Week 3: Candid Photo

Candid photo: There was this moment where they were arguing about the work i had to do for this photography class. I captured this, moving myself to centre them in the frame and to give the feel of home, because of the surroundings around them.

Camera Settings

f/stop: 3.4

shutter: 1/100

ISO: 400

Taking this photo was difficult, because i wanted to show the expression that i wanted in this photo. I experimented with what i wanted the viewers to see in this photo, whether i wanted to show the whole lounge or just these two subjects in the frame.

I liked the fact that two photos showed expression, but i wanted the happy feeling in them. 

I captured the moments of conflict, where they were arguing about the paper.

I could have done better just positioning myself, to show more of the left side, so that they will be on the side of the frame.

Experimentation with slow shutter: Art of light

Took this photo into camera raw and edited this to get the black in the background and then cropped the image to take away the legs.

I used the table outside to keep the camera stable.

settings used for original photo:

f/stop: 18

shutter: 8.0

ISO: 800

Self directed task: Narrow and Wide of an object

ISO: 400

F/stop: 4.0

Shutter: 1/2000

ISO: 400

F/stop: 4.0

Shutter: 1/2000

Week 3: Shutter priority - The Art of Light (Tutorial)

I watched a tutorial on how to get this effect ut, doing it, i kind of knew how to do it. When i looked more into this tutorial, this man showed me what hes been working on , and something thati didnt quite understand about the tree that he was trying to get.

Lastnight i experimented with quite some stuff and drawings, and this is the one i like the most. Even having me far back in the frame i am also centred. This also gives the audience an insight of where abouts im standing!

I set the camera on the camera case to get on the same level as crouching down. Using this method, i took various photos to get the photo that i wanted. Here are some of the experiments that i have taken.

Week 2: Self directed shutter practices -

f/stop: 3.5

shutter: 1/250sec

ISO- 6400

f/stop: 3.5

shutter: 1/250sec

ISO: 400

I used a faster shutter speed to get the effect of freezing movement.

Afew photos that i have taken didnt quite work because the subject kept going out of the frame.

I placed both subjects in the middle where i got my sister to flick her hair and brother to jump.

Week 2: Freeze Motion

f/stop: 18

Shutter: 1/60

ISO: 400

f/stop: 14

Shutter: 1/100

ISO: 400

f/stop: 8

Shutter: 1/250

ISO: 400

f/stop: 8

Shutter: 1/500

ISO: 400

Task was to freeze motion using the shutter speeds given to us.

Using the different settings that has been allocated i found that using the shutter speed of 1/60, slows down the movement of what has been dropped and to actually freeze the movement of the black pipes that have been dropped, it was best to use 1/500, to actually freeze that movement.

Week 2: Richard Avedon (Shutter Priority)

Original

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_61.565.2.jpg

Remake

Camera settings:

F/stop: 8.0

Shutter speed: 1/80

ISO: 400

I told the subject to stand on the right side of the camera, doing exactly the same facial as the person above. The camera was held a eye level, using the zoom ring to get right to her face.

Photo was taken into photoshop to give the black and white look.

Week 2: Francesca Woodman (S.D)

Camera Settings:

f/stop: 11

shutter: 1/4

ISO: 6400

Francesca Influence, where there is a blur motion in the photo using the "TV" settings on the camera.

I wanted her to keep still with the frame in her hand, but instead she moved her hand, and the only thing that didn't move was around her stomach area.

Week 2: Francesca Woodman - Blur Motion

f / stop : 20.0

shutter : 2.0

ISO : 160

I got the subject to position themself on the left side of the frame, to crouch down and kind of reach over to get the effect of only here body moving and the foot are still.

Original

Response

In this photo, i positioned the subject so she would be looking towards the door. To get the window look that shows in the original photo.

I had used Photoshop to convert this image to black and white.

f/stop: 10.0

Shutter: ''2

ISO: 100

Positioned the subjet in the middle, keeping the camera at an eye level. I told her to move her head from left to right.

Shot in shutter priority mode ( TV Mode)

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=francesca+woodman+motion+blur

Week 1: Vanessa Wu (Self Directed)

Original

My Response:

f/stop: 4.0

Shutter: 1/6

ISO:6400

For this photo i like how it looks real simple, but actually doing the task, you just had to watch how much light was needed to bring out the beauty of this little plant. I like how the subject looks like the original one in the photo. 

Original

My response

f/stop: 4

shutter: 1/320

ISO: 400

Inspired by Vanessa Wu, their was no franji-pani to be found around me, so we went local and found this bright red flower. I like how i placed the subject because it looks like the above.

Used the AV mode to shoot this. (Apeture Priority)

http://www.vanessawu.com/

Week 1: Narrow and Wide

Camera Settings.

F/stop: 10.0

Shutter: 1/125

ISO: 400

This image shows a Narrow DOF.

Its a narrow depth of field because the background is out of focus and the foreground is in focus.

To improve this picture, i could have took a better one, but i like this, because i caught her facials.

Camera Settings.

F/stop: 22

Shutter: 1/20

ISO: 125

This shows a wide DOF - which means that everything is in focus.

Week 1: Aperture Priority mode

Lee Jefferies

Portrait Shot

Vantage Point: Just above the head

Position: Middle of the Frame

Looking upwards towards the Camera

Subject was placed in the middle of the frame, so we could get the same position as the same photo that we have imulated. In this photo, i have also zoomed up to the subjects face so i can just get her face in focus instead of the background.

REHAHN

Landscape view

Vantage Point: Eye level

Position: Cropping head and bit of shoulder

Looking directly at the camera.

Had quite a few difficulties taking this photo. But this photo only shows the subjects face where her hands are blurred, without realizing that she had used the wrong hand.

Landscape Shot

Vantage Point: Eye Level

Position: Their left (my right) of the frame

Looking directly at the Camera

Positioning for this task took alot of work. Imulating these images just kind of got to me, where i had the subject to try and focus on me and kind of get the exact same position as the photos that are shown.

Reference for photos.

http://www.boredpanda.com/top-10-photographers-for-travel-portraits/