Farva Hussain 25/10/2013
Workshop: Location photography
Brief: Photographs that represent the college to be
used in the Solihull prospectus.
We were put into
groups for todays brief. The images that we had to capture;
1: Students talking
together, this had to show that they where in the college, and had to represent
a relaxed environment.
2: Teacher and
student using a computer, this had to in the computer room showing the student
working.
We first started
by looking for possible locations for our shots, thinking about the available
lights and locations. The recce images are below:
Location one: The college foyer, this would have in its background the exhibition of
students, we could elevate the image and take it from above. The image benefitted
from a lot of ambient light. After discussing this with our tutor James, we
decided that there was too much strong daylight and florescent light in the
image that was hard to control. The would be too many things that would reflect
and bounce light, for example the wood and white boards. In the end we did try
to set up the light but were unable the find a power source as the portable
battery pack was not fully charged.
Location
2: The library, here I approached a group of
students who gave us their permission to be in the images. We also asked the
library staff. We used the large window for the main light and would used the
flash to fill behind them. We moved the table so that we could get a better
composition for the image. In the background where books and this set the scene
to show the student at work.
On our return
the library the pupil had left, and there wasn’t many students that were willing
to be in our photograph.
Location 3: college common
room, her we thought we could have some students sitting on chairs, with the
background of the busy common room. After discussing with James, the background
would be too vast to light correctly.
Location 4: James found
this location our tutor, after discussing our other locations. We had to find a
location where we had access to the mains for our lights. We choose the canteen.
We asked some students who were willing to pose for us. We moved the table
closer to the window to set up our set; we had James pose over the students to
show the group engaging with the teacher.
The below images
are before we set the lights. There is ambient light available and I composited
the image so that I was at there level. This changed the image making it
better, instead of the shoot from above.
The brief that I worked on is below:
This first image was too
dark because the light from behind was stronger.
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| f 5.6 1/30s ISO 100 17-85 mm lens |
For this image we increased the f. number
and also the ISO, this gave the forefront of the image lighter. The strong
sunlight that was shining onto James we blocked using a reflector
 |
| f. 8 1/60s ISO 200 17-85 lens |
The image was still
dark, we slowed the shutter speed, this gave an even light between the
background and the forefront, and also I zoomed into the image.
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| f.8 1/30s ISO 200 17-85mm lens |
My final chosen image:
I asked a teacher to
pose for us. This image shows the students and teacher engaging together.
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| f.8 1/30s ISO 200 17-85 mm lens |
The lighting set
up for the shoot, we used the reflector the block light that was coming in onto
the teacher. We only used one light with an umbrella which gave an even spread
of light.
Evaluation:
This was the first time that I worked with
other people in the group and it was good opportunity to get to know them. We
worked well as a team, two us did the first task in the canteen, and then we
helped the other to do their task. It was difficult to find a location that had
the right balance of light and I learnt how reducing the shutter speed can help
balance the strong light from the back, but we kept the power of the flash the
same. We also used the reflector to block light. I used a zoom lens that was appropriate
for the image.
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