tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25884615064424958992024-02-19T17:04:48.337+00:00 Rich's learning log - TAOP Rich's learning log - TAOPRich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-85510159723646714712014-02-08T14:24:00.001+00:002014-02-08T14:25:28.663+00:00Final Assessment <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Final assessment </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The time has come to package all the photographs and assignments and send them off for final assessment. I have had all the photographs for each assignment printed by Peak Imaging and I must say i'm impressed by the the quality of the prints as well as the turn around times, less than 36 hrs from emailing the photographs to them and the postman delivering them back. Peak Imaging also give 10% discount for NUS card holders. So whats not to like?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All looks good and each assignment will be bundled up separately with report and photographs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fingers crossed for a good result, now the wait begins..........</span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-4771145951551160452014-01-31T22:00:00.000+00:002014-01-31T22:12:40.049+00:00Gallery Visit<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Devon Guild of Craftsmen - Bovey Tracey </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On an impromptu visit to the Devon Guild of Craftsmen at Bovey Tracey, I came across an interesting exhibition of work by Alex Valentine.This was part of a larger exhibition of called <i>'Narrative Remains exploring the relationship between words and meaning'</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main thread of the 'Narrative Remains' exhibition is to make us think about the huge influence of words and stories on our lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The imaginative way that he has used the 4x4 tiles or a 'boggle' as he calls it to spell out 4 four letter words to inspire his photographic poems, shows a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">connection between the words and the photographs, which is sometimes funny and sometimes very thought provoking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In total there are eleven UK based artists displaying work in connection with this exhibition, including print, collage, enamel and ceramics. It is well worth a visit on a rainy day, and we've had a few of them lately!</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The work that you did in the fourth assignment has set you up well for this set of images, the lighting and overall quality of the shots is very good and we can see a great deal of progression in terms of skills learnt. The emphasis is on producing clear and concise images rather than any creative interpretations of the brief and with that in mind I think you will be fine in the assessment, as your work has moved on well through each assignment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any ‘step by step’ photo guide has to draw the viewer in and the cover image does that well, the domestic setting relates to the reader/viewer’s own scenario and we also see the finished pie, which does look tempting! Shooting a cover image is probably the most important aspect of working to a brief such as this, the shot needs to communicate the process straightaway and also highlight the photographer’s own style. The lighting is good and although some photographers choose a warmer light source to try and replicate a domestic setting, your more clinical approach is focused on the ingredients and as such keeps the reader/viewer interested through the images as much as the text.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The three shots of the ingredients combine well together and there is a good symmetry to the grouping that can be sometimes difficult to achieve with a multi image single page layout. I may have been tempted to use a white background to keep with the high key style of the cover shot, this may have proved technically difficult with shadow problems etc, so I can see why you have used the black background.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following page again works very well, we can follow the images without really needing to read the text, the shots are well thought out and the narrative is strong. For me the format ratio of the images is interesting and whilst they possibly wouldn’t work as individual shots in this format, they work within the circular context of motion that I think is important when constructing a photographic narrative of any description.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The penultimate page comes across well, and although I know you still have to update your blog, were you working with these crops in mind, or did you do this during the processing of the images? The two shots of the limes are maybe a little too small, they both look interesting so it would be difficult to edit one of the shots out. Similarly with the images of the mixture, they both work well in the overall context and I can see you have worked hard on the composition of you work, this does show up well particularly when cross referenced with the exercises on your blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final shot/page seems to work ok, although I’m not so sure about the ingredients behind the pie? I’m no expert on food/cookery photography but perhaps here we would be looking for a more creative image in terms of lighting and without any distractions? As it is the assignment works fine, you could possibly work with keeping the images in similar formats on the layouts but at the end of the day that would be the job of the editor rather than the photographer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think some of the work on your blog is excellent particularly the juxtaposition exercise, the idea is strong in terms of the image and concept, although being a vinyl junkie I would argue against the decline of records! Also the evidence of action shot is good, definitely in Eggelston and Stephen Shore territory! Other than updating your blog with final assignment you have a good range of books/subjects/images that backs up your assignment work very well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of things you may find interesting, I’m not sure if you have seen Sugimoto’s series of photographs <i>Conceptual Forms </i>before, if not then I think you will find them very interesting, both in terms of the actual ideas and quality of the images. I’ve seen the images in the flesh and they really are amazing!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/conceptualforms.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/conceptualforms.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adam Maygar is another photographer I think you’ll find interesting, he’s a clever guy and adapts his own cameras that produce fantastic quality images, well worth having a look.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://medium.com/matter/88aa8a185898"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://medium.com/matter/88aa8a185898</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally a couple of general photo related blogs/sites that update very regularly and feature some very interesting work from around the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.lensculture.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.lensculture.com/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this assignment I had tried several different topics, all had been thwarted by the poor weather we have been having in the UK. So in the end I had to opt for a studio based assignment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subject I choose was how to bake an American Key Lime Pie. The brief was to photograph a step by step guide for a fictional magazine called 'Tasty Desserts'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a Nikon D300 fitted with a 18-50mm f2.8 lens and two studio lights, one fitted with a soft box and the other a reflective umbrella. All the photographs were taken in and around the kitchen as I wanted to keep a homely feel to the images, keeping the theme of home baking. Shooting within the kitchen presented its own challenges with restricted areas caused by the kitchen units and work surfaces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The title page showing the finished Key Lime Pie in a home Kitchen setting, inline with the sub heading 'The magazine for the home baker'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-8025817009743988032014-01-12T18:34:00.003+00:002014-01-13T22:21:06.114+00:00Juxtaposition<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Juxtaposition (1 Photograph)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Juxtaposition - The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this exercise I had to choose either a still life photograph or a larger scale shot that involves choosing a viewpoint and lens focal length to demonstrate juxtaposition. I choose the former a still life. As the course notes suggest, using a still life set up, the lighting would ultimately be more controllable and I could take more time setting up and creating the exact shot I required. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The brief for my photograph was to create a still life shot that would demonstrate the decline of vinyl LP records, cassette tapes and compact discs in favour of digital downloads. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The title I choose for the book was to be 'Soundz'</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The layout of the shot as can be seen above was to show the old LP's with 7" singles, cassette tapes and compact discs towards the rear of the photograph and the latest iPhone 5s in the foreground. New and old together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In preparation for the photograph I scoured my local charity shops to locate some old LP's and cassette tapes. In the past I have had a number of vinyl LP's in my record collection, but these have long since been lost. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having found a number of old LP's and cassettes and using some of my own compact discs I set the shot up in my studio. Using a black background, I set the items on the table and used a Nikon D300 fitted with a 18-50mm lens and on a tripod. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The message in the photograph is the latest Apple iPhone 5s is the most up to date way of storing and listening to music. It is capable of storing all the albums and singles you would have had in your record collection in years gone by. For this reason the sales of LP's and cassettes have ceased and the sales of compact discs have declined over recent years in favour of digital media. </span><br />
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Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-89107173516780835382014-01-08T21:10:00.005+00:002014-02-02T11:11:48.264+00:00The Photographers Story<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Photographers Story - Michael Freeman </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having purchased a number of Michael Freeman's books for this course, which have included the three books, the photographers eye, mind and vision, I have found them a great source of reference. Not a great surprise seeing that he was the author of this course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Photographers Story is a great addition to my library of Freeman books and like all his books has been essential reading to back up the course notes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout the book he uses examples of his own photographic stories that he has completed over a number years to illustrate how to plan and shoot narratives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photograph - W. Eugene Smith 1948</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the narratives explained in the book was 'The Country Doctor' by W. Eugene Smith and was featured in <i>Life </i>magazine in 1948. This photo narrative has been credited as the first photo story of the modern photojournalism age. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smith is also considered by most to have perfected this art form. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photo essay followed the work of a Dr Ernest Ceriani in the small Colorado town of Kremmling. Smith spent 23 days shadowing Dr Ceriani, capturing the drama in everyday events in the small town. His powerful images capture the detail the emotional and physical challenges faced by this hard working rural doctor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a link to the 'Life' magazine website where you can find more details on this ground breaking photo essay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book then goes into different categories of photo stories such as people, location and commodity stories and explains how to organise such stories. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In essence this is not a book on how to take a photograph, but on how to take a series of photographs to tell a story. An invaluable book if you are on this course, and even if you are not, but a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">keen photographer, its still a great book to add to your collection. </span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-33620597805121202632014-01-05T17:21:00.000+00:002014-02-15T11:47:34.744+00:00A Narrative Picture Essay<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Narrative picture essay (5-15 photographs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This project required me to set myself an assignment and then photograph it. As the title suggests this was to tell a story using between 5-15 photographs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose to photograph a crossing of the Torpoint car ferry from Plymouth Devon across the river Tamer to Torpoint Cornwall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried where possible to take each shot from different angles, but the due to the fact most of the ferry was off limits to the general public I had to take most of the photographs from the public areas. Once the shoot was completed and I reviewed the photos, it took some considerable time to decide which ones to use, and then a further day arranging them to find a suitable final arrangement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am quite happy at the way it has turned out and certainly learned a lot about the preplanning and execution of the shoot, I had made notes about what shots I wanted and where I wanted them, but didn't stick to it as closely as I should have. As Michael Freeman states in his book ' The Photographers Story' </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Photo stories do not always go according to plan. In fact, if they did, they would hardly be worth doing, so this is not something to fret about" (pg 112). </i></span></div>
Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-11513924464218388992014-01-04T16:25:00.003+00:002014-01-04T16:25:37.948+00:00Symbols<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this exercise I was not required to take any photographs but to list symbols for a number of concepts. Symbols that I could use in a photograph to show the following listed subjects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subjects are growth, excess, crime, silence and poverty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Growth - The most obvious photograph to show growth would be a small shoot of a plant pushing through the soil. Another way of showing growth in a investment type scenario would be coins stacked up in rows with the stacks getting bigger as you view it left to right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excess - A photograph of a person with a large number of gold rings/necklaces etc, an expensive car, Rolls Royce or Ferrari parked outside an exclusive shop such as Harrods. At the other end of the scale an overweight person eating a large amount of take away food could be taken as an example of excess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crime - A police officer photographed next to a police cordon with scenes of crime officers working behind. A simple photograph of a pair of handcuffs or the marked outline of where a body was found suggesting a crime had been committed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silence - The scene inside an old library with people sitting reading or studying. A portrait of a person with there index finger up to there lips suggest, shush, be quiet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Poverty - A photograph of a malnourished child with their arms outstretched as if asking for food. A person sleeping in the doorway outside at night in tatty clothes or a street scene in a shanty town for example the slums of Rio de Janeiro. </span></div>
Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-36411737933058473682014-01-04T15:43:00.000+00:002014-01-04T15:44:18.124+00:00Evidence of Action<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Evidence of action (1 photograph)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this exercise I needed to produce a single photograph in which it can be seen that something has happened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see examples of this in advertising in magazines and posters, and I have shown below concepts that are regularly depicted in advertising. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Car and house insurance companies are a big user of this type of photograph. Take the logo here, the cupped hands suggesting that the company will take great care of your pride and joy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this advert the company is suggesting that they can deal with any medical problem due to the years they have been trading. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this advertisement for a well known meal replacement drink, the connection is brilliantly done, without doubt my favourite. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anti smoking adverts are usually done in such a way as to suggest the effects of smoking on your health, some of these quite rightly can be quite shocking. With this photograph the connection is a hospital bed in the colours of a cigarette. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This advertisement is depicting that you can invest online, anytime, anywhere and doing whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see that this type of photograph is more common than you first thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So to the photograph taken for this exercise, I wanted to show the connection between the broken eggs shells and the dirty plate asking the question of the viewer 'what was just eaten?' Depicting evidence of action. In my opinion this </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has the feeling of a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> William Eggelston type photograph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-83396234619005764542014-01-03T18:39:00.000+00:002014-01-07T21:37:45.781+00:00Rain<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Rain (1 photograph)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this part I had to produce a single photograph, for an imaginary magazine cover, that would leave the viewer in no doubt about the subject. In this instant, as the name of the exercise suggests the subject is rain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rain is something that we have had a lot of lately, so I thought this would be a relatively easy exercise. How wrong could I be, I didn't want the traditional image of a person with an umbrella</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I wanted something a little different. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After some time trying different subjects in rainy conditions, I opted for a photograph for a fictional magazine called 'Country Living'. It was my intention to show a photograph for the front cover depicting flooded roads and vehicles driving through the water with the sub headline of the essential guide to driving in stormy weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the photograph was taken is wasn't actually raining but the aftermath of the heavy rain was apparent with the flooded road, leaving the viewer in no doubt of what caused the flood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The brief for the photograph was to show rain. In addition to this I wanted to show rain in a rural location. The flooded road was chosen as it was a rural single track road, the Land Rover Discovery depicted driving through the flood water adding the country feel to the image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-54764355011121162612013-12-30T15:47:00.000+00:002013-12-30T21:24:42.776+00:00The Photo Book<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Photography Book - Ian Jeffery </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During my time on the Art of Photography course I have researched several notable photographers and seen how there work has influenced the development of certain genres. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to see if there was a book I could buy that could give me an insight to other great photographers and their work. As if by magic there is and I managed to get a copy of this little gem on a visit to Waterstones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Photography Book in essence is an A-Z of the world's top 500 photographers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really like this book, arranged alphabetically by photographer from pioneers such as Gustave Le Gray and Daguerre to Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Each page is devoted to one photographer and an example of their work. Each photograph is discussed in detail, bringing it to life and offering the reader an understanding of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I find particularly helpful is the simple system of cross referencing that offers access to other photographers working with a similar approach or using different means to capture the same subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For anyone studying for this course I would say that this is a <i>must have</i> book, and for only £7.95 a bargain too! </span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-74409528240655181602013-12-07T15:27:00.000+00:002013-12-07T17:34:06.959+00:00Tutors report assignment 4 - reflection <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assignment 4 - Applying lighting techniques was well received by my tutor as you can see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The feedback suggested the majority of the photographs demonstrated the essential points of the assignment. The crop on some the photographs were a little too tight; this is due in part to the limited space I had to work with. But certainly I agree with my tutor in this respect. In the first texture photograph I had thought the same, but didn't change it. I should have gone with my first instinct and re shot it, a valuable learning point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have since invested in some radio triggers for the studio flash lights. As one of the major stumbling blocks I had on this shoot was the restriction in the positioning of the lights due to the length of the sync lead. Alas no more restrictions....free to wonder around and get the best angle of shot possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another essential item I desperately need........a heater for the garage aka studio! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be my intention to re shoot the necessary photographs prior to submission for formal assessment. </span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-32877267404238870552013-11-25T20:51:00.000+00:002013-11-25T20:52:59.652+00:00Putting the subject first <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far in this course I have been developing the technical aspects of creating photographs in respect of composition, lighting and colour etc. I have so far, paid more attention to the graphic content rather than the subject matter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first part of the final chapter of The Art of Photography course, I am looking at putting the subject first. A large part of photography is directed towards the subject such as for example a news photograph. A news photograph is more about informing us about the subject rather than the technical aspects of the photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To demonstrate this point, I have looked through images I have collected from magazines, newspapers during the course and identified two photographs that contrast subject and treatment. In one, the subject should be of little importance, the technical aspects should be paramount. In the second, subject is all important. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this first photograph the subject is not the most important aspect. Even though it's a photograph of a very attractive women, the emphasis is on colour. The red of the background, her red lips and the red lip stick all work together to highlight the product which is being advertised. The lighting produces a warm and subtle feel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second photograph is a typical news photograph taken following the typhoon in the Philippines in early November 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subject of this photograph is of paramount importance, showing events as they happen. The photograph is informing the viewer the terrible conditions suffered during and after the typhoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People carrying whatever they can salvage from their shatter homes. The photograph is not technically very good, however it tells a very powerful story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photograph you could ay is 10% subject and 90% photographic treatment. In the second photograph the values are reversed. </span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-4918568208691221292013-11-25T20:20:00.001+00:002013-11-25T20:20:16.339+00:00Assignment 4 - Tutors report <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall Comments</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shape – The first shape example relies on the silhouette technique and your example here works well, although I wonder if a less obvious angle of view could have worked better. One where the viewer is not entirely sure what the object actually is, so that the images and sequence become one of not revealing too much information for the viewer, a gradual revealing of the object if you like. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second example allows more details to be revealed and the subtle lighting works very well. A different viewpoint could have also worked here, for example shooting the can from above, although this would have meant a slightly different lighting set up it could have been worth trying.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Form – You have illustrated form very well with these two images, the first one (maybe the crop is a little too tight?) works well and it is probably the best option in terms of showing the can in all of the sections, here we get the form, shape, colour and texture all in one shot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second shot is probably my favourite from the assignment as it shows the practicalities of the can perfectly; it draws the viewer in and makes them want to pick the can up! The three dimensional nature of the image (as you mention) goes a long way in making the above possible and is a great testament to your pre-visualisation skills, which have improved a lot as you have gone through this module.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Texture – There is a little bit of reflection on the left hand side of the can that spoils the first texture shot a little, the eye is drawn to the highlights straight away before ‘reading’ the image left to right. Again the crop seems a little too tight and allowing more room around the can could have worked better.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second example works a lot better in terms of image quality and the angle of view, here you are also showing the viewer the working function of the can and by removing the cap you have given the can a kind of little animation. This is quite difficult to do within a studio setting but this shows that you have a good grasp of just what it takes to make an interesting image.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colour – This seems to be the least strongest section of the assignment, there is little difference in the placing/framing of the can in both shots, although I think the second one where you used a gold reflector works the best as it plays on the actual colour very well. The first example is quite subtle although there is a little hotspot on the end of the can, which, because of the density of the image, does catch the eye.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do think you are well suited to studio photography and from these initial results is definitely something that you should pursue in the future. Although maybe you need a heater of some kind for your garage!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final assignment in this section is a good chance to put together a fairly substantial piece of work that will need careful planning and research. The choice of subject is entirely up to yourself so if you have any ideas you wish to discuss please do get in touch.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this assignment I was required to take at least 8 photographs of the same object using the lighting techniques learnt during this section demonstrating:</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subject for this assignment had initially been one of my electric guitars. After trying several test shots I found that this subject would be problematical. Being blue and very shiny this was going to be a challenge that is for sure. However in the end, it was the size of it that was going to cause me the most problems in the limited space I had for the studio set up. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end I chose a rusting one gallon fuel can that I have had for sometime in the garage. The size for one thing would be a lot more manageable. As you will see during the course of the assignment the shape, colour and texture of the fuel can would make this a good choice of subject. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My temporary studio was set up in my garage. Apart from being very cold this time of year, it would give me the space needed to complete the assignment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first set up was to demonstrate shape. This quality has to do with the outline of the object, its edges. Therefore the best way to show this is to clearly contrast it to a background, a silhouette for instance. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used the two interfit studio lights set to 1/8 power pointing directly at the white backdrop behind the fuel can which was situated on the black plinth ahead of the lights. The camera was set on a tripod pointing slightly downwards towards the subject and set to a shutter speed of 1/250 sec and an aperture of f5.6 ISO 200</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The resulting silhouette outlines the fuel can. There is no colour visible and very little surface detail.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the second photograph to demonstrate shape I chose to use the two speed light flash guns to outline the fuel can. The speed lights were set up on either side of the subject, 90 degrees to the camera. The object of this set up was to outline the fuel can from either side whilst keeping the side of the can in darkness. The camera again was set on the tripod and set to a shutter speed of 1/250 and an aperture of f10. The speed lights were set to 1/80 power, as I wanted to illuminate the sides of the can with soft lighting. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the second photograph I moved the lights 90 degrees to the subject and raised them so that they were both looking down at 45 degrees. This has created more tonal variation. Even though the fuel can is shown on a flat photograph it has the impression of being 3 dimensional due to the shadows and highlights present within the image. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fuel can has raised lettering on both sides of it. In this photograph I set one of the studio lights on the left of subject and removed the light box, as small light sources produce sharply defined shadows. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the fuel can is old and rusting, I used this photograph to highlight the texture of the ageing metal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again using the naked light as the small light it would produce the necessary highlights and shadow required. Taken from a low angle the light produces shadows on the surface of the top of the can. The threaded neck of the opening can clearly be seen with this set up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Initially I lit this scene with just the naked light to the front. This caused the area behind the filler cap to be in darkness. Therefore I placed a diffused light behind at 90 degrees to the naked light. The soft light produced by this light produced enough light to show the outline of the far side of the can but not too much as to interfere with the highlights and shadows produced by the naked light. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final photograph was an identical set up to the previous photograph apart from a gold reflector positioned 8cm to the right of the can. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has produced an orange glow to the side of the can. As the can is old and rusty this has given the side of the can a further older aged look to the viewer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As this series of photographs demonstrate an ordinary fuel can can be made to look very different, depending on the lighting arrangement. </span></span><br />
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Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-69842532959428813102013-11-18T19:17:00.000+00:002013-11-25T20:21:09.181+00:00Assignment 4 - Finally Submitted <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well that was a busy weekend, assignment 4 has completed and sent off to my tutor. The subject of the assignment was changed at the last minute, and I'm rather pleased I did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The resulting photographs were pretty good if I did say so myself and I hope my tutor agrees! I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will be posting the assignment once it has been seen and appraised by my tutor....watch this space! </span></div>
Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-62357972127185409592013-11-16T17:07:00.001+00:002013-11-16T17:07:03.593+00:00Shiny surfaces<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Shiny surfaces ( 4-10 photographs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So finally to the last exercise of this section on light. Shiny surfaces as you can imagine create special lighting problems when it comes to taking photographs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Light can reflect from a subject as diffuse reflection, direct reflection or glare. The amount of each type of reflection can vary with the subject. In this exercise we are looking at shiny surfaces, therefore we will be seeing mostly direct reflections. Direct reflection are a mirror image of the light source that produces them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The set up for this exercise was to photograph a subject that was shiny enough to see your face in; I chose a silver soup spoon. The camera was set up on a tripod looking directly down on the spoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photograph was taken with naked light coming in from the windows to the right. The direct reflection can be seen on the spoon. For the diffused photograph, I used a cone made from tracing paper that extended from the lens to around the spoon in order to try and deal with the direct reflection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, not much has changed from the original photograph apart from the reducing the reflections from around the room and a slight diffusing of the light from the window. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using the same set up, I tried this again in my studio with an un-diffused studio light to the right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photograph taken with the naked light shows strong direct reflection. With the tracing paper cone in place the light has been diffused slightly and the shiny surface of the spoon has been slightly dulled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This set up with the camera looking directly down at the spoon and the light next to the camera is not the best set up. The camera is within the family of angles therefore can see the reflected light. Apart from moving the camera out of the family of angles there are</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> several other methods you could use to effectively photograph a shiny surface such as a light tent. </span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-60633543644605306862013-11-15T18:52:00.001+00:002013-11-15T18:54:42.251+00:00Contrast and shadow fill<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Contrast and shadow fill (11 Photographs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the last exercise we looked at the lighting angle and how lighting the subject from different positions had a marked difference on the final photograph. As you saw in the last photograph of that series, when the sculpture was lit from above, the face was in total shadow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This exercise demonstrates how by using reflectors in addition to the studio lights you can control the amount of contrast within the photograph. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contrast is the difference between light and shade in a photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The set up for this exercise was similar to the previous one, photograph a still life composition. I used another sculpture for this, the curves would demonstrate contrast and shadow fill to best effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As stated this set up was similar to before, the camera was mounted on a tripod and at the same level as the sculpture. The studio light which was placed 90 degrees to the left of the camera. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photograph was taken with a naked light. The harsh shadow has been produced to the right of the sculpture. The combination of highlight and shadow in this instance does not show dimension. The hard shadow distracts from the primary subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 2 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the next photograph I fitted a diffuser to the light. As we have seen in the previous exercises this has the effect of softening the shadows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However in this case even the broader diffused light has done little to lighten the shadows on the right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 3 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Staying with the diffused light from the left, in this photograph I positioned a white reflector, 1 metre to the right of the sculpture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This resulted in a slight increase in the light to the right, but not enough to bring out any detail in the shadow area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bringing the diffuser closer to the subject, in this case 0.5 metre, has resulted in a noticeable difference in the light present in the shadow area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is this? The reflected light is obviously brighter, but how much brighter?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The inverse square law states ' That intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the light source'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking that equation and applying it to our set up, the reflected light in this photograph is four times brighter than the previous photograph when the reflector was 1 metre away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next photograph was taken with the reflector to the right now covered with tin foil, the dull side facing the subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the foil reflector 0.5 metre away the amount of light reaching the subject is about the same as the previous photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only difference I can see is that the reflected light is more or less the same as the studio light, whereas the reflected light of Fig 4 is whiter, as a white reflector was used.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this photograph the foil was turned around so that the shiny side was towards the subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shiny side of the foil is towards the subject causing the light to be more tightly focused and not diffused as per Fig 5 t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">herefore the subject is brighter in some area of the shadows and darker in others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the final photograph of this exercise the tin foil was scrunched up and then flatten out again and used with the shiny side to the subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reflected light has been diffused as the light is now going off in many directions, resulting in a softer light. The subject is now being lit from many angles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arranging the results in order of contrast from the one with the biggest difference between the lit and shaded parts to the least is as follows:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 1 has the biggest difference between light and dark, naked light, no diffuser.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 2 light with diffuser</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 3 reflector at 1 m</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 6 foil reflector shiny side to subject</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 7 crumpled foil reflector towards the subject</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 5 foil reflector dull side towards the subject</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fig 4 reflector 0.5 m away from subject has the least contrast</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The results of this series of photographs worked out pretty much as I had expected and gave me an insight into direct reflections and the quality of light depending on the distance from the subject.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I repeated this exercise, this time using the studio light without diffuser. The results were exactly same as I had found previously. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following on from the previous exercise looking into the differences with diffused and naked light, this exercise requires a subject to lit from different angles using a diffused light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For all the following photographs the camera was fitted to a tripod and at the same height as the subject, and remained in this position throughout. The studio light was fitted with a lightbox, diffusing the light. This was then moved around the subject and the photographs taken. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subject I chose for this exercise was a stone garden sculpture. The curves and surface would be ideal in demonstrating the differences in the lighting angle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photograph was taken with the studio light set to 2/8 power and directly alongside the camera to its left. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Areas of shadow are present highlighting the curves of the sculpture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the light 90 degrees to the cameras right more of the sculpture is in shadow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the light now behind and to the cameras left, even less of the curves are highlighted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light now positioned directly behind the subject creates a silhouette with no detail present visible on the sculpture. The flash was turned down to 1/8 power for this photograph and the settings on the camera were altered to take into account the camera looking directly into the light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light was then raised up so it was looking down at 45 degrees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the light to right of the camera and looking down. The curves and shape of the sculpture are shown with great effect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this series of photographs it can be clearly seen that the lighting angle can have a major effect on the resulting photograph. What angle would work for one subject, would be unsuitable for another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favourite photograph of this series, is the final one. The overhead light angled towards the sculpture from the front highlights the curves to the best effect. The background is dark enough to make the sculpture stand out. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A reflector may well have bounced sufficient light into the facial area to show the detail, but more of this technique in the next exercise! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first exercise for this part of the course, I was required to take two photographs of a still life arrangement; One using a diffused light and one with a naked light. Then to note down in this log what differences were found between the two photographs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I set my Nikon D300 on a tripod, it was fitted with a 18-70mm lens, the camera was set to an ISO of 200 and the shutter speed to 1/250 sec, the flash sync speed. The aperture would have to be varied with each shot depending on the lighting conditions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first photograph was taken with the naked studio light to the left of the camera, at the same height as the subject. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The camera was looking down on the subject from a 45 degree angle to the front. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see the naked light causes the edge of the shadow to be sharp and clearly defined. No light enters the shadow area, as is apparent on the dark side of the cactus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the second photograph, a light box was fitted to the studio light which, as you can see, gave a diffused light to the photograph. The light is now striking the subject from many angles. The shadow is no longer clearly defined. A shadow such as this one is called a soft shadow, and the light producing kit is called a soft light. This is an example of a low contrast light source. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an area of photography I have dabble with in the past, with not much success. Sometime ago </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I purchased an Interfit EX150 two head studio light kit. This kit consisted of 2 light stands, 2 portable lights with 60cm soft box and umbrella. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This set up was one that had been recommended to me by another photographer as an ideal starter kit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each lighting head is 150w with a 60w halogen modelling light. The modelling lamp is used for previewing the lighting on the subject to give you some idea of what the lighting effect from the flash will be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To supplement the course notes I am currently reading 'Light, science & Magic' an introduction to photographic lighting. ISBN 978-0-240-81225-0 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have found this book to be an excellent addition to the study notes, the information contained is easy to follow, which is always a bonus for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It starts off with an explanation of the key principles of light. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>1. The effective size of the light source is the single most important decision in lighting a photograph.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>3. Some of these reflections occur only if a light strikes the surface from within a limited family of angles. After we decide what type of reflection is important, the family of angles determines where the light should or should not be. </i></span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-6193930770822322462013-11-14T15:35:00.000+00:002013-11-14T15:35:22.279+00:00Variety with a low sun<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Variety with a low sun (Minimum 4 Photographs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This exercise was to demonstrate some of the advantages of shooting when the sun is low in the sky. I was to take a minimum of four photographs each with the sun in a different position in relation to the camera. The first with frontal lighting, i.e. the sun behind the camera, the second with the sun to the side, the third with back lighting, the sun behind the subject and finally with edge lighting. This is a special condition for shooting towards the sun, in which the sun is outside the viewfinder frame and the edge of the subject is lit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ask any landscape photographer when is the best time of the day to take photographs? Their reply would most certainly be an hour or so after sunrise and an hour or so before sunset, the so called 'golden hour'. During these times the sun is low in the sky, therefore producing a soft diffused light which is much more photogenic than the harsh midday sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the sun behind the camera, the trees are lit evenly with the low sun. The shadows from the beach parasols indicate how low the sun was. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sunlight travels thought more of the atmosphere at this time of day. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light appears more reddish as more of the blue light has been scattered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the side to the left of the photograph, the sides of the building are thrown into shadow. The frontal area of the building is now highlighted with the low evening sun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shadows from the balconies have created a pleasing scene of a relatively mundane tower block. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If this same scene was photographed around midday the harsh light of the sun at that time of day would have created a bland photograph with no contrast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the sun in front of the camera, I positioned the camera so that the branches of the tree obscured the sun in order to silhouette the outline of the tree and also to reduce lens flare to a minimum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to the fact the cameras sensor is looking directly into the sun, this can make for a tricky exposure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Therefore I took 3 photographs of this scene, one at 1/125 sec one at 1/100 sec and the one you see here at 1/80 sec. This method is called bracketing. This photograph taken at 1/80 sec, in my opinion is the best. It shows the dark silhouette of the tree but there is still enough light to illuminate the grass in the foreground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This exercise was to photograph different scenes at night, with the aim to show the variety of lighting effects and colour in artificial light. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photographs were to include the following - </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A floodlit building </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A brightly lit store front</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A large interior of a shopping centre with many people</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first set of photographs I chose the floodlit front of the Duke of Cornwall Hotel in Plymouth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the camera set to auto WB (3300k) and so many different types of lighting in the scene, the camera has done a fairly good job of selecting the required </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WB. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can clearly see the difference in the types of light that are present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the WB set to Tungsten (2850k) the floodlit frontage looks slightly bluer in colour. The street lights and other lights present look similar to the first photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I altered the position of the camera for this photograph and selected fluorescent WB (3800k). More of the street lighting is present that has given the foreground a yellow glow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter on an early evening in November.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With tungsten WB (2850K) the photograph is very similar to the light at the time of shooting. Indicating that the majority of the lighting on the 'Fat Face' store is tungsten. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">f11 @ 1.3 sec ISO 200 Fluorescent WB </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a slightly wider view and a fluorescent WB (3800k) gives the frontage of the 'Fat Face' shop an orange glow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However the shop to the right of the photograph looks to have the correct colour temperature indicating that this shop is lit by fluorescent lighting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><u>Interior of a shopping centre </u></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of the photographs so far in this exercise have been taken using a tripod due to the shutter speeds used. However the next two photographs were handheld, as instructed by the study notes. Therefore I increased the ISO so that I could achieve a shutter speed that I could take these photographs without excessive camera shake being present. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The camera has selected a WB value of 3200k and is very similar to the colour of the scene at the time of shooting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The auto WB has selected a value of 3350k which is almost in-between the Tungsten and fluorescent values. This is no surprise as the photograph is almost split down the middle, with tungsten to the right and fluorescent to the left. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back to using the tripod for these photographs. This raised view is of the M5 near to Exeter. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taken about 30 minutes after sunset looking towards an approaching storm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 13 second exposure time clearly shows the head and tail lights of the passing vehicles. The yellow sodium street lights give the scene the yellow glow, despite the passing vehicles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A slightly shorter shutter speed of 6 seconds, has reduced the number of light trails present. However the yellow tint prevails. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is interesting to note that any moving vehicles are not recorded by the camera, only their lights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This exercise shows the wide range of different types of lights present during typical night scenes. Like any photograph the WB has a marked effect on the finished photograph. As was shown on the store front photographs, this sometimes has to be a compromise between the lights that are present at the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather finally relented for one day at least and I have managed to get this exercise completed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This exercise required me to find a landscape location and take a series of photographs, starting at sunrise and finishing at sunset. At least one photograph was to be taken an hour. This was an exercise to show how the light changes throughout the course of a day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sequence of photographs below were taken over the course of one day. Monday 4th November 2013. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sunrise for this day was 0711hrs and sunset 1644hrs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The location for this series of photographs was Bovey Tracey Cricket Club, as this would be an area I could get back to at the required times during the day, and it had the necessary buildings and landscape to show the changes in light to best effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I knew the light would be changing fast just after sunrise and just before sunset, I opted to increase the the number of shots at each of these times of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the sun completely below the horizon and the WB set to 'sunny' this photograph has a distinct blue colour to it. This was due to the incorrect setting of the WB, but as stated earlier in the text the WB was set to sunny for consistency. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunny WB setting for the Nikon D300 gives a value of 5000k, set to auto WB the camera gave a value of 7500k for this photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the series of photographs show the light at either end of the day is far more pleasing and easier on the eye. This is what experienced photographers call the 'golden hour' and it is at these times most good landscape photographs are taken. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photographs taken around the middle of the day when the sun is high in the sky, or as high as it would get for a November day show little contrast. Compare these with the photograph taken at 1620 or 1630hrs, these photographs show attractive colours within the clouds.</span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588461506442495899.post-74701313456269802102013-10-25T13:24:00.001+01:002013-10-25T13:24:37.135+01:00Tungsten and Fluorescent Lighting <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercise: Tungsten and fluorescent lighting (first part 3 photographs, second part 4-6 photographs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first part of this exercise, I was to take three photographs covering both an interior lit by tungsten lamps and exterior at dusk. Each photograph would be taken with different white balance (WB) settings. The first with WB set to<i> </i><b>Daylight</b><i>,</i> second set to <b>Tungsten</b> and finally the third set to<b><i> </i></b><b>Auto. </b>I was then to compare the results. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first was taken with the WB set to daylight. As you can see the tungsten wall lights have a distinct yellow glow and therefore the interior scene has a colour cast of that colour from them. The exterior looks a more natural colour as would have been expected with this WB setting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">f3.2 @ 1/60 sec ISO 1000 Tungsten WB 2950k</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the WB set to tungsten the interior view is closer to the colour present at the time of shooting, with a slight yellow cast. The exterior has taken on a much bluer, cooler look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set to Auto the camera has adopted the best setting for the scene. The interior light is now exactly how I remember it. The exterior has taken on a more natural colour, however with still more blue than was actually present at the time of shooting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The WB tungsten and auto setting gave a value of 2950k, this is right in the middle of the approximate range on the Kelvin scale for tungsten, which could be anywhere from 2500-3500k depending on the power or wattage of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bulbs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Part 2 Fluorescent lighting </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the second part of this exercise I was asked to look at fluorescent lighting. I was to find two different scenes lit by fluorescent lighting and take two photographs of each, one with the WB set to Auto and the other with WB set to fluorescent, and again note the differences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first two photographs were taken at the cafe at the Tate Modern in London. The cafe had high ceilings with small circular suspended fluorescent lights hanging down. This photograph was taken with the WB set to auto and has produced a photograph very close to how my eyes saw it at the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the camera set to fluorescent WB there is only a slight difference in the WB value from what had been recorded on the auto setting. However the scene has a purple hew to the colours, which makes me think the light coming from around the counter is not fluorescent and therefore causing the colour cast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The results of the two photographs above prove that when there are more than one type of light present the naked eye does a fantastic job of filtering it so that we see just a constant light, however the camera's sensor struggles to cope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next two photographs were taken at the Canary Wharf underground station, not the sharpest of photographs due to handholding at too slow a shutter speed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The object of the photograph however was to record the lighting. Once again the cameras auto WB setting has done a fairly good job of recording the light as it was at the time of shooting, with a slight orange cast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the WB set to fluorescent the scene is now exactly same lighting conditions as that at the time of shooting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Therefore the only lighting present within this area of the underground station is fluorescent. As with the camera set to the appropriate WB setting it records the lighting at the scene exactly how it existed at the time of shooting. </span>Rich Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159538719865254056noreply@blogger.com0