Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
20 Shots
First 20 Shots Bracketing Assignment
Shoot using ISO 400
Choose situations where the lighting will stay virtually the same while you shoot. You will be photographing each given situation without moving the position or orientation of the camera.
Bracketing
Photograph your subject in direct sunlight. Note the frame, the meter reading (indicated f/stop and shutter speed for the ‘correct’ exposure), the actual exposure (the f/stop and shutter speed that you actually used), and your understanding of the affect of your actual exposure (i.e. is it overexposed one stop, underexposed one stop)
Take an exposure based on your in camera light meter reading. From the same place take two more frames underexposing your film a stop in each frame then take two more pictures overexposing your film a stop in each frame. Do this by adjusting your shutter speed.
Photograph in the shade and repeat the same process. This time adjust the under and over exposure using the lens aperture (f-stop).
At the end of this process, you will have shot ten frames.
Equivalent Exposure
Place your subject in a moderate lighting situation. Take a meter reading for the correct exposure with your aperture at f4 and record the shutter speed. Shoot a frame at this exposure. Proceed to make four additional exposures, each time changing the aperture (f-stop) by closing it down and adjusting the shutter speed accordingly to get the correct exposure each time. You should end up with five different frames of the same subject that are at the same exposure, all using five different combinations of f-stops and shutter speeds. Your f-stops should be f4, f5.6, f8, and f11, and your equivalent shutter speeds should be getting slower and slower.
Repeat this process in another setting.
At the end of this process, you will have shot ten more frames (20 frames total).
*NOTE: Some of your cameras have aperture settings that fall in between complete stops—familiarize yourself with the standard f-stops so that you know which apertures constitute a full stop. The equivalent exposure dial in the following pages should help with this.
Shoot using ISO 400
Choose situations where the lighting will stay virtually the same while you shoot. You will be photographing each given situation without moving the position or orientation of the camera.
Bracketing
Photograph your subject in direct sunlight. Note the frame, the meter reading (indicated f/stop and shutter speed for the ‘correct’ exposure), the actual exposure (the f/stop and shutter speed that you actually used), and your understanding of the affect of your actual exposure (i.e. is it overexposed one stop, underexposed one stop)
Take an exposure based on your in camera light meter reading. From the same place take two more frames underexposing your film a stop in each frame then take two more pictures overexposing your film a stop in each frame. Do this by adjusting your shutter speed.
Photograph in the shade and repeat the same process. This time adjust the under and over exposure using the lens aperture (f-stop).
At the end of this process, you will have shot ten frames.
Equivalent Exposure
Place your subject in a moderate lighting situation. Take a meter reading for the correct exposure with your aperture at f4 and record the shutter speed. Shoot a frame at this exposure. Proceed to make four additional exposures, each time changing the aperture (f-stop) by closing it down and adjusting the shutter speed accordingly to get the correct exposure each time. You should end up with five different frames of the same subject that are at the same exposure, all using five different combinations of f-stops and shutter speeds. Your f-stops should be f4, f5.6, f8, and f11, and your equivalent shutter speeds should be getting slower and slower.
Repeat this process in another setting.
At the end of this process, you will have shot ten more frames (20 frames total).
*NOTE: Some of your cameras have aperture settings that fall in between complete stops—familiarize yourself with the standard f-stops so that you know which apertures constitute a full stop. The equivalent exposure dial in the following pages should help with this.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
For Wednesday's Class
Shoot one portrait Raw setting Use Manual functions on your camera.
Look at the artist Chuck Close for inspiration
http://www.paceprints.com/artistportfolio/artistportfolio.asp?aID=18
http://visualarts.walkerart.org/detail.wac?id=2036&title=Articles
Bring in your camera and manual-
Read/re-read sections in the book dealing with exposure
Friday, February 8, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Making Life Much Easier
- In the Actions palette, click the Create New Action button
, or choose New Action from the Actions palette menu.
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