Mind Map

Frame within a frame/ Rule of thirds

Equipment used: 

- Canon 1100 

   - 32gb SanDisk 

Settings:

Shutter Speed: 1/60

F-Stop: 4.5

ISO: 100

Focus: Manual

To apply the rule of thirds you have to divide your picture space into 9, and by lining the horizon in one of the lines, and by placing the subject on the side you achieve this.

To achieve this photograph I positioned the subject in between a frame (two bars which make look like a rectangle). By doing this you are applying this rule.

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

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.

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.