Thursday, 25 November 2010

Introduction to Digital Photography week 6

Bottles

After four weeks off we return to college. This week Ian was off sick and we had another tutor.

When I walked into the studio (as this was where we were this week) there were 4 different still life set ups around the room. The setups were a bottle on a table with a light shining on to it. Each one had a different colour bottle and a different light. 3 out of the 4 lights were remote trigger flashes and the 4th was a daylight light. We were also given a light meter to read the conditions for optimal images using the M (Manual mode) on our cameras.

This is what the daylight setup looked like


When I saw this and found out that this was what we were doing today I thought "this is going to be boring". However when I started working my way around the room and working with the other students and comparing notes I found the session really interesting.

I really liked the way some of these pictures turned out and how the different lights worked in different way and gave different results.

Here is a small selection of pictures that I took over the course of the evening

F8 1/15 second
The focus on this one is half way down the bottle, so inside the bottle is in focus and the neck and wall behind are slightly out.

F11 1/60 second

F11 1/60 second

F22 1/80 second
Using the overhead light you can only see the bottle and nothing else that was present in the room. Brilliant

F22 1/60 second

 F22 1/60 second
I liked the way the light reflected on the table surface here

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