Thursday, 4 February 2016

Frozen movement

Equipment used: 
- Canon 1100 
   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:
ISO: 400
Shutter speed: 1/250
F-stop: 4.5
Focus: Auto

To achieve this photographs you have to capture a subject in movement and make it look in focus.




Recreate an image


Equipment used: 
- Canon 1100 
   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:
F-Stop:2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Focus: Manual
ISO: 100

To recreate Lana del Rey's photograph a soft box lighting was placed on the left side of the subjects face to create a shadow and achieve a similar feel.



This photo was edited with the programme Adobe Photoshop and this is what I did:
- Cropped it
- Colour correction



Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Use of shadows

Equipment used: 
- Canon 1100 
   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:
F-stop: 3.5
Shutter speed: 1/80
Focus: Manual
ISO: 100

To achieve this photos the subject is placed in front of you with a spot light pointing at it from the side, this will create a side shadow and look amazing.





In this specific photograph a soft box light was used.

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Lighting techniques

Equipment used: 
- Canon 1100 
   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:
F-Stop: 3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 100
Focus: Manual

For this photos I used a spot light placed behind or on the side of the subject to create rim lighting or a sort of aura around the subject.





Settings
F-Stop: 3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 100
Focus: Manual

For this photos a soft box light was used, to create a softer and warmer look on the subject, also in some of the photographs, a reflector was used to avoid shadows.













Portrait lighting

Equipment used: 
- Canon 1100 
   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:
F-Stop: 1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/40
ISO:100
Focus: Manual


Window light 
Flat lighting

This portraits are really simple, if there is a nice natural light by placing the subject where the light is strong, you can get a nice looking photograph.












Settings
F-Stop: 3.2
Shutter Speed: 1/60
ISO: 100
Focus: Manual

Side (natural) lighting

This photos are achieved my placing the subject with the natural daylight on only one side of the face, this will create a shadow, as you can see in the following portraits, and make the subject look lovely. 








Settings
F-Stop: 4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/60
ISO: 100
Focus: Manual


Side (natural) lighting with reflector

To achieve this portrait natural lighting was used, as well as a reflector so the whole face is illuminated. 



Thursday, 7 January 2016

Light graffitti

Equipment used: 
- Canon 1100 
   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:
Manual
F-stop: 9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter speed: 20''

For this photographs I had to use a dark room and flash lights. To achieve this effect, you have to select a long shutter speed timing so you can take your time to write/draw what you want for the photo.











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