there are some light drawing images from the studio here

all these images were taken using long shutter speeds to create an interesting effect that you can really play around with.

Lighting session

At uni, we have had a session on lighting and the effects you can create using lighting and long exposures, there are some images what I will place on here that I would like to talk about.

All the images in this post were taken using different shutter speeds and lights, it is interesting to note though, that none of the lights used for this were professional studio lights, it was mainly desk lamps and torches that were used. though a speedlight was used for the top image.

Shutter speed assignment

For this image I stood in the middle of the bridge near sale golf club to use a long shutter speed to achieve the interesting effect with car lights.

ISO 200, f/22, 15s

shallow depth of field

in this image I show the shallow depth of field using a row of AA batteries do get this DOF the f stop is F5.6 this method of photography can very effective when you want to highlight only a certain part of an image/subject.

visual hierarchy

There are a few photographs which I have taken to try to create a sense of visual hierarchy.

Foreground Vs Background

I have also looked at how the aperture effects what is in focus in the foreground or background of an image.

The top image shows how a wide aperture has a very shallow depth of field and only a small section of the image is in focus. in this case the first bottle is the main focal point. the F stop used was f3.5

This bottom image I used F22 this allowed for all the bottles to be in focus as the small aperture has a very deep depth of field.

Depth of field Assiegnment

The purpose of this exercise was to better understand the use of the aperture, and the ways in which it effected the depth of field, there are several images that i will be showing to demonstrate my work.

The image shown above is F4.5, 1/125s, ISO400. The Wide aperture allowes for more light to expose the Film/Sensor however this will result in a very shallow depth of field, and this is really good for just showing a certain part of an item, however would be undesirable if the photographer wanted the whole subject in focus.

This next image was taken with the f stop set to F8, 1/13s and ISO400

this image was taken at F11, 1/6s, ISO400

this final image was taken at F32, 0.8s, ISO 400. with this aperture setting the whole of the subject is is focus, the downfall of this is that the aperture is fully closed and a long shutter speed is required, therefore you cannot achieve this without a tripod.