night photography

 

Assignment 12 Stop Action

Photograph something in action that you can’t see with the naked eye.  Use a camera and flash combination on manual attached to the hot shoe or the off camera cord.  The flash should be dialed down to 1/16 power or less in order to achieve a flash duration of 1/10,000 or less.  Examples are splashing water or stopping a fans blades with a ribbon attached.  I want these images super sharp with no blurs. 

speedlight EX580    1/2000  F 4.0 iso 500

Assignment 11 Light Painting

1. Make a photograph using flash as a painting tool.

2. Make a photograph using a continuous light source as a
painting too.

Assignment 10 Canon Transmitter ST-E3=RT and 600EX-RT Flash

Work in Groups in the Studio for this Assignment.  Each member of the group should make a portrait using 3 Speedlites from different directions, controlled manually from the Transmitter attached to the camera which is also set on manual.  Each member of the group should make a unique lighting setup.  You can modify the light coming from the 600EX to a broad source of light by using diffusion, umbrella, soft box or bouncing off a wall or card. You can also use the light directly.

 Set the Master to GR and set A, B, C and D (Optional) to M.   The three slaves will set themselves to M after the test button on the transmitter is pressed.  Use the ST-E3-RT to adjust the setting manually.

Take a picture of the ambient light in the room at the fstop and shutter speed you will be using.  It should come out black. Post this picture with it's settings.

Post the the progression of images (ie one light, 2 lights, 3 lights etc) with final exposure for each shot (should all be the same)

three lights

exposure: iso 160 

           F10 

              1/100s

ambiance light only

main light

main light+fill light

main light+fill light+backgroud light

Assignment 9 Canon Dedicated Flash

Setting: flash on camera, AV mode, 1/200 shutter speed

Setting: flash off camera, AV mode,  1/200 shutter speed

Setting: flash on camera, AV mode, speed light auto shutter speed

Setting: flash on camera, using small beauty dish, AV mode, 1/200 shutter speed

Assignment 8 Outdoor Flash

1. Make a portrait where the person’s face and the background are the same exposure.
2. Make a portrait where the person’s face is exposed one stop under and the background is normally exposed.  Drop the power of the strobe by one stop keeping the f stop the same.

3. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is one stop under.

4. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is two stops under.

Assignment 7 Strobe and Continuous Light

Set the camera on Strobe light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the person

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the background

Photograph a person using strobe on the person and tungstenon the background combined

Try some with motion.

                           

Set the camera on Tungsten light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the background

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the person

Photograph a person using strobe on the background and tungsten on the person combined

Try some with motion.

Assignment6

Assignment 5 One Strobe and a Softbox

Photo 1
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face has a highlight and shadow side. The background should appear darker on the highlight side and the lighter on the shadow side.

Photo 2
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face is evenly lit and the background is black.

Assignment 4 3 Light Hollywood Portrait

Using classic Rembrandt light (45 to side 45 up) create a portrait with key , fill 2 stops under exposed and backlight. Check the class blog under Lesson 4 to see how it should be laid out.

main light

fill light

back light

Hollywood Portrait

Using three lights invent your own formula.
Post one separate finished photograph for this one

reduction

Assignment 3 Portraits

 she has a sharp personality sometimes!
one light source no reflection.

She is also Romantic!
one light source and mirror.
light farther back less intensity