Metering, stops and interior lighting
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Studio Lighting - Consider the egg
Consider the impact of one light source on an egg
Direction of light
Photography is all about light how much, what colour and what direction. The direction of light can make a BIG difference to your image.
Top Lighting comes from above the subject, such as the midday sunlight. It will often cause flat images with little depth especially in scenic/landscape photographs. It will also present problems for portraits as having the sun pointing straight into someone's face will cause them to squint.
Side Lighting will emphasise texture by causing shadows across the subject. Side lighting is good for landscapes and architecture. However, using it for portraits will emphasise or exaggerate any skin flaws.
Back Lighting comes from directly behind the subject and will often cause silhouettes, which can be used to great effect by changing the subject into a two dimensional shape. The challenge for backlighting is getting correct exposure and often using the cameras spot meter (if it has one) to isolate the detail you want recorded.
Direction of light
Photography is all about light how much, what colour and what direction. The direction of light can make a BIG difference to your image.
Top Lighting comes from above the subject, such as the midday sunlight. It will often cause flat images with little depth especially in scenic/landscape photographs. It will also present problems for portraits as having the sun pointing straight into someone's face will cause them to squint.
Side Lighting will emphasise texture by causing shadows across the subject. Side lighting is good for landscapes and architecture. However, using it for portraits will emphasise or exaggerate any skin flaws.
Back Lighting comes from directly behind the subject and will often cause silhouettes, which can be used to great effect by changing the subject into a two dimensional shape. The challenge for backlighting is getting correct exposure and often using the cameras spot meter (if it has one) to isolate the detail you want recorded.
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Be the 2016 winner for the Junior category for ART IN THE HILL Photography Competition
Mrs Hogan will be running several notices to remind students of the photography competition available to all students of Oakhill. Traditionally it has been photography students who have tended to take out major prizes.
Early entries - Simply email Mrs Hogan - mhogan@oakhill.nsw.edu.au
Simply save a current photograph of NATURE and be ready to submit by the due date.
Early entries - Simply email Mrs Hogan - mhogan@oakhill.nsw.edu.au
Simply save a current photograph of NATURE and be ready to submit by the due date.
Monday, 15 February 2016
Monday, 8 February 2016
Relationship between ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed
Experiments - Started video today - Short periods Tuesday, we only made it to 11mins. Please watch the remainder of this video for homework. Those who have their cameras at home can start with the ruler exercise to measure depth of field.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Aperture
Aperture - An opening. In photography, the circular hole in the front of the camera lens which controls the amount of light allowed to pass on to the film from the lens. On all but very inexpensive cameras the size of the aperture is variable. The degree of variability is indicated by "f" numbers (f/stop). A great way to gain an understanding of apertures is to make and use a pinhole camera.
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