Assignment 14 Execute Photography

Execute the photograph we discussed in class. Post the results, the final lighting setup, and the photograph you emulated as separate images.

iso 100 F22 1/160
result

close up 

lighting set up

dizzy panda

Assignment 13 Night Photography

Go outside between dusk and dawn using whatever existing light is available recognizing its color and mood, make a photograph that is surprising by what it reveals.

Virginia highway

30s F16 iso 100

 Post a photograph that you like the lighting and that you wish to emulate. Sketch out how you think it was lit. You can use this file to make your sketch:http://www.diyphotography.net/lighting-diagrams

Assignment 12 Stop Action

Photograph something in action that you can’t see with the naked eye.  Use a camera and flash combination on manual attached to the hot shoe or the off camera cord.  The flash should be dialed down to 1/16 power or less in order to achieve a flash duration of 1/10,000 or less.  Examples are splashing water or stopping a fans blades with a ribbon attached.  I want these images super sharp with no blurs. 

art and socks

1/6400s F6.3 iso 400

in studio

1/2000s F4.0 iso 500

Assignment 11 Light Painting

1. Make a photograph using flash as a painting tool.

i don't know how to connect the flash to the camera ! !
So I turned off the light in order to get rid of ambience light, then I set the camera to 5s, F 9, iso 160

2. Make a photograph using a continuous light source as a
painting too.

in studio

30s F16 iso 160

at my place

20s F 16 iso 160

Assignment 10 Canon Transmitter ST-E3=RT and 600EX-RT Flash

Work in Groups in the Studio for this Assignment.  Each member of the group should make a portrait using 3 Speedlites from different directions, controlled manually from the Transmitter attached to the camera which is also set on manual.  Each member of the group should make a unique lighting setup.  You can modify the light coming from the 600EX to a broad source of light by using diffusion, umbrella, soft box or bouncing off a wall or card. You can also use the light directly.

 Set the Master to GR and set A, B, C and D (Optional) to M.   The three slaves will set themselves to M after the test button on the transmitter is pressed.  Use the ST-E3-RT to adjust the setting manually.

Take a picture of the ambient light in the room at the fstop and shutter speed you will be using.  It should come out black. Post this picture with it's settings.

Post the the progression of images (ie one light, 2 lights, 3 lights etc) with final exposure for each shot (should all be the same)

exposure: iso 160

         f 5

              1/100s

ambiance light

main light 1/8

main light 1/8

fill light    1/6

main light 1/8

fill light    1/6

backgroud light 1/16

Assignment 9 Canon Dedicated Flash

Use direct flash on camera Aperature Priority (Av) setting at 1/200 sec shutter speed

iso 100

f 8.0

1/200

Use direct flash off camera Aperature Priority (Av) setting at 1/200 sec shutter speed

iso 100

f 8

1/200

Use flash fill Aperture Priority Auto shutter speed

iso 100

f 2.0

1/60

Use flash with modifier (something zoom) Aperature Priority (Av) setting at 1/200 sec shutter speed.

iso 100

f 2.0

1/60

Assignment 8 Outdoor Flash

1. Make a portrait where the person’s face and the background are the same exposure.
2. Make a portrait where the person’s face is exposed one stop under and the background is normally exposed.  Drop the power of the strobe by one stop keeping the f stop the same.

3. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is one stop under.

4. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is two stops under.

Assignment 7 Strobe and Continuous Light

Set the camera on Strobe light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the person

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the background

Photograph a person using strobe on the person and tungsten

on the background combined

Try some with motion.

Set the camera on Tungsten light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the background
Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the person
Photograph a person using strobe on the background and tungsten
on the person combined

Try some with motion

Assignment 6 Size Matters

Take two portraits of a person one with the 21" Beauty Dish and one with the Octabank and get the same results by using the placement of the subject, the light and the background. Look at results from class demonstration for ideas.

Assignment 5 One Strobe and a Softbox

Photo 1
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face has a highlight and shadow side. The background should appear darker on the highlight side and the lighter on the shadow side.

Photo 2
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face is evenly lit and the background is black.

Assignment 4 3 Light Hollywood Portrait

Using classic Rembrandt light (45 to side 45 up) create a portrait with key , fill 2 stops under exposed and backlight. Check the class blog under Lesson 4 to see how it should be laid out.

main light

fill light (-2 stops)

background light

awesome Hollywood Portrait

Using three lights invent your own formula.
Post one separate finished photograph for this one

Assignment 3 One Light

Using the 250 watt halogen bulb in the equipment closet, make a portrait by selecting a quality and direction of light to communicate an emotion that you feel about a person. Make an additional portrait that reflects the opposite feeling you have about the person. Explain in writing the laws of light that were at work in each portrait.

Adele is a ballerina, my impression of her is super elegant, energetic and always positive towards things. I use the light source on the right conner and make the entire background very bright and create a dream light shadow. I shoot the picture while she jumping.

This is my opposite impression of Adele, sleepy and tired. I pit the light source right upon her in order to create a sharp shadow on her body with a little light on the edge. The lighting gives me a feeling of spiritless.

Assignment 2 Demonstrate the 3 Laws of Light in One Photograph

In one photograph using one light source clearly demonstrate the 3 laws of light at work. Include the light source in the photograph. The subject is the light. Think of it as more of a physics project than a photograph. Use a dodging tool  to prevent the light from flaring the lens.  Try to crop out any rigging you might use and make the image about the light.

our awesome invention

Assignment 1 Inverse Square Law

1. Using 3 identical 4x5 grey cards set 1 foot apart, overlapping slightly and placed at a 45 degree angle from the camera angle. Make 4 photographs of the cards with the light 2 feet, 4 feet, 8 feet, 16 feet and 32 feet from the middle card. Use an incident meter on the middle card to give the correct exposure. The middle card should have the same value on each photograph.  Use Lightroom to weak the middle card until they all read the same value.

 

gray nightmare

 

2 feet

4 feet

8 feet

16 feet

32 feet

2. Use 3 4x5 cards a black card in front, a grey card in the middle and a white card in the back. Using the same single point source make all 3 cards appear to be the same value. You can move the cards and the light source until it works.