Photo testing

Photo workshop

We took part photo workshop to test out the different settings on the camera, the lighting and the different angles we could possibly use for our ancillary tasks.

 

 

Before this I knew the basics of using a camera, although ryan knew quite a lot about cameras. As we had an idea of the shots and lighting that we wanted to use, we decided to test out the camera together.

 

I have learnt about the use of multiple light points, this allows us to get better and strong shadows and helps to define the image I think this will be something we will use when taking our photos. Also I now know about using solid colour backgrounds, for us it will be black. It is easy when it comes to edit so isn't too time consuming but is still effective and relating to our noir theme. Also reflected light,  it can sometimes work better than just one key light. You have to think about where you want the light to be and the affect it's going to create. It can't be too harsh and or too light and this camera skill works especially well with the noir feel.

 

 Below are the images that we took when testing out the different things and shows our camera skill progression.

 

This was the first photo which we took, it's far too bright and the focus is not right at all. Also it's too close up for what we want.

This was the next photo which we took, it's slightly better but still has no focus and is still far too bright.

 

 

 

This is our third take of the photo, this is a lot better and clearer. It's still slightly out of focus, but this is the kind of the image that we want for our poster. The lighting is perfect, as half of the face is dark and shadowed then the other half of the face is bright, connoting the sense of this guy being good and bad, making you curious. Also the angle of this shot is great, as it's just what we wanted aswell. To improve this we need to maybe zoom out just a little but also get the shot in perfect focus.