Week 7 - Gels

F/5.6  Shutter 1/125  ISO: 400

Photo 1 out of 2 is the front key light with a blue gel sheet over the light, no other light is on on this photo. I forgot to set my ISO to 100 which made the photos become over exposed.

F/5.6  Shutter 1/125  ISO: 400

Photo 2 out of 2 is the filler light with a yellow gel sheet over the light, no other light was in in this photo. For this photo i also forgot to change my ISO 100 which is why its so overexposed.

F/4.0  Shutter 1/125  ISO:100

Photo 1 out of 4 i finally put my ISO on 100 and took the shot with both the blue key light and the yellow filler light, though i found the yellow from the filler light a bit to bright but then i feel like it makes the photo pop.

F/4.0  Shutter 1/125  ISO:100

Photo 2 out of 4 is my model with the same lighting but in a different position. I like that the yellow isn't as bright on her hair, which could of been changed when she leant forward. 

F/4.0  Shutter 1/125  ISO:100

Photo 3 out of 4 is my model doing her hair and i took the photo without telling her, to give t a natural feel even though her arms don't look natural i wanted to try it.

F/4.0  Shutter 1/125  ISO:100

Photo 4 out of 4 is my model flicking her hair back. I love this photo cause the lighting catched her figure well, and the yellow filler light which was located at the back brought out the blonde in her hair. It makes me think she could be under water or hitting an invisible wall.

Artist Research week 6 - Tina Barney

Tina Barney (born 1945, New York City) is an American artist photographer best known for her large-scale, color portraits of her family and close friends, many of whom are well-to-do denizens.

Tina used flash and soft boxes in these works, you can tell by the first and second photos, the light from the flash can be harsh in some lights so using a soft box with her flash cuts the light in the photos to still light up the photos but have a softer light.like in the left one were the soft box would of been positioned on the left hand side of the subject.

Artist Reseach week 6 - Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff (born 10 February 1958) is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Ruff was known for his use of flash in a studio and using soft boxes to light up the scene for the portraits he took. The soft boxes are a bigger and sometimes easier way to difuse flash in photos and can be set up on a certain angle if needed like on the first photo were you can tell the light from the soft box is hitting the right hand side of the man face. A filler light on low would also help to lighten up a darker spot on the face.

Artist Research week 6 - Juergen Teller

Jürgen Teller (born January 28, 1964) is a German artist and fine-art and fashion photographer. 

Teller was known for his use of flash and difusers. The first photo above is an example, were he would of used a speed light and pointed it directly on the dog and flowers; but by using a difuser he can cut the light that flashes and while lighting up the subjects he can also keep the back of the photo quite dark like a flash would do by itself. Same with the second photo were he would of pointed it just above the flowers.

Artist Research week 6 - Martin Parr

Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world. 

Martin Parr was known for his work with flash and diffuses. The first photo is an example of his work with a speed light, the photo would maybe overexpose the people in front but by using a diffuser pointed at the people cuts half the light from the flash but didnt change the dark back ground. Same kinda thing in the third photo, were he would of difused the light hitting the young mother and baby.

Week 6 Digital Tech - Photoshop layers exersice

Before: I had to introduce detail into the shadows in this photo.

After: I used the curves layer to introduce light and detail into the shadows and increased the viberance on a new layer.  

Before: i had to change the colour of the lantern.

After: I used the Hue/Saturation panel to change the colour of the lantern to blue and used a layer mask to make sure the rest of the image stayed the same. I then straightened the image using the ruler tool.


Self Directed

Before: I had to covert this photo to black and white and pull out the colour in my subject.

After: i converted this photo to black and white and used a layer mask and went over my subject to bring back out its colour.

Before: I had to make this photo black and white.

After: I uised the grayscale panel to convert this photo to  black and white.

Week 6 - Three Point Lighting

Photo 1 out of 3 is my subject with only the key light on which was positioned on the left side. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125 and ISO 100.

Photo 2 out of 3 is my subject with both key light and filler light on which was positioned on the right side. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125 and my ISO 100.

Photo 3 out of 3 is my subject with both key light, filler light and back light on, the backlight brightened up the scarf. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125 and ISO 100.

This photo of my subject has all three light on but is holding up a grey board which makes it easy when editing to neutralise the photo if needed. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125 and my ISO 100.


Self Directed

Photo 1 out of 4 is my model with only the key light on, this light was placed on the left hand side of the room. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125.

Photo 2 out of 4 is my model with only the filler light on which was placed in the right hand corner of the room. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125.

Photo 3 out of 4  is my model with only the back light on, unfortunately i couldn't get the back light to show but repositioned it on the final shot. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125.

Photo 4 out of 4 was the final shot. My model has all three lights on; the key light, the filler light and the back light. In this shot the back light showed up on my subjects scarf and the key light illuminated the photo and the filler light brightened up my subject right hand side. My F-stop was 11.0 and my shutter 1/125.

Week 6 - Flash

Photo 1 out of 3  is underexposing the background. i started by taking off a normal photo without the flash and had my shutter on 1/60.

Photo 2 out of 3 is with the flash on and the same Shutter, 1/60.  

Photo 3 out of 3 i changed the shutter to 1/200 do underexpose the baclground.

Photo 1 out of 3 was a flash and blur technique were we set our shutter speed to 1'' . In this photo the subject was spinning on the spot.

Photo 2 out of 3 was another flash and blur, my shutter was on 1'' second again and the subject walked normal speed. i really like how this photo came out cause you can see my subject in 3 different forms.

Photo 3 out of 3 was also a flash and blur. My shutter speed did not change but my subject walked a little faster causing a trail behind her.

F/8.0  Shutter: 1/60  ISO: 100

Photo1 out of 4. I had to properly expose the background using the meter in my camera, This was taken with out flash.

Photo 2 out of 4 was the same as the first photo, but with my subject in the frame. I took the photo without touching the changes i made to expose the background.

Photo 3 out of 4 is using the speed light and pointed directly at my subject, I did not change any of my settings in this photo.

Photo 4 out of 4 was using the speed light but i pointed it at the roof above me, I did not change any of my settings in this photo.

For this photo i overexposed the background with the speed light and had it facing just above my subjects head.

Photo 1 out of 2 is not using the half moon defuser and no flash, we can see that one half of the subject face is quite dark.

Photo 2 out of 2 was using flash and the half moon defuser. My subjects left side of her face is brighter but not too overexposed.