Assignment 12

PART 1

Photograph a shiny object.

f/25 1/60s ISO 100

I started with the light tent and while it did reduce reflections, I found the overall image flat.  My second attempt was to place the product on a white background in between two strobes.  One was set to -3 and other was set to a lower strength.  We noticed in the reflection you could see the rest of the room, so one of our group members had to hold a white board to remove the reflection that was occurring in the rounded portion of the bottom to the left.  I like the drama of the shadow as compared to the flat overexposed image the light tent creates.  In many cases that overexposed look is very appealing, but in this case I liked how with the image better as I liked the shadow and how the light streamed through the bottle.  I also like how there is a black strip cutting through the top of the bottle.

PART 2

Final Project

I would like to explore portraiture using long exposure.

I researched types of light painting and came across light painting portraits using flashlights.

http://photographystatistics.com/how-to-make-unique-portraits-using-light-painting

I had a ton of glowsticks that were left over from a project that proved to be far too complicated so I thought how can I use them in a portrait. 

I went ahead and began setting up the photo shoot based on my research.  Find a room that you can further darken which would be my basement.  Sounds creepy, but actually its not that bad. I set up the camera on a tripod with a speedlight attached (on camera flash).  Cracked a few glowsticks, blackened the lights, closed the door and turned off the lights.  And below is what I got.

f/13   20 s  ISO 800 Manual off camera flash 1/64

Go to my Final post to see what the resulting images looked like. 

Assignment 11

Assignment 11: Speedlights Part 2

Direct flash on camera Program mode

(P) - f/4.5, 1/60, ISO 125

Flash fill Aperture Priority mode

(Av) - f/4.0, .4 sec ISO 125

 

Bounce flash off the ceiling in Program mode

(P) f/4.5, 1/60 ISO 125

Direct flash off camera Program setting

(P) f/4.5, .8 sec, ISO 1000

 

Assignment 10: Speedlight Flash Part 1

Assignment 10: Speedlight Flash Part 1

Image 1 - subject lit with on-camera flash, no modifiers

Image 1 - f/4.0 .3 sec ISO 800 Flash 1/1 Manual

Portrait using an on-camera speedlight set to Manual 1/1 mode.

Image 2 - subject lit with on-camera flash with modifier

Image 2 - f/3.5, 2 sec, ISO 800, 1/1 Manual Flash w/ Color Gel modifier 

Image 1 portrait recreated but with the use of a Color Gel.  Roughly the same settings.  

Image 3 - subject lit with flash off camera, no modifiers

Image 3 - f/5.9, 1/80 sec, ISO 100, 0+ ETTL Flash

Off-camera flash set to ETTL 0+ exposure.  You can clearly see where the flash is placed. 

Image 4 - subject lit with flash off camera with modifier

Image 4 - f/5.6, 1/80 sec, ISO 100, 0+ ETTL Flash w/ Color Gel modifier

Off-camera flash set to ETTL 0+ exposure.  You can clearly see where the flash is placed. 

Image 5 - subject lit with flash that shows movement

Image 5 - f/16, 6 sec, ISO 100, 0+ ETTL Flash  

In Image 5, speedlight is off-camera and to the subjects left at a 45 degree angle.   It was difficult to control the intensity of the continuous light to the subjects right in comparison to the weak strobe light. 

Image 6 - subject lit with flash - freestyle

Image 6 - f/6.3, 6 sec, ISO 100,

Here one speedlight is set-up in the back with a color gel and set to ETTL 0+.   Continous light from a flashlight (with a color gel) is reflected off of a mirror to create this blur of colorful movement.  This took several attempts.

Assignment 9

Make a photograph that demonstrates motion. You may either freeze your subject or show motion blur.
You must use at least one strobe.
Post: One photograph. Give a description of your setup and what you were trying to capture and how you achieved it in your image.

f/4 ISO 200 2 secs

I wanted to capture motion and I knew I wanted to use color.  I knew that setting up a continuous light with a color gel would give some motion with color and in conjunction with the strobe would freeze the action a bit.  The strobe flashed once in the beginning and than the subject moved within a 2 second period.  I liked the one above the most because the movement was contained within the backdrop.

f/3.5 ISO 100 3.2 secs

This is an extra photo that I was going to post originally, but found that my composition was sloppy.   It does however exhibit what happens when a strobe is flashed twice during a shutter speed set to three seconds.  In this case, continuous light was to my left and strobe to the right.  Strobe flashed with the camera and then manually flashed again at 3 seconds.  Both photos were achieved using the same set-up.