Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Nature Photography - Analysis


ANALYSIS




I like how this winter picture focuses on just one side of the photo, allowing it to look simple and not too fussy, the line in the snow leads you to the tree and they have used the Left hand corner (rule of thirds) to place the tree well, creating the photo 


Even though this is a lovely location and a great photo, i chose this because it is something i would personally have taken differently. i think that the photo would benefit begin taken slightly higher so that the tops of the trees where not cut off and a bit of sky was present at the top, instead of having a lot of clear water at the bottom. I can see that the big rock in the middle was used as the main focus of this photo and think it would have looked better being slightly lower in the photo.  


I chose this photo because i feel it allows you to see the depth in the picture well, The railway track is leading the eyes far back into the trees and i also like the leaf at the bottom which is acting as a focal point to start the photograph, fantastic autumn colours.







I really love how this photo shows the flower in the reflection of the water droplet, showing what is outside the photograph. It is a great way to be imaginative and a different way of photographing flowers. I feel it uses the rule of thirds well and covers most of the picture, there is something interesting in almost all of the photo. 





I feel this photograph of Humpback whales is very well composed, the photographer has something interesting in each part of the photo, being it the moody sky and mountains in the background (top) the group of humpback whales (middle) or the small waves in the sea producing different light and colours (bottom). They have also been lucky that the middle whale is higher than the others giving it the effect that it is mimicking the mountains and the group of whales stretch out the same distance as the mountains. Which i find very interesting. 




Thursday, 16 October 2014



FLASH



When to use flash

  • when the subject is too dark
  • to fill in light
  • to freeze movement
what flash is available ?
  • pop - up flash
  • flash gun
  • studio flash
  • off camera flash cords
using pop up flash

first curtain and second curtain flash: used to control movement 

first curtain - flash fires at the start of exposure
second curtain - flash fires at the end of exposure 



first curtain (3", ISO 100, f4.6)





second curtain (3sec, ISO 100, f4.6)

Through the lens (TTL) auto mode, when you use this setting the flash gun will take information from the camera such as aperture setting, lens focal length , metering information and subject distance

Manual power level for the gun, typically full , half, quarter, and so on. Ignores camera settings and fires the same flash power every time. Useful for photographing people at the same distance from the camera. Doesn't take into account clothing, coloring etc. that could influence flash.

Fill in flash:

When do we use it? it is used when for example the sun id directly behind you, the flash will allow you to see faces or objects that are generally shadowed by the sun.

When do we use it ? when the sun or other source of lighting is making shadows that we do not want in the photograph.

How do we use it? 
Flash-gradually .... Manual wedding ..... average (bounce)

NO FLASH
1/200, F22, ISO 400


 FLASH
1/200, F22, ISO 400






Thursday, 18 September 2014

Rules of thirds : Exposure and Aperture



Photography


Rules/ Guidelines

- Natural frames
- Think about cropping before taking picture














The picture above shows the bee in the middle third and the flower in the right-hand third

Natural Frame

This could be trees, buildings, structures, fences or anything which acts as a frame around the subject of your image.











Organising People

Be assertive, balance out the subjects in your image if there is more than one person.












Exposure

Shutter speed: how long the light is let light in

Aperture: how much light is let in to the camera

ISO: the sensitivity of the camera sensor




ISO: International Organisation for Standardization











ISO: Measured in hundreds.
The higher the number the more light is let in.

Shutter Speed 

Shutter speed is measured in seconds – or in most cases fractions of seconds. The bigger the denominator the faster the speed (ie 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30).











Aperture

How much light is let in to the camera









Shallow depth of field (focus on one thing) f/22









Deep depth of field (focus on everything) f/2.8





Shallow depth of field testing in class,










































We experimented with different shutter speeds to create different lighting pictures.