Shutter Speed Assignment

For this assignment I have produced a series of photographs that represent shutter speeds below 1/20 of a second. I have created examples of light drawing, motorways, night shooting, still life and daylight movement.

Light Drawing

  I found the light drawing an easy and fun way to experiment with the shutter speeds as it allowed me to use various lights and different speeds to create a variation of photographs.

Nikon D90

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 25

Exposure: 6 seconds

Nikon D90

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 25

Exposure: 6 seconds

Nikon D90

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 22

Exposure: 15 seconds

Motorways

   I find motorways to be an area that has been done over within photographs too many times however for this assignment I find that this is a simplistic way to demonstrate shutter speed changes. I particularly find the first photograph of these to be more interesting than the second one as the lights and surroundings on the first images are very fitting and exposed to the right standard. I find that within the second image the whole photograph is overexposed too much.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 29

Exposure: 30 seconds

Canon 1000D

ISO 1600

Aperture: f/ 29

Exposure: 30 seconds

Night Shooting:

I find Night Photography to be interesting and sometimes exciting in the sense of the feeling of unexpected results and atmospheres able to be created throughout the night. I have chosen these three photographs to represent my night photography whilst demonstrating shutter speeds as they all have a shutter speed of below 1/20 second but also they have a form of movement within the subject matter. In the third photograph I have altered the lens whilst the photograph was being taken to give the final effect.

Nikon D90

ISO 400

Aperture: f/11

Exposure: 3 seconds

Nikon D90

ISO 400

Aperture: f/ 9

Exposure: 2.5 seconds

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 22

Exposure: 30 seconds

Daylight Movement

   For this experimentation piece of daylight movement I have uploaded examples of the same subject matters with different shutterspeeds to to differentiate the amount of movement allowed within the images. These photos aren't the best ever taken however i find that they clearly demonstrate movement in daylight of a subject matter.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/  14

Exposure: 1/8 seconds

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 25

Exposure: 1/4 seconds

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/36

Exposure: 0.6 seconds

Aperture Assignment

This assignment had been broken down into four different areas. I have produced a series of photographs for each area that I believe have represented these tasks well. I haven't edited any of these images in Photoshop to show how the camera has taken the photographs.

For the first task I have produced a series of photographs of the same subject, changing the aperture to alter the depth of field within the photographs.

Canon 1000D

ISO 400

Aperture: f/ 4

Exposure: 1/10 second

Canon 1000D

ISO 400

Aperture: f/ 8

Exposure: 1/10 second

Canon 1000D

ISO 400

Aperture: f/ 14

Exposure: 1/10 second

By changing the aperture I find that it has changed the depth of field slightly. It has also changed the amount of light allowed within the photographs.

The second task I have produced a series of photographs that represent having a large depth of field where everything is in focus. This has included subjects that are both close and far away.

Nikon D90

ISO 400

Aperture: f/ 22

Exposure: 1/20 second

Nikon D90

ISO 400

Aperture: f/20

Exposure: 1/ 15 second

The third task I have taken a series of images that differentiate between the foreground and the background.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 4.5

Exposure: 1/ 60 second

This photograph is representing the foreground being in focus and the background out of focus.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 5.6

Exposure: 1/50 second

This photograph also represents the foreground to be in focus and the background out of focus.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 4.5

Exposure: 1/ 8 second

This image represents the foreground being in focus.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 8

Exposure: 1/ 320 second

I find that within this image i have captured the background to be in focus and the foreground to be out of focus. This however could be due to the lighting.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture:f/8

Exposure: 1/ 2500 second

When looking at this photograph I find that I have achieved to keep the foreground very well in focus.

Canon 1000D

ISO 200

Aperture: f/ 8  

Exposure: 1/ 400 second

My main focus when takin this photograph was the reflection of the wheel in the glass. I find that I have successfully captured this reflection in focus keeping the background out of focus.

The final task with regards to the Aperture assignment, I have produced photographs that demonstrate my ability to create a sense of visual focus between a series of similar objects.

Canon 1000D

ISO 800

Aperture: f/ 5

Exposure: 1/4 second



Studio Lighting: The Basics

For the morning session created in the studio I had to produce photographs of both a vase and a product, mine being a Wall-E teddy. Throughout these four assignments I have used both a white reflector and black reflector.

Ambient Lighting

The objective for this assignment was to observe the nature of light and how it can be controlled, reflected and captured.
The set up for this type of light was shooting on a table with the lighting on the left of the glassware 90 degrees away from the camera.


Normal
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/3 sec

 


White reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/3 sec




Black Reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/3 sec

Backdrop

The objectives for this shoot is to observe the nature of light and how it can be controlled. Also the effect the type of lighting gives on the product.

For this type of lighting I used shooting on a table with the lighting again at the left of the poduct with the light around a metre away from the table pointing towards the backdrop.



Normal
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/10 sec

Black Reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/10 sec

White Reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/10 sec

Diffused and Reflector

The objective for this style of set up was to observe the nature of light and how it can be controlled.

For this photo shoot I again used the shooting on a table, with the light to the left of the product 90 degrees away from the camera. Infront of the light I used a diffuser. For the two reflector shots I have just used one of either the black reflectors or white reflectors.

 

Normal
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec

Black Reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec

White Reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec

Diffused and Reflector - Glassware

The objective for this style of set up was to observe the nature of light and how it can be controlled.

The setup for this shoot was the same as the above photo shoot. I have included the use of two black reflectors as well within this shoot.

Normal
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec

Black reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec

Two Black Reflectors
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec

White Reflector
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/8 sec



Throughout the afternoon session within the studio, the opportunity arose to experiment with the proffessional studio equipment. I have used the copy stand, portacube, shooting table and shooting on a table.

Copy Stand

This image is just an example of what sort of photography the copy stand is capable of producing. This image had a light set to the left of the copy stand. This is something in which I could use to copy documentation for my sketchbook work.

Portacube

For the portacube the product was placed within the portacube with a light either side of the product outside the portacube. Below are the results I created using a variation on the angling of the lighting.

Both lights on either side of the camera at 90 degrees
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture:  f/ 6.3
Exposure: 1/8 sec



Light on the left at 90 degrees the right light at 45 degrees
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 6.3
Exposure: 1/8 sec





Light on the right at 90 degrees
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/8 sec


Shooting on a Table

Within this photo shoot I took four shots, one with just the camera flash on; one with the light on 45 degrees away from the camera; a light on either side 90 degrees away from the camera and light on either side again at 90 degrees away from the camera with one acting as a fill light. 

Camera Flash
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/20 sec

Light on the right of the product 45 degrees from the camera
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 5.6
Exposure: 1/25 sec

Light on either side of product 90 degrees from camera
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 5.6
Exposure:  1/25 sec

Light on the right at 90 degrees, light on the left moved further back (fill light)
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 1/30
Exposure:  5.6 sec


Shooting Table

For this area I explored three possible types of lighting, one from the left, one positioned from behind and one with the lighting underneath the shooting table.

Light from the left of product
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 14
Exposure:  1/5 sec

Light positioned behind the shooting table
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 7.1
Exposure: 1/3 sec

Light underneath the shooting table
Canon EOS 500D
Aperture: f/ 7.1
Exposure:  1/8 sec