Week 3; Shutter speed

This week we played around with lots of different ways to take photos. Firstly I played around with shutter speed to create a blurred and uneasy effect to the photographs. The slow the shutter speed the less in focus and blurred effect it makes, that can bring life to a photo and real depth and a difference to the picture.

Week 3; Tests

The shutter-speed is one of my favourite things the play with in the camera because it makes a different aspect every picture you take, not one photo will be the same due to the different facial movements and overall body change. Here are some more tests from the shoot that day.

Week 2; Favourite

This photo is my favourite from the shoot, it really deletes everything about how the model is as a person, it takes all sense of life and facial construct from them. I believe this photo really gives the audience the act of wonder and can influence any train of thought.

Week 2; Shutterspeed portraits (inventive)

As me and Elliot walked further round Sussex Campus we found a weird sort of bridge spot where it was a bricked area but that was quite dark and had a lost feeling to it. I decided to change the shutter-speed to see what would occur. The outcome was great! with his blurred face created this dark empathetic effect that felt like everything about his personality became lost; thus connotes the area we took the photo. The addition from the light side of his face also adds to this.

I also took a change in shutter-speed when back in class with the plain blue background, this was extremely moved and he almost does not look human anymore. This gave me a real sense in what i might want to capture in my final project. 

Week 2; Portraits 2

Another photo of Elliot I liked was of him against the wooden panels, it was quite plain and not much occurring but it has a good thinking space within the photo. Yet this is not my favourite from testing I like how I can work from it.

Week 2; Portraits

This week we used the cameras to do portraits and work with a new look and using the camera a different way. Me and my partner went out to sussex campus and found blank and interesting backgrounds to place each model in-front to create a different feel and atmosphere. Me and Elliot found a white van that was very clean and created a very bright space and with Elliot's expression created the juxtaposition.

White Background

Week 1; Going to Sussex

After learning about the camera we ventured out onto Sussex Campus for the first time with the cameras to play-around with the different settings and see how to create the right feel and also to get the exposure right on the camera. I really liked the first pictures I took and was happy with the outcome. My favourite being the one of the NO CYCLING cause of the focus and also the dreariness it presents.

Week 1; Bad Photos

Week 1; Good Photos

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Week 1; Picking a Photo

We began the session by picking a photo from the table that related most to us and almost had a story that we could connect with. I chose a night scene that had a full moon and many trees that had a very dark blue tone and the night. This gave me the most feeling towards me due to my obsession and fascination with stars and space, which at this moment in time is what I wish to base my final project around but this may change and progress as I have some ideas on relating stars to mental illness too.

Week 1; Learning about the camera

As the session progressed we got the cameras out ; Nikon D7000, to practice with and start earning the manual settings and how to take the perfect photos.

Shutter Speed - We were taught how to set the shutter speed cause this enhanced the sharpness and focus of the photo, we learnt that the slower the shutter speed the picture is able to create a blurred affect as the image may have moved. This can create amazing effects and give a photo a new life. 

Aperture - Is how much light will enter the camera so the higher the aperture the more light that will come in, this then will influence if the photo becomes over of under exposed. Depending on what feel you want the photo to produce, thus is you want a more horror focused photo you would want it to appear dark and gloomy. 

ISO - The ISO works with the Aperture in the camera, it is the most expensive part of the camera and is also known as the sensor. This sensor depend how the image depicts light and transfers it to the image. This can equal the pixilation of the photo and how, not focus, but strangth the photo has. Most known as to pick up detail.