ll see a lit spinning top that even though it is currently spinning appears to be still as we used a 1/1000 speed. By using slower speeds, the same spinning top looks different...Notice that in the following photos the slower the speed we use the more lights are captured... ...

Today we begun our class by critiquing the photos we shot. The new members are gradually starting to comprehend the elements that compose a good photo... We continued with the presentation of a photographer’s work, who originates from the town of Katerini and lives in Paris, whose name is Vasileios Ntontis. From now on, we shall work as a team with Basil, as the best photo of the month, will be selected based on his preferences. Afterwards we occupied ourselves with the diaphragm-shutter speed combinations and how they can be equal when it comes to exposure. Then we got to know the work of one of the great photographers, Walker Evans, and learnt several biographical facts about him. To finish, we got the cameras in our hands and posed for the lens...