Me and my partner Maria have decided to do a photoshoot with our model Annie Udras in a studio with the special lighting equipment. You can see that we have also used traditional Russian coat to attract attention to her nationality as she wants the world knew her as a Russian singer. We have also used the guitar which is the main subject on our picture as we are promoting music institution, representation of which is the quitar.
I have chose manual for my exposure program to set both aperture and shutter speed by myself. As we were shooting indoors I needed my camera to be more sensitive to light, therefore, I have chosen 3200 ISO Speed Rating. This has allowed me to make my picture more light. A camera's aperture setting is what determines a photo's depth of field (the range of distance over which objects appear in sharp focus). F-stop number of f/5.6 is not really low but it's not really high. So it makes the depth of field shallow. A camera's shutter determines when the camera sensor will be open or closed to incoming light from the camera lens. Shutter Speed of 1/200 sec is used for typical hand-held photos without substantial zoom.
The background on the picture is completely white so nothing distracts the attention of the viewers from the model and from the guitar which she is holding.
Then I have increased ISO Speed Rating from 3200 to 4000. This has made my camera more sensitive to light so I've got more light and bright images. The lens we have used for this pictures is a wide angle lens and it works well in low light when the subjects are not moving.
We have changed the lens to Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II. When shooting at f/1.8, it offers a very shallow depth of field which is beneficial for isolating subjects against a blurred background. I have changed ISO Speed Rating to 250 respectively to lower aperture value of f/1.8. This has allowed me to have a necessary amount of light.
On the picture below you can see how I have followed the rules of good composition, more specifically the leading lines. You can see that the body of Annie forms a shape of the guitar so they interact well with each other.
Me and my partner Maria faced with some problems with our shooting process. It took place a week later than we actually planned. This is because of inappropriate weather conditions as there was raining for the whole week and our shooting process was meant to be outside. Under the raining the pictures would be not as bright, model's look would be spoiled and the equipment could be damaged such as expensive camera. For these reasons we have decided to use our contingency plan and have moved the date of the shooting process. On Sunday Maria, our model and I went to town, to the Top Hill which is our planned location. There was a strong wind on that day but in order to meet deadline we had to manage it. Wind has even made our pictures more attractive as the hair of the model looks really nice. Before the actual shooting process we have discuss the poses our model is going to be in so there was no problems how the model should stand during the photo shoot. As our equipment we have used camera Canon 7D, lens 18-55mm (wide angle) and tripod in order to make our pictures stable without fluctuations of camera. We have been shooting during the day so we have used only natural daylight without any special lighting equipment. Below you can see the pictures that I like most of all:
First we have tried aperture priority as our exposure program. We have been experimenting with the poses of the model and the way she is holding the guitar. We have set low aperture value as we wanted to make the background a bit blur. ISO we have used was really low as well because we didn't need more light coming in to the camera because we were shooting outside so we had enough natural day light. We didn't need special lighting equipment as well because of shooting during the day. Our shutter speed was not low and not high, it is just alright. As I have mentioned before there was quite windy during that day so it would be a bad idea to make it low as a focus could be damaged.
Also we have tried as hard as we could to follow the rules of good composition. As you can see we followed the rule of thirds so our main subject is on the left hand side in the first third. There is also a leading line on the pictures which is the trees which grow in a line on the background. There is also a depth as the background is full with the trees, cathedral, park so the pictures don't look empty.
After we have changed the settings of our camera. We have chosen the shutter priority as our exposure program. Shutter priority mode is a semi-manual mode. This allowed us to choose the shutter speed we wished to and let the camera to make a decision about what aperture to select to give a well-exposed shot. The shutter speed we set was very quick there so less light came into the shot and as a result the pictures look a bit darker. The aperture f number is high on this image and this gives an effect of sharper background as well as of foreground.
We have also used the rule of thirds so the model is on the left hand side in the first third. We took a range of pictures from the ground so these are low angle shots. This allowed us to make our model with the guitar look more powerful and attract attention of the viewers to her and the guitar she is holding behind her back. We have tried different ways of holding the guitar to have a greater choice of the pictures for our final work. We cannot see a face of the model. This is in order not to distract audience from the guitar to the model who is meant to promote this instrument.
Some of the pictures we have taken near on the bottom of the Top Hill where is a stone bridge. We have tried different poses and the shots of the model to have a greater choice while editing the final pictures. We were following the rule of thirds in order to attract people's attention on our main subject.
As you can see we have made low angle shots in order to make the model look more powerful. This is in order to attract more attention to her and, therefore, to what she is holding.
We have tried different distance between the camera and model to choose the best images. We have also tried different apertures in order to find out what is the best light decision for our shots. You can see the examples below:
Another range of shots has been taken in Kent College next to Austen House where is a brick wall which we have used as our background. We have chosen to use this location as well for a greater variety of shots. The model has changed her outfit for this photoshoot so the final edited pictures will be all different.
Looking at the pictures above, you can understand that the main attention is paid on the guitar. We have tried to put it on the foreground in our shots so the people are not distracted by the model. We have chosen aperture priority as our exposure program. This allowed us to make a background a bit blur so a model looks more allocated from the background.
No comments:
Post a Comment