Practical 2: Discovering Light

HIGH KEY IMAGE 10-20-18 My home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/20 sec)

HIGH KEY IMAGE

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     55 mm     f/5.6     1/20 sec


I used the histogram in Lightroom Classic to bring out the whites.

LOW KEY IMAGE 10-30-18 (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/6 sec)

LOW KEY IMAGE

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     55 mm      f/5.6     1/6 sec


I used histogram in Lightroom Classic to darken the image.

FRONT LIGHTING 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 45 mm, f/5.6 , 1/25 sec)

FRONT LIGHTING

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     45 mm     f/5.6      1/25 sec


I shined my light source directly onto the front of the image.

TOP LIGHTING 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/15 sec)

TOP LIGHTING

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     55 mm     f/5.6     1/15 sec


I shined my light source directly above the image.

SIDE LIGHTING 10-31-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec)

SIDE LIGHTING

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     55 mm     f/5.6     1/60 sec


I shined my light source from directly in front of the image.

BACK LIGHTING 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/13 sec)

BACK LIGHTING

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     55 mm     f/5.6     1/13 sec


I shined my light source behind the image.

EMPHASIS ON TEXTURE 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 44 mm, f/5, 1/5 sec)

EMPHASIS ON TEXTURE

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     44 mm     f/5     1/5 sec


To capture the texture, I used both a front and top light source.

CONCENTRATED LIGHT 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/80 sec)

CONCENTRATED LIGHT

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200    55 mm     f/5.6     1/80 sec


For this Image I used a narrow beam and black background to concentrate and accentuate the object.

DIFFUSED LIGHT 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/6 sec)

DIFFUSED LIGHT

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     55 mm     f/5.6     1/6 sec


I used a thin cloth over my light source to diffuse the light.

LIGHT PAINTING 10-30-18 Home, Poulsbo, WA (ISO 200, 44 mm, f/5.6, 1/15 sec)

LIGHT PAINTING

10-30-18

Home, Poulsbo, WA

ISO 200     44 mm     f/5.6     1/15 sec


I side angled my light to shoot this image. I wanted to capture the words and textures.

Reflections

This assignment was designed to help us learn to use light to our advantage in shooting photos. Everything was done using a tripod. I used a sheet of black and a sheet of white craft paper as the backdrop. I used a flashlight that was able to widen and narrow the beam as my light source. My husband held the light for me while I focused and took the photos.

Assessment

The assignment itself was a bit time consuming. It took a couple of days to complete the shooting itself. Even at that, I had to go back and reshoot several things. I thought I did the best I could under the circumstances. My grade feedback pointed out several images were not level. I'm not sure how to fix that part. The bubbles on my tripod were level and I auto-aligned them in Lightroom Classic afterwards.