Exercise 3

Below I have assembled some portraits I have taken specifically for this task and others taken in general low lighting settings.

I first attempted this exercise and leanred the hard way the danger of ISO, as most of the images I took the first time around were supre grainy, So the second attempt I consciously tried to utilise my aperature and shutter and used a tripod so I wouldnt have to bump up my ISO as much.

On the first attempt I had my ISO set to 2000, which was too high for what I was trying to achieve. So the next attemt I brought my tripod and was able to go much slower with my shutter.

One from the first shoot, ISO 2000, F/ 2.5, 1/80th.

Same setting but with flash set in manual 1/256.

This was low light, no flash. ISO 400, F/2.5, 1/10th.

For the second attempt I started with my baseline exposure and slowly worked down my flash to get to the right exposure.

No flash, ISO 640, F/ 2.5, SS 1.0 sec,

ISO 400, F/ 2.5, SS 1.0.

My shutter was too slow to get a sharp shot while the lighting was very tungsten and once the flash was added I was able to speed up my shutter to get a sharper shot while still getting the warm light.

Flash set to 1/64 + 0.5, ISO 400, F/ 2.5, SS 0.8 sec.

Flash, 1/64, ISO 400, F/ 2.5, SS 0.6.

Flash 1/128 + 0.5, ISO 400, F/ 2.5, SS 1/13

Flash 1/128, SS 1/10

Flash, 1/265,

Fill Flash Exercise.

The first images were test shots for my baseline exposure using ambient light.

It was really dark in the forest, so I took a few test shots to kind of get a ball park of my exposure. These first three were over exposed with the sunlight hitting his face. With a shutter of 1/20th, F/ 4.5, and ISO set at 200.

The next few were on the other end being under expsosed, I was fighting the sun and the clouds for the rays of light falling into the forest. The settings for these two were the same at ISO 320, F5.0, and 1/200. I kind of wanted to underexpose for the sunlight coming in and for the flash. The next few images are with fill flash.

ISO 320, F/ 5.6, 1/200th.

ISO 320, F/ 5.6 1/200th Flash at 1/ 265 + 0.5

ISO 320, F/ 5.0, 1/200th. Flash 1/128

ISO 320, F/ 5.0, 1/200th. Flash at 1/128

ISO 320, F/ 5.0, 1/200th Flash at 1/64.

Slow shutter with and without flash.

ISO 100, F/ 32, 1/6 sec.

Same frame and settings, the process of getting this shot really echoed what was said in class, patience and calm is key to getting the right shot. I have learned that the hard way after rushing to many shots and ended up with lackluster results.

ISO 100, F/ 32, 1/10th.

ISO 100, F/ 36, 1/6 sec.

ISO 100, F/ 25, 0.4 Sec. With first curtain flash.

ISO 200, F/ 32, 0.3 sec.

F/ 11, 0.3 sec Final F/ 14, 0.6 sec Test.

Second Curtain + Flash

Iso 400, F/ 3.2, 0.8 sec.

These Images are not perfect but rather experimentation with the second curtain. Which is a really cool tool for creative usage of light and the slower shutter speeds. It is somthing I had never really used before and will definitely put into practice in my future work.