Light Painting

We used long shutter speeds (15"-30") and different ISO settings to slow down the movement of a light source to create interesting images. 

Rembrandt Lighting

Rembrandt lighting is technique of lighting which uses two lights(,or just one as well as a reflector). The key light (or main light) is placed at a 45 degree angle from the subject or model, the second light is placed eye-level to the model. This creates lighting mainly on one side of the face, and highlighting parts of the other side of the face. It makes a triangle of light on the darker side of the face, naming it after the painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn's style of portraits. 

ISO Priority

This project was to learn about the effects of ISO on a photo, and which ISO setting goes best with the lighting of your subject.  A higher ISO speed absorbs more light in the photo, and is best for dark subjects/backgrounds, but also creates more noise (or grain) in your photo. A lower ISO speed absorbs less light and is best for bright subjects/background, it's good for controlling exposure, and the photos come out smoother with less noise.  

ISO 200

 ISO 800

ISO 100

ISO 6400

Apature Priority

This project demonstrates the effect of different aperture sizes on a photo. The larger the number (i.e. f22) the clearer the photo and the less light there is because the aperture is smaller and lets less light in, opposite is true for a bigger aperture (i.e. f4.5). 

f/25

 f/29

 f/9.0

 f/22

Shutter Speed Priority

This project taught me the results of using different shutter speeds. The higher the faster the shutter speed the faster the time used to take the picture, capturing a second of the motion with not a lot of light being able to enter the lens. And the lower the shutter speed the longer the time used to take the photo, capturing the motion as a blur, rather than frame, also allowing more light to enter the photo. 

1/20 sec

1/60 sec

1/1250 sec

1/40 sec

2.5 sec

Perspective (Learning To See)

This Project was about "learning how to see" as a photographer, meaning thinking of how the subject would look in uncommon angles. At first, the class went out without cameras to figure out what we would shoot the next day. My pictures didn't come out quite how I envisioned my ideas, but I did get many photos to chose from and new ideas.