Robin Michals | COMD 1340 Photography 1 DO97
Round 1:
Working with a small stuffed animal, photograph it at each lighting station to get a range of very different results. Post to an album on Flickr a minimum of 12 images from this round.
Round 2:
Photograph that stuffed animal to make it communicate any four of these:
Plan which station you think is best for each emotion. Use the light and composition to communicate. Post to an album on Flickr a minimum of 8 images from this round.
Photograph flowers with strobe lights.
In-class Flower Shoot Camera Settings:
You will photograph flowers to create shots with:
1. Front light: reduces detail, low contrast
Make the light a floodlight by diffusing the light with a soft box. Place it close to the camera position and subject.
2. Side Light floodlight with diffusion: brings out texture.
3. Side Light spotlight: brings out texture, high contrast
To get the background to fall off to black, increase the distance between the subject and the backdrop and angle the light so that it falls on the subject not the background.
4. Extreme close-up for texture-use extension tube
5. Back Light (white background): high contrast, reduces subject detail
Light the background only. Increase the distance between the background and the subject to increase the difference in the lighting ratio and to achieve a silhouette.
Put your best 20 in an album on Flickr. Send your best two to the class group.
For the changes I put down the highlights to show the sign more clearly. Moreover, I added more contrast and put down the whites a little bit.
For my before image, I captured a some berries in a bush. At first glance, the mood of this photograph is very dull and dreary. All from the color and lighting of the photo. There are also various colors being used, but I felt that it should give the image a bit of pop to it.
For my after image, there have been many edits that helped changed the mood of my photograph. In Lightroom, I wanted to give my subject, the berries, a bit more color to it. I wanted to increase the hues on my reds in the image so that the series appeared more lively and present. I decreased my exposure slightly, increased the contrast and reduced some of the highlights. I also reduced some of the whites in the image. clarity was also fixed in which I increased it slightly. I also wanted the trees in the background to be more greener, so I also messed around with the green hues within my image. Sharpening, Vibrance and Saturation were also increased slightly.
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