Friday 25th October we had another photography induction!
Firstly, after setting up the camera and equipment the same as the first session, we briefly mentioned the rule of thirds, and how if you follow the rule then your work is more visually pleasing to the human eye... I decided to experiment and found this to be true, if you compare the photo on the left to the right... The one on the right looks better! At least in my opinion...
Once we started getting used to the buttons again, Sam, the technician who kindly gave us these tutorials, told us how to change the White Balance on the camera so the lighting comes out right... First we had to take a picture of this grey card in front of the background we intended to use:
Then you go to the menu, and select the white balance, then take another photo of the same grey card, and it comes out like this:
After this, we moved on to trying a slower shutter speed!
We had one member of our group at a time walk around in front of the white background, whilst Sam used the flash every so often, so when the cameras were taking a photo the flash brightened it up and highlighted different positions they were in... See my results above!
I think the one underneath in particular worked well, as I managed to capture full forms of Anna, making her look like a ghost!
These inductions have been very useful, as they gave me the chance to get to know my own camera, and how the lighting can affect a photo.
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