This was an image taken where I have training for paddling. I edited to create the bottom part into a silhouette kind of look. I really liked the colour in this image.
This is a portrait image of Katie with the use of High Key lighting.
High key lighting are images that are mostly bright. The use a fill light to fill in shadows Cast from Key Light which provides extra details.
High Key brightest light, Doing most of illumination and dimensional rendering of subject.
The background light is used to illuminate the background area of a set. It also provides a separation between the subject and the background.
The fill light is used to eliminate or style shadows caused by the main light source.
I really like this image of Katie and we can see that she is separated from the background and I think that this lighting works really well in the studio. I really like this image of Katie we had taken the jumper which the dark shirt looked a lot better.
Split Lighting
Split Face lighting. You have one key light in the studio on the side that you want lit up.
- The light meter to help us gain a indication of what aperture to use
- One key light to light one half of the face
- Always shot in camera raw so i had to change the image to a JPEG
The light had to be place right on the opposite side of the subject to light her face. Depending on the shape of your face you have to look at how it works. I really wanna develop my skills in studio photography.
This is the fixed image I straighten this out because it looked not straight. So I used the ruler tool to help me fix it and bring the detail into the image. I noticed that the image looked a bit soft as well.
My before and after for my Camera Raw exercise. I used the greyscale tool to help me turn this into a black and white image. I don't really like the composition of this image.
Long Focal Length
Fstop: 11.0
Shutter: 1/60
ISO: 200
- You can see the huge difference between each image in these 3 images.
- I think that the closer you are you make the image look a lot better
- It doesn't look as busy in the first image
Rule of Third Image
I put Barbara on the second line which is on the bottom intersection of the rule of thirds if we look at it.
ISO: 400
FSTOP: 9.0
SHUTTER: 1/500
The sky is quite bright in this image. This image isn't probably the best I tried working with the lines and putting hill on the horizon line.
African portraitist Seydou Keita live in Bamako, Mali from 1921to 2001. Self-taught photographer, the artist opened his own studio in 1948 and specialised in portraiture.
Number of his clients were drawn to the quality of a lot of his images. Majority were young men dressed in European clothing.
Seydou primarily worked with daylight.
ISO: 800
FSTOP: 7.1
SHUTTER: 1/60
It was hard to find a background that was similar for this image. Especially a dark background like the one above.
Compositional Technique
- I used the cropping tool for this image because there were things on the side of the two people.
- I used my macro lens to take the image
- I tried to get the both of them in the centre of the image.
- I sat at eye level with the two models. I wanted to try and get the same level
SLOW SHUTTER SPEED
ISO: 400
SHUTTER: 4.0
FSTOP: 4.0
This was the outcome of my slow shutter speed. We had to try a couple of times due to the shutter speed not being fast enough to get the whole drawing.
The slower the shutter speed line is more defined in the image which I noticed during the process of creating this image. I think it would of worked really well If we were in a darker area.
- The sky is quite bright you can't see much detail in the background in the sky
- I like the second image as it captures barbara movement as she jumps up
- I like how everything is in focused but the can.
- The faster the shutter speed it catches movement a lot better
SELF DIRECTED
ISO: 800
FSTOP: 4.5
SHUTTER: 1/60
In majority of my images I had to edit and expose them a bit more because the lighting in my images didn't work out and it was too dark. I wanted to experiment with the different colours and the editing tool on bridge. I played with temperature and tinting
We can see that as the water pours the water isn't really in focused due to the slow shutter speed.
ISO: 800 FSTOP: 4.5 SHUTTER: 1/250
The water is seen sharper in this image because the shutter speed goes up. I really like this shot because of the composition and how the water falls.
I wish the water was tipping in the middle of the image. I think it would of been useful using the rule of thirds for this image.
ISO: 1600 FSTOP: 4.5 SHUTTER: 1/500
In this image I tried to get the glass out of the picture but we can tell that there is more detail in the water as it is being poured out onto the sink.
I really like working with fast shutter speed also. It manages to capture the small little details
ISO: 1600 FSTOP: 4.5 SHUTTER: 1/1000
In my last images the ISO is a high ISO so in my last images the picture maybe noisy and grainy. I took the ISO up because the light inside wasn't strong enough.
The fast the shutter speed it can capture the little details in the water. The lines as the water pours onto the sink I really like.
I really like the composition of the image. It isn't formal a lot different. I like the way the branches and the tree are blurred in the background.
I think maybe I should of composition the subject right in the middle or either tried to get the other side of her shoulder into the image. I don't like how her shoulder has been cut off from the image.
I positioned Katie to look over the camera as I was positioned low on the ground.
ISO: 400
SHUTTER: 1/80
FSTOP: 7.1
I took this image inside the atrium up on the stairs and positioned Barbara in the middle of my image. I like the use of high angle.
I think next time i'll use maybe a high f stop so that there isn't so much light on the ground.
ISO: 200
FSTOP: 20.0
SHUTTER: 1/60
I chose this image because it does shows a lot of things that we try and focus on in class. We can see the car moving in the background and Carol is in focus. Everything that is set in focus in the image except for the car. I used quite a medium shutter because I wanted to show the movement of the car. I think next time I would make the shutter speed maybe a little slower so that I can get the car blurred out.
MONDAY WEEK 3 SELF DIRECTED
My candid Image of Carol
ISO: 100
FSTOP: 11.0
SHUTTER: 1/100
I took this image outside the campus at the park. I used quite a fast shutter speed this was the only image that was quite sharp and I really enjoy capturing candid images. I like the fact that I was able to capture her hair blowing with the wind along with how she started laughing. I think next time I might try and look at trying to bring the aperture down just to make the back around more blurry and focus on the picture of carol.
Formal Image of Jackie
ISO: 800
Fstop: 5.6
Shutter: 1/50
Formal portrait Image of Jackie in the classroom. I noticed that in this image it's quite dark it might be the lighting in the classroom. My aperture was quite low and I tried to take it down lower to let more light into the image. I think there also could of been better lighting to show detail on Jackie's black top. The image is quite sharp when I looked closely at the detail on bridge. I had to increase my ISO up to 800 because my shutter speed was under 1/60. I also didn't have a tripod on me to use. I tried to get a good composition with Jackie's shoulders and head. I also tried to get good space above Jackie's head.
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Bernard and Hilla Becher are german conceptual artists and photographers that work as a collaborative duo. The pair are best known for their series of photographic images of Industrial buildings and variety of structures. The often organise a lot of their images on grids. They have influence many generations of photographers and artists.
Bernd Becher was born in Siegen who studied painting at the Staatliche Akadimie from 1953 to 1956 and began typography from 1959 to 1961. Hilla Becher studied photography at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf from 1958 to 1961. Hilla completed an apprenticeship as a photographer in her native Potsdam. They both began working as freelance photographers.
They began shooting in Siegen where Bernard was born. Talks about how a lot of his family worked in the industrial area/mining industry. In 1965 they went to Britain for the first time to photograph.
Video about Bernd and Hilla Becher
This is one of Bernd and Hilla Becher's work. I see that they look at the shape and lines of some of the structures. We look at the building and my eyes immediately shoot up and follow the lines towards the big part at the top.
The building on the side the top of that building would most probably be align on the first line in the rule of thirds.
They have thought about the composition of this image and the space they want to use. We see that there isn't too much space around the image. So we are able to just look at the architecture and focus on the lines and the position of the building. They have placed the straight building in the centre of the image which I really like.
The two have definitely thought about line and structure in this image
My Inspired Bernd and Hilla Becher image
ISO: 100
FSTOP: 4.5
SHUTTER: 1/1250
In Samoa I knew I would be taking Photography so over there I thought about composition and how to take an image. I thought about the shape and lines.
Over in America Samoa they were still recovering from the Tsunami that had hit them. I saw people rebuilding these beautiful big churches. I fell in love the the structure and height of these big churches.
In this image I used the rule of thirds to help me compose my Image. I tried to sit the different lines on each of the two lines. I wanted to create a space above the church. I really don't like the power lines that had got in the way.
One of my images I took at the park one day with my family. The image on the left was very dark and quite dull colours. I moved the temperature towards the right to give it a lot more colour than what it had. The use of editing and adding more temperature made the image look a lot better. I didn't add anything else to the image. I didn't want it too look too bright but wanted it too look quite natural.
Temperature: 5550 OVER EXPOSED
I noticed that the light outside was a lot bright and the tool help me bring back the detail in the sky which I think worked well. I put some vibrance to the image and colour because the image looked really dull in the beginning.
UNDER EXPOSED IMAGE
This image was way to dark to begin with but I really like the use of the editing in bridge. I realised that at the time I was shooting the light wasn't working and I exposed my image a lot more to see the detail in the image. Exposing the image made it look better we can now we the detail.
Francesca Woodman
Francesca Stern Woodman was born April 3, 1958 - January 19, 1981 (died) she was an American photographer and was mainly known for her black and white images which had featured females and either herself. Woodman used a lot of long exposure times in her her work, the use of blur and obscured faces. Years later Francesca Woodman killed herself at the age of 22.
The vantage point for this image would of been taken at eye level. Francesca Woodman has positioned her subject towards the right of the image and not in the centre. The camera orientation for this image would most probably and landscape shot but this image has been cropped. We are focused mainly on the woman who is in the dress.
Francesca has created this space with the wall and the woman. It's almost like it's intentional because we look at this empty wall which leads toward the woman. I really like the composition of this image and how she has used the space. I like the way the woman is positioned as well. The way her arm extends towards the top along with her hair.
This image would have had a mid vantage point at eye level. I really like the space also in this image because we are able to just focus on the girl spinning.
The movement of the subject would be the female spinning on the spot. So for Francesca to create the blur would of had a long exposure time. The subject is in the centre of the image.
ISO: 400 FSTOP: 3.5 SHUTTER: 1/40
ISO: 400 FSTOP: 3.5 SHUTTER: 1/20
ISO: 400 FSTOP: 7.1 SHUTTER: 0.3
ISO: 400 FSTOP: 11.0 SHUTTER: 1.0
- I really like the effect that the motion blur works with movement
- I think it would look cool it I went to another area to take the images
- The lighting in the room is a bit dark RICHARD AVEDON
May 15, 1923- October 1, 2004) an American fashion and portrait photographer. Richard Avedon was born in New York to a Jewish family. Richard Avedon's father was a Russian-bown immigrant who had started his own retail dress business. Mother Anna was from a family that owned a dress manufacturing business. This had influenced his love for fashion and Art. Avedon's interest in photography has emerged when he was 12.
This was my attempt at emulating one of Richard Avedon's image. I think what didn't work well was most probably the lighting set up. In the picture I took I used natural lighting outside next to the black board.
I tried to get as close as possible with the same angle and space. I think that I should have taken the picture a bit closer to the subject to get the same amount of space that is used in the image. I noticed the vantage point is at eye-level. In this image I took the picture at 1/80. I think next time I would try maybe more indoor lighting.
