Take portraits of your classmates in outdoor diffused light using reflectors and fill flash.
Start with using a reflector. Have your model stand with the sun to their back. use the reflector to reflect light back into their face. Hold the reflector higher for a more pleasing result.
Then try fill flash. You don’t want to cast any shadows on the face just brighten it.
Use your widest aperture. You may need to use a fast shutter speed to compensate. When using flash, make sure to set it to High Speed Sync (HSS) in order to be able to use a shutter speed faster than the sync speed.
Put your 20 best outdoor portraits in an album on Flickr and send the best two to the class group.
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK – JANUARY 13, 2019: Portrait of actress Natasha Lyonne. Credit: Celeste Sloman for The New York Times
Photographer: Coco Rae
Photographer: Nadav Kander
Photographer: Timothy Greenfield-Saunders
Considerations for any portrait:
Use a vertical orientation.
Focus on the model’s eyes.
Watch the background for distracting things behind the model’s head.
Considerations for outdoor portraits
Work with the model in shade or place the model with the sun BEHIND their head.
use a reflector to add light to their face.
Do not use direct sunlight on the model’s face.
Resource
Using Fill flash
Ambient Light-the existing light that you cannot control
Fill Flash-brightens shadows
Built-in flash-part of the camera and throws light about 6 to 10 feet
External flash-added to the camera on the hot shoe and can throw light 15 to 20 feet
E–TTL (Evaluative-Through The Lens) is a Canon EOS flash exposure system that uses a brief pre-flash before the main flash in order to obtain a more correct exposure.
Use M or manual.
1/1 is full power. for fill flash, try 1/16 and adjust from there.
Use Zoom to spread or focus the light. Wide angle numbers (smaller numbers) spread the light. Higher numbers focus the light.
High speed sync-allows the camera to be set at shutter speeds higher than the camera sync speed
For the final project, the overall theme is neighborhood portraits. The story that I want to tell the viewers is New York City can be a beautiful place even though it’s a busy city and also what it is like to spend the day in New York City SoHo. I want to show viewers what New York City is like during the daytime and nighttime. The location I will be shooting at is SoHo New York City also known as South of Houston Street. SoHo has very interesting architecture and has become a high-end neighborhood with a lot of shops. This neighborhood is known for high-end boutiques and cast-iron architecture. The subject matter in my photos is people outside and building structures and streets in the neighborhood. For example, people eating, walking around, and shopping. Capturing people and cars in motion with the unique architecture in SoHo. These photos will be taken during the daytime and nighttime when there will be many people walking around and shopping or walking around. For the nighttime pictures, I will be capturing the nightlife and what it is like at night in the neighborhood. I chose this theme to show what it is like in SoHo and where I grew up shopping. Showing the interesting building structures and streets. Some techniques that I will be applying to my photos are the different angles of view, depth of field, motion shots, and other photographic compositions. Also, applying the techniques on how to use a camera that I learned in class. To conclude, this is what and when I will be shooting for my project and where I will be shooting for my project. Revealing what SoHo is like to viewers that may have never been to that neighborhood. When doing this project I will be using different techniques and applying them to my project.
For the final project I have decided to take photos of the greenery and flowers of Central Park. There are many statues and other landmarks that represent Central Park as well as a variety of forest and trees. Although this will be my main focus, I will also try to capture some people walking in the park. I want to show the different trails one can take and how different it is compared to the city we live in. I will mostly shoot in the daytime but would also like to see if I can take some shots at night as not many people visit during the nighttime. For the nighttime pictures I plan to shoot where there is more landscape in order to capture the light of the lamp posts. I will use different techniques such as depth of field and composition. I want to do a variety of shots that go from a worm’s eye view to a long shot. I want to mostly do closeups with flowers and longshots on landscapes. For the final pieces that I choose I hope to capture the landmarks of central park as well as show some sights that people might not know are in central park. Seeing how it is a giant park I will mostly focus on the south and north of the park and shoot around the areas that have the most greenery.
For the final project, it will revolve around the theme of daily life. In this collection of photos, I hope to show the audience my daily life and the daily life of the subjects I photograph. The final collection of the 10 photos should evoke a feeling of familiarity and relatability. I intend to do this by photographic experiences and sights that are seen on the norm by myself as well as my subjects. For example, a shot of the MTA platform where passengers are boarding the train is something that I can see being in the collection because the experience is an often occurrence in my and many others’ daily life.
In terms of the subject, I would like the collection to range from landscapes (as in sights that are often seen on a daily occurence), items that are often used by myself and/or the subject, and shots that show the subject at work, be it in terms of their hobby or the job they go to. For instance, a shot of the subject playing video games as a means to destress.
As for the location and time for the shoots, I feel that my chosen theme is versatile, so I’ll be able to shoot at any location or time. It is likely that the collection will include photos with both indoor and outdoor settings, and the same can be said about the time of day. Because I intend to photograph shots that are sights I often see, these sights will be shot at both the beginning and end of the day. It will also be interesting to photograph the same shot at different times of the day to see the difference.
Lastly, I plan to mainly use techniques such as shallow depth of field for shots that include a subject and diffused lighting for outdoor shots for a softer look.
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