Light basics and Photography

For each technique you should explain the following: 

• 1. What effect does it create?
• 2. Why use it?
• 3. How many lights or light sources?

The Five Basic Lighting Techniques

Butterfly (or Paramount) -- 

Loop -- 

1. a structure, series, or process the end of which is connected to the beginning.

Rembrandt --

An adjective used to describe something dead cool and classic.

 Split --

Type of range- finder in which the image is divided in two ways 

Broad and Short --

refers to when the main light illuminates the side of the face that is turned away from the camera.

Fill light

 a light used to eliminate or soften shadows caused by the main source of illumination.Key light.

Hair light

has a lot more definition, interest, and color Background light

Shadowless

infrared, utraviolet and high speedHard light

Soft light

Little bit of light

Grey card

s a middle gray reference, typically used together with a reflective light meter, as a way to produce consistent image exposure and/or color in film andphotographyReflector

Diffuser

one that diffuses: as a : a device (as a reflector) for distributing the light of a lamp evenly

Intensity 

(Strength, or how to set shutter speed and aperture's appropriate to portraits)

Flash PhotoographyBasics

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1. Every flash photograph is two exposures in one
2. fill flash can be used when subject is backlit or sidelit to eliminate silhouettes or shadows.
3. Flash exposure is not affected by shutter speed
4. Flash Illumination is dramatically affected by distance 
5. your camera measures ambient light and flash illumination separately
6. with automatic flash metering, the flash illumination is measured after the shutter button is pressed, and the flash output is adjusted accordingly.
7. every SLR camera with a mechanical shutter box has a maximum sync shutter speed.
8. Harsh lighting, washed out subjects and red eye can be eliminated by using diffusers and light bouncing.
9. It is possible to change the order if when the flash fires using "Rear Curtain Sync."
10. Removing the flash from the top of the camera helps eliminate red eye and unflattering shadows

Spring Challenge

50 incredible Photography

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3.              Macro photography. sound trigger.

4.         1. Shoot in Marco

   

5.   Shoot macro pictures  close up.


6.  Save to hard drive and save picture to Lightroom and mess around with it there

Year photos 2015

   black and white
   portraits


   landcape
 cityscape
   black and white
   landscape

     motion