Intro To Photography

By Barney Samuel

Aperture

We were given the task of creating images using a rage of apertures to get different effects in our photos. The theme I have used is markets. I took a trip down to the German Market in Leeds city centre and took these images. The depth of field varies and as I took the majority of the images at dusk it has created some good effects with the lighting found here.

• F. 5.6 Shutter: 1/30

• F: 1.6 Sutter: 1/160

• F: 5.6 Shutter: 1/160

• F1.8 Shutter 1/160

• F.9.0 Shutter: 1/30

• F.5.6 Shutter: 1/60

• F1.8 Shutter 1/1000

• F. 1.8 Shutter 1/320

• F1.8 Shutter: 1/320

• F 3.1 Shutter: 120

Final Photo

• On the previous page is my final photo and the one high resolution image I have chose to showcase. I have chosen this image because there is one point of focus and it uses aperture well. I like the composition of this photo and how there is only one item in focus that you really notice makes for a good composition. It also lies on a third. The way the texture is a constant all the way to the back of the picture adds to the effect the photo has. Also the colours in this image contrast well as you get the bright colours from the toys inside the glass balls, and the blacks and greys from the glass, created by reflections of the surface below.

Lenses

• The lenses I have used for this section are a 50mm, 18-55mm, 75-250mm and a fisheye adaptor fixed onto my 18-55mm. These are the lenses I had available to use and I took them along to a bike race so I can use as many as possible. My favourite lens to use would be the 27-250mm as it can be used to get great close up shots of moving objects and offers a high quality. The auto focus on this lens is really quick too so for action photography it works great.

• Lens: 50mm F. 6.4 Shutter: 1/600

• Lens: 75-250 F.4.2 Shutter: 1/400

• Lens Fisheye adapter F: 5.2 Shutter: 1/360

Lens: 75-250 F.4.2 Shutter 1/420

Lens: 18-55 F. 5 Shutter: 1/600

Lens: 75-250 F.4 Shutter 1/325

Lens: 18-55 F. 6 Shutter: 1/300

Lens 75-250 F.6 Shutter: 1/250

Lens: 18-55 F.5 Shutter 1/250

Lens: 18-55 F.5 Shutter: 1/250

Final Photo

• The previous photo is the one I have chosen to be part of my final portfolio of images under the category Lenses because I think the use of lens I have chosen here suits the situation well as it giving a close up encounter of the event taking place. This image shows Dan Bateson of the elite men’s category at this race in the final just after he has over taken Jack Hudson in second for the win. I like how Dan is in focus whereas Jack is slightly blurred by the motion. I find this gives the image a high tempo feel to it as it shows that the riders are travelling fast. I have tried to create an atmosphere which was as intense as being there.

Special Techniques

• The special techniques we were taught during our lectures were HDR imaging and Panoramic images. These were not new to me but I rarely use them. The processing was the most complicated bit to grasp. This is my first tie having a go at taking HDR images so the results are not great. I found it hard working out what shutter speed and apertures to set the camera to, to get the best results. Also as the days were very wintery the lack of light didn’t help much either. The choice of ISO was also a key point I found as the light was not good in certain locations I would change the ISO from say 800 to 1200 and hope this would make a clearer image however it just made the setting I had chosen vary in effect.

Image 1: Shutter: 1/4000Image 2: Shutter: 1/60Image 3: Shutter: 1/8

Image 1: Shutter: 1/1500Image 2: Shutter: 1/50Image 3: Shutter: 1/10

Image 1: Shutter: 1/4000Image 2: Shutter: 1/60Image 3: Shutter: 1/3

Image 1: Shutter: 1/3Image 2: Shutter 1/80Image 3: Shutter: 1/1200

Image 1: Shutter 1/4000Image 2: Shutter: 1/60Image 3: Shutter: 1/8

Image 1: Shutter: ½Image 2: Shutter: 1/60!mage 3: Shutter: 1/2500

Panoramic Images

• I thought it would be good to show some of the panoramic images I have taken as well as the HDR ones prior to these to show both the special techniques we have been taught.

Final Photo

• I have chosen the previous image as my final image because I think I have achieved the HDR effect best here. This was the image where I feel I got the exposures near enough just right for them to be combined using HDR to create an image using all the different exposures in one. The composition of the photo is also a point that I like. The texture of the building and the shape of it against the angle I am standing at creates a vanishing point at the end of the terrace, so it leads the eye onto the sky. It is a shame that the day I took this image the sky was really cloudy and has blanked out the sky almost completely. Even the HDR technique could not right this.

Artificial Lighting

• This is a subject that I was really quite unfamiliar with as I have always said to myself that I would not use flashes, but it really opened my eyes to the wonders a bit of extra light can do! I found myself having a lot of fun playing around with remote triggers and lighting stuff up from various angles. This was my first time using remotely triggered flashes as well so it was a really new and exciting experience. I have never used flashes in the past because I have felt that photography is about finding the light in things and capturing a moment where the light is right, but after having used flashes I realise I have been wasting my time! The theme I have chosen is The Findings of a Student.

Final Image

Final Image

• I have chosen the previous image as my final image because I think it shows the most creative use of artificial lighting out of all of my images. I got my remotely triggered flashes, mounted one on a tripod so it was sturdy, selected an area with a clean backdrop for the photo and left the camera on a long exposure of 1 second which made the flash light up the beer bottle and create a negative effect almost. I like the way the bottle has been illuminated and how the Corona logo has stuck out of the image. If there was one thing I would change I think it would be to maybe use a slightly longer exposure, but I didn’t this time as I felt by the time I had found the correct exposure to use here it was suitable.

Shutter Speed

• This was a subject that got me quite excited as it something which you can really experiment with and collect really interesting results. The theme I have chose for this is moving light. This is one of the effects I love about using a long shitter speed, the long stings of light all captured at the same time creating wonderful patterns inspires me. This is quite a common thing to choose but I feel it can be done well and a poorly executed photo using this technique really shows.

Final Image

• On the previous page is my final high resolution image. I have chosen this image because it shows the best use of shutter speed to gain an interesting effect. I love how the colours are so vibrant and glow neon. This is obviously common at a fairground however you rarely see a ride in this light. The way the yellows and reds blend together as if they were on a paint pallet is one of my favourite aspects about this image. I used a shutter speed of 2 seconds and my f stop was 5.2.