Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO.

Aperture:

f2.8 aperture.

f16 aperture.

1. The eye.
2. The smaller the Aperture the larger the f-stop, the higher the Aperture the smaller the f-stop.
3. The smaller the aperture, the more focused the entire picture will be. the bigger the aperture, the more focused the picture will be in the foreground, with the background more blurred.
4. F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8, F9, F10, F11, F13, F14, F16, F18, F20, F22, F25, F29, F32,F36.

Shutter Speed:

high shutter speed

low shutter speed

1. At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light
a.) the dunking booth - 1/2500
b.) the food eating contest - 1/1000
c.) the rock climbing wall -  1/500
d.) someone working at a booth 1"
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle 1/2
f.) the Diamonds performance. 1/1000

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.
a.) the dunking booth - 1/250
b.) the food eating contest - 1/100
c.) the rock climbing wall - 1/50
d.) someone working at a booth - 5"
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle - 2.5"
f.) the Diamonds performance. -  1/100

2. "Aperture Priority" - you manually set the aperture, but it sets the shutter speed for you.
    "Shutter Priority" - you manually set the shutter speed, but it sets the aperture for you.
    "Manual" - you set both the aperture and the shutter speed.

3.  30", 25", 20", 15", 13", 10", 8", 6", 5", 4", 3"2, 2"5, 2", 1"6, 1"3, 1", 0"6, 0"5, 0"3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, 1/15, 1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40,1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600, 1/2000, 1/2500, 1/3200, 1/4000

ISO:

ISO 200

ISO 6400

1. Because there isn't as much light, so it would capture the image better as a whole and not missing anything.
2. Stick to the base ISO, when there is plenty of light use the lowest ISO, use it in a dim-lit room if your camera is mounted on a flat surface or tripod.
3. Use when there is not enough light for the camera to be able to quickly capture an image, when indoors use a higher number to be able to set motion, when you need to get extra fast shots use higher ISO.
4.  100, 200, 400, 800, 1600.

Sim Cam:
F4: looks best at 1/125sec - the background is barely visible, it is really blurry and you can't really make out shapes, the couple is the only thing visible.
F5.6: looks best at 1/60sec - background is more visible, you can kind of tell what's back there, but couple is still main focus. 
F8: looks best at 1/60sec - background is more visible, you can tell there is a building with windows back there.
F11: looks best at 1/60sec - background is clearer, you can see more of the colors back there.
F16: looks best at 1/30sec - background is more clear, you can see other objects on the building like ladders and a tree.
F22: looks best at 1/15sec - background is pretty much as clear as the couple, you can see everything in the picture.


I did good on both test. I think I understand the pillars of photography a lot better now, and it will enable me to take better pictures now.