Thursday, 13 October 2011

The adventures of PHOTO BEAR!

For the last two weeks we have had photography inductions to get us used to the SLR cameras the college has. For this induction we had to bring a 'treasured item' to take pictures of, I chose the teddy bear I have had since I was 6 (Ted!).

In the Induction we learnt all about shutter speeds, aperture sizes, white balance, lighting and depth of field. Once we were taught about these technical terms on a camera we were told to take pictures of our items, here are the six favorite ones I took!


Here I used a wide aperture to get a small depth if field. I also used the cameras focus points to keep Ted in focus. Totoro looms in the background, waiting...always waiting.


Here I used a strong studio light on the left side of Ted to create some strong shadows on him.

I used a wide aperture and the camera's built in monochrome picture style to take this black and white photo. Ted is all alone. ;_;


I used a wide aperture to focus on the leaf in front of Ted, making him out of focus in the background.


I used a Narrow aperture here to get a lot of the foliage around Ted in focus. I also used a white balance suited for the cloudy weather outdoors.

Here I used a very slow shutter speed and shone a small blue LED all around Ted, the effect is a ghostly neon blur which looks really good!

I learnt quite a lot in these inductions, no doubt I will be utilizing these techniques for future projects.

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