Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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.



Wednesday, November 12, 2014

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)




Wednesday, November 5, 2014

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

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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.



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

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.







Wednesday, October 15, 2014

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





Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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.