Weekly Picture Project

This is the picture that i took for our weekly picture project. The Theme was English Breakfast. I think that i have followed the theme correctly and i am happy with the shot.

The shot below is in response to our other picture project which followed the word Treasure. I am a big Man United fan and i 'treasure' them. I do however think that i could have done so much more with the idea and i am disappointed in it. I held a season ticket for a season and i still have it at home, so maybe i could have used that in the picture instead or as well as the shirt and put more thought in to it.

Camera/Lens Technique: Fast and slow shutter speeds

I took two photographs of a fan using both a fast and slow shutter speeds. For the slow shutter speed i set the camera to ISO 400 f 5.6 and the shutter speed was 1/40. The fan is seen spinning and slightly blurred.

For the fast shutter speed i set the camera to ISO 400 F 8.0 and the shutter speed was 1/500. The speed is that fast that the fan blades are caught frozen. Something that the camera can do that the human eye cannot see.

Digital darkroom- Changing color settings

These 3 photographs are examples of different color balances you can do in Lightroom. If you go in to the develop menu you can chance the color by moving the slider. The grey balance photo was changed just by clicking the grey balance option. When i moved the slider to the left the image becomes cool and when i moved the slider on the tempreture bar to the right the image became warmer

Digital Darkroom- Putting a caption on a photograph

This screen grab from Lightroom shows an example of how to put captions on your images. You go in to Library and scroll down and then you can name your file and even give your pictures rating's if you want to.

Studio Lighting Techniques

In Andy's lesson on the 14th of October we went in to the studio and using Russell as a model we took various shots of him in different lighting positions. Here are a few shots taken from that day

Shot One

For this shot there was a light shining in front of Russell's face and a side reflector was also used. The face is well lit as is the background. The settings used were f 5.3 and 1/125

Shot Two

Being in front of the window allows a good source of light to come in. There was a light shining in front of Russell. Two side reflectors were also used. This photo looks good and appears natural. The settings used were f 5.6 and 1/125

Shot Three

This time there was no light and we just used the light from the windows to light Russell as well as the reflectors. The image is a lot darker in his face. The settings were F 5.3 and 1/125 shutter speed.

Shot Four

For this shot a flourecent light was put to the right hand side of Russell's face. This obviously only lit half of his face and the other side is shadowed and very dark. The settings didn't change and stayed at F 5.3 and 1/125 shutter speed.

Shot Five

For this shot a light was below Russell and shining up towards his face. This shot is well lit in the face with just a shade of shadow appearing in the forehead. The settings used were F 5.6 and 1/125 shutter speed.

Bottle Photographs (Studio)

For part of Andy's brief we had to take some Photographs in the studio of a green bottle and use the following light sources. Softbox (Masked), Honeycomb, Umbrella and Beauty Dish. Here is what i produced.

Soft-box (Masked)

The settings i used to take this shot were ISO 100 f 5.6 and 1/80. I put the soft box to the left of the bottle which creates a small shadow to the right hand side of the bottle

Umbrella

To create this shot i placed a umbrella in front of the light source and reversed the light to face the bottle. The settings used were ISO 100 F 5.6 1/40

Beauty Dish

For this shot i placed a beauty dish in front of the light source. The ISO was 100 F 5.6 and 1/40

Honeycomb

For this shot i placed a honeycomb template in front of the beauty dish. The settings were again ISO 100 F 5.6 and 1/40