Assignment 14 / Execution of Photograph

Execute the photograph we discussed in class. Post the results, the final lighting setup, and the photograph you emulated as separate images.

Assignment 13 / Night Photography

Go outside between dusk and dawn using whatever existing light is available recognizing its color and mood, make a photograph that is surprising by what it reveals.

1/15sec F/3.6 ISO 800

 Post a photograph that you like the lighting and that you wish to emulate. Sketch out how you think it was lit.

Tim Walker

Assignment 12 / Stop Action

Photograph something in action that you can’t see with the naked eye.  Use a camera and flash combination on manual attached to the hot shoe or the off camera cord.  The flash should be dialed down to 1/16 power or less in order to achieve a flash duration of 1/10,000 or less.  Examples are splashing water or stopping a fans blades with a ribbon attached.  I want these images super sharp with no blurs. 

1/100 sec, F/10, ISO 100

Assignment 11 / Light Painting

1. Make a photograph using flash as a painting tool.

2. Make a photograph using a continuous light source as a
painting too.

Assignment 10 / Canon Transmitter ST-E3=RT and 600EX-RT Flash

Take a picture of the ambient light in the room at the fstop and shutter speed you will be using.  It should come out black. Post this picture with it's settings.

Settings:
1/200s, ISO 160, F/11

Post the the progression of images (ie one light, 2 lights, 3 lights etc) with final exposure for each shot (should all be the same)

Flash A at 1/4

Flash A (1/4) and B (1/4)

Flash A (1/4), B (1/4) and C (1/4)

Assignment 9 / Canon Dedicated Flash

Use direct flash on camera Aperature Priority (Av) setting at 1/200 sec shutter speed

F/8 1/200 sec. ISO 100

Use direct flash off camera Aperature Priority (Av) setting at 1/200 sec shutter speed

F/8 1/200 sec. ISO 100

Use flash fill Aperture Priority Auto shutter speed

F/8 1/60 sec. ISO 100

Use flash with modifier (Bounce card, bank or ceiling) Aperature Priority (Av) setting at 1/200 sec shutter speed.

F/8 1/200 sec. ISO 100 Snoot Kit

Label your best result from each of the 4 techniques, write down your camera settings for each photograph and post them separately.

Read the two pages (posted  in the Lesson 9 section) from the Canon 580EXII or the Canon 600EX manual to help understand what the settings mean

Assignment 8 / Outdoor Flash

1. Make a portrait where the person’s face and the background are the same exposure.

2. Make a portrait where the person’s face is exposed one stop under and the background is normally exposed.     Drop the power of the strobe by one stop keeping the f stop the same.

3. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is one stop under.

4. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is two stops under.

Print your f stop and shutter speeds.

Upper Left: F/8 ISO 160 1/25sec.

Upper Right: F/8 ISO 160 1/25sec.

Lower Left: F/8 ISO 160 1/50sec.

Lower Right: F/8 ISO 160 1/100sec.

Assignment 7 / Strobe and Continuous Light

Set the camera on Strobe light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the person

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the background

Photograph a person using strobe on the person and tungsten

on the background combined.

Try some with motion.

Set the camera on Tungsten light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the background

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the person

Photograph a person using strobe on the background and tungsten
on the person combined.

Try some with motion.

Assignment 6 / Size Matters !

Take two portraits of a person one with the 21" Beauty Dish and one with the Octabank and get the same results by using the placement of the subject, the light and the background. Look at results from class demonstration for ideas.

The Beauty Dish
1/160 Sec.
F/18
ISO 160

Octabank
1/160 Sec.
F/7.1
ISO 160

One Strobe / One SoftBox

1) Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face has a highlight and shadow side. The background should appear darker on the highlight side and the lighter on the shadow side.

2) Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face is evenly lit and the background is black.

 

Assignment 4 : 3 Light Hollywood Portrait

Using classic Rembrandt light (45 to side 45 up) create a portrait with key , fill 2 stops under exposed and backlight. Check the class blog under Lesson 4 to see how it should be laid out.

                                                                                    KEY

FILL / 2STOPS UNDEREXPOSED

BACKLIGHT

3 LIGHTS

Using three lights invent your own formula.
Post one separate finished photograph for this one

Photograph Chosen : Portrait of Ginger Rogers

Assignment 3 / One Light

Using the 250 watt halogen bulb in the equipment closet, make a portrait by selecting a quality and direction of light to communicate an emotion that you feel about a person. Make an additional portrait that reflects the opposite feeling you have about the person. Explain in writing the laws of light that were at work in each portrait.

This photograph expresses my true feeling for Ala, and I chose to portray her as poised and pensive. My idea was to play with the shadows, and create as many Alas as I could. The source of light is facing her body, and my camera viewpoint is frontal.

This portrait expresses the opposite of my feelings for Ala. I was inspired by the Expressionist vibe of films like The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, and wanted to create a menacing shadow engulfing the model. My viewpoint was very low (lying on the floor), and so was the source of light. You can see where it hits the wall, around her legs.

Assignment 2 / Demonstrate the 3 Laws of Light in One Photograph

In one photograph using one light source clearly demonstrate the 3 laws of light at work. Include the light source in the photograph. The subject is the light. Think of it as more of a physics project than a photograph. Use a dodging tool  to prevent the light from flaring the lens.  Try to crop out any rigging you might use and make the image about the light.

Assignment 1 Inverse Square Law / Part 2 / Second Attempt

2. Use 3 4x5 cards a black card in front, a grey card in the middle and a white card in the back. Using the same single point source make all 3 cards appear to be the same value. You can move the cards and the light source until it works.

Assignment 1 Inverse Square Law / Second Attempt

1. Using 3 identical 4x5 grey cards set 1 foot apart, overlapping slightly and placed at a 45 degree angle from the camera angle. Make 4 photographs of the cards with the light 2 feet, 4 feet, 8 feet, 16 feet and 32 feet from the middle card. Use an incident meter on the middle card to give the correct exposure. The middle card should have the same value on each photograph. 

Black / Gray / White Rectangles :

At 2 Feet

At 4 Feet

At 8 Feet

At 16 Feet

At 32 Feet

3 Gray Rectangles :

At 2 Feet

At 4 Feet

At 8 Feet

At 16 Feet

At 32 Feet