Rebekah Day - Location: March 2013

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Recreation Task!

For my recreation task, I chose two black and white images;
One that is old and well know, and another more modern image that I cannot even source the original photographers name.

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Sunbaker by Max Dupain -1937

1/800, f8, ISO200

My friend Lucas, shot at Commonwealth Park.

The original image was shot at a beach, within midday-early afternoon light an as
there are some differences that have occurred, my aim was to match subject matter.

I was quite happy with the main subject though, highlights are featured in similar sections and the position of the subject closely matches the original.

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Sourced this image from a flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funky64/3657474763/

The name the the image was given was 'Blue Eyes -The Ring' -what ever that means (everything else is written in Spanish) and was also photographed in 2009, so the Flickr person claims.

1/200s, f11, ISO200

My Sister Gabby, shot in the kiddy pool at Civic's Aquatic Centre.

The original image is shot at what appears to be a pool with one frontal light created from flash.

I was also happy with my final result, the image isn't exact as the angle is lower and the backdrop is much softer with less highlights in the original. be as it may, the contrast and mood of both the images are quite similar.

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Documentary Task: Kings Ave Bridge

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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Light 'N Lenses!

Task 1

1. Bright subject in dark spot.

2. Silhouetted Subject.

3. Backlit portrait. Subject is a little underexposed though (like it that way though).

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Task 2

2 portraits in soft light.

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Task 3

18-55mm lens

1. Portrait with widest focal length.

2. Portrait with furthest focal length.

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Task 4

1. Vertical subject with widest focal length.

2. Backlit leaves.

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(One more just for S and Gs)

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Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Questions!

1. What does a STOP mean.

Through the combination of aperture and shutter speed to form an appropriate measurement of exposure, ‘Stops’ are used to manipulate the use of light measurement ratios to form a correct exposure.

2. What is the range of apertures on your camera (making sure you give only full stop differences)

4, 5.6, 6.3, 8, 11, 16, 22

3. What is the range of shutter speeds on your camera ((making sure you give only full stop differences)

1/15s, 1/30s, 1/60s, 1/125s, 1/250s, 1/500s, 1/1000s, 1/2000s, 1/4000s

4. You have an ISO of 400, a shutter speed of 1/125th and an f-stop of F5.6.a) I ask you to open up the aperture to let more light in by 2 stops. What would you change your reading to?

F2.8 1/500s

b) Now, back at your original setting, close down three stops. What is your setting now?

F11 1/15s

5. What are three ways you can measure exposure?

Metering on a camera, Light measurer, Histogram.

6. If in a given situation ‘correct’ exposure is achieved by using 125 @ f8 at ISO 100, give the shutter speed and aperture combinations required for "correct exposure for the following ISOa)ISO 200, b)ISO 400, c)ISO 1600, d)ISO 25, e)ISO 3200

a)F5.6 1/250s b)F4 1/500s c)F1.4 1/2000s d)F11 1/60s e)F1 1/4000s

7. When you use a high ISO you get image degradation. With film this is called increasing the size of the grain. With digital we don’t refer to grain, we refer to

-it as "Noise."

8. On your camera, what is the difference between AUTO mode and MANUAL mode?

"Auto" mode makes a decision of correct exposure based on the light reflected from the subject with a light meter, manual mode allows you to have full control on the entire exposure.