Induction task 2 – Night Photography

Part 1, Shoot a light painted still life.

Part 2, Light Painting a landscape and/or shooting a landscape with long exposures

Deadline – October 1st

Induction task 2 – Night Photography

Part 1, Shoot a light painted still life.

Deadline – October 1st

Induction task 2 – Night Photography

Part 1, Shoot a light painted still life.

Pre Production

Choose an object which is of sentimental value to your or a family member. Not an X box or a photograph. It must be an object which has physical depth for the technique to work.

Firstly create your homemade studio. This just needs to be a black floor and background. Black card or a sheet is fine.

Place your camera upon the tripod and work on your framing. With the lights on auto focus your camera upon your object. Then turn your camera to manual focus. Try to have your studio in an area where no natural light can infiltrate

To manual focus correctly, turn your camera to live mode, press the digital zoom twice and move the focus ring until a crisp focus is seen.

Turn your camera to manual. Set your shutter speed between 20-30 seconds. Ensure your aperture has a small opening, A f/22 is a good opening and will give you longer to light the image.

For I.S.O, keep it on 100, if your images are too dark you can always lower the F stop to F/18 for example. We want the black smooth with no noise and lowering our I.S.O will ensure it is.

Just before we shoot it helps to have a small timer set on the camera to ensure the camera doesn't’t move when we click shoot.

Shooting

Lighting your object will require perseverance. Make sure whatever you use to light the image never points into the camera lens as it will ruin your exposure. You do not need to have your object lit for the full 30 seconds. Turn your light source on and off and try to turn it off when you move the light source from point to point. Try to combine different light sources and colours.

Post ProductionMake sure you review any each exposure carefully and learn from anymistakes. You can also put your images into Photoshop and edit any bigmistakes out, but always edit subtly and with caution.

A2 (ART3) at a glance1.Night Photography – Home studio

How to reflect upon Night Photography task

Title in sketch book - Night Photography-Sub title Light painting a still life, light painting a landscape.

1.What was your task? 2.Where you did it? Why? What equipment did you use? Why? What settings did you use, why?3.Discuss what object you photographed and why you used it?4.Try to include a image of your home made studio to set the scene.5.Print off 3-4 images on a Kiosk/Epson printer of your best shots and maybe some of any errors you occurred during the shoot.6.Next to these images you should discuss how the shoot went, any problems and solutions, a reflective diary. Record any changes in settings and remember to discuss the relationship of aperture, I.S.O and Shutter Speed.7. Describe the type of light/light sources you used and how this effected the images look.8. Discuss any problems you encountered and how you overcame them?9.Use sophisticated language and consider your presentation.10. Discuss any post production you did and use before and after images.

Induction task 2 – Night Photography

Part 2, Light Painting a landscape and/or shooting a landscape with long exposures

Deadline – October 1st

A2 (ART3) at a glanceNight Photography – Light painting

A2 (ART3) at a glanceNight Photography – Light painting

A2 (ART3) at a glanceNight Photography – Light painting

Induction task 2 – Night Photography

Part 1, Shooting landscapes at night.

Within this task the majority of the camera settings/rules apply. But you have two options in terms of technique.

Option 1) Shoot long exposure landscapes and apply post productionOption 2) Light paint different sections of a landscape and then edit them all together.

Option 1

1)Find a location that has interesting visual qualities. For example; various light sources and aesthetically pleasing.2) Place your camera on a tripod and frame/compose the landscape3) Set your camera to manual and manual focus on your location, use digital zoom to help! 4)Under expose the shot by one stop, use your digital light meter to help.5) Try to use the shutter speed of a minimum of 6-8 seconds and a minimum of F/8 depending on the physical depth of field.6) Review your images and learn from their mistakes, ensure you shoot plenty!7) Follow the Post Production image editing tutorial on the blog.

Option 2

1)Find a location that has interesting visual qualities. For example; various light sources and aesthetically pleasing.2) Place your camera on a tripod and frame/compose the landscape3) Set your camera to manual and manual focus on your location, use digital zoom to help! 4) For this technique you need to shoot for around 30 seconds5) Move into the frame and light the location as you see fit.6 Make sure whatever you use to light the image never points into the camera lens as it will ruin your exposure. You do not need to have your object lit for the full 30 seconds. Turn your light source on and off and try to turn it off when you move the light source from point to point. Try to combine different light sources and colours.

You should be able to adopt the reflection/presenting guide from part 1 to help you, obviously adjust a change accordingly.