Category: Lab Exercises (Page 2 of 3)

Black and white can be a great choice for an image particularly if your image is high contrast.

Best practice is to shoot in color and then convert to black and white. This gives you more control over how each … Read More

Find a scene with different light levels. Include some sky. Two two photographs of it changing the mood by changing the exposure of the two photos.

Indoor example-Try a tall, vertical object on a window sill

Outdoor example: a tree … Read More

Find a piece of black card and a piece of white card. (Something flat that is black or white will do.) Take a picture of each one filling the frame with either black or white using automatic settings.

Photographing two small objects (egg, potatos or an onions), create a good example of each compositional idea on the shot list. Clear yourself a few feet of empty space so that only the main subjects are seen in each photo, … Read More

While not a traditional portrait lighting style, windows are great for creating silhouettes.

Create a profile silhouette of yourself in front of a window.

If you are working with a cameraphone, this will take a bit of coordination. Set the … Read More