Its time to change the corridor exhibition and I wonder if you are the student and your's is the group to do this?
Look through everything you've shot to date on the course and bring a small selection to the practical day/s to select from.
Once selected you will have to produce a print to size to fit in the frames.
Are you up to it?
Friday, November 9, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Things not done on Thursday 8/11/2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 important things were not done by the group.
1)A back up was not made of all the 'Alice' shots.
If you shoot something digitally this must be done before you walk away from the section/camera etc..
This is the most important 'professional' thing you should do at college or elsewhere.
Please make sure this is done on monday 12th ASAP
2) I did not collect the group notes taken 1st thing. My omission but there were distractions.
Can the secretaries please ensure these are given to me ASAP Monday morning also so I can copy them and distribute them.
Thank you and have a good weekend.
Lambolini!
1)A back up was not made of all the 'Alice' shots.
If you shoot something digitally this must be done before you walk away from the section/camera etc..
This is the most important 'professional' thing you should do at college or elsewhere.
Please make sure this is done on monday 12th ASAP
2) I did not collect the group notes taken 1st thing. My omission but there were distractions.
Can the secretaries please ensure these are given to me ASAP Monday morning also so I can copy them and distribute them.
Thank you and have a good weekend.
Lambolini!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
4 Polarised light - stress polarisation on plastics
I am going to change the order of the studio lighting exercises. On Thursday I learnt that some students had difficulty getting their 120 film processed and printed in time for the deadline last year. This is probably because of the unusual (professional) film format and the moves towards digital printing.
We will shoot the polarised images as soon as practicable to enable printing by the deadline.
If you are in the studio group you can bring in small clear objects to construct a picture on the lightbox. The brief says plastics for safety reasons but polarisors can also have an effect on glass.
If you find this request confusing don't worry it should clarify once we have seen the demonstration!!
We will shoot the polarised images as soon as practicable to enable printing by the deadline.
If you are in the studio group you can bring in small clear objects to construct a picture on the lightbox. The brief says plastics for safety reasons but polarisors can also have an effect on glass.
If you find this request confusing don't worry it should clarify once we have seen the demonstration!!
Now is the time for Night photography
With Nov 5th fireworks and the darker nights that are around now you should try night photography.
You'll will need something to rest the camera on, a tripod or bean-bag (pkt of rice in a cloth bag?) perhaps and should use a cable release. (e.g. http://www.thedarkroom.co.uk/products_class.php?productID=866
or for the eos 350d
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EOS-RS-60E3-Remote-Switch/dp/B00004WCID
N.B. Remember, if you are photographing fireworks in the sky use the 'B' shutter setting and turn Autofocus off. Focus manually probably on infinity if they are a long distance away!!!
You'll will need something to rest the camera on, a tripod or bean-bag (pkt of rice in a cloth bag?) perhaps and should use a cable release. (e.g. http://www.thedarkroom.co.uk/products_class.php?productID=866
or for the eos 350d
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EOS-RS-60E3-Remote-Switch/dp/B00004WCID
N.B. Remember, if you are photographing fireworks in the sky use the 'B' shutter setting and turn Autofocus off. Focus manually probably on infinity if they are a long distance away!!!
Suggested exposures for difficult (dark/night) subjects | |||
Subject | Film speed (ASA/ISO) 64-100 400-800 1000-1500 | ||
| Candle-lit scenes | 1/4 f2.8 | 1/30 f2.8 | 1/30 f4 |
| Indoor Christmas lights | 1 f4 | 1/30 f2 | 1/30 f2.8 |
| Brightly-lit city streets | 1/30 f2 | 1/60 f4 | 1/60 f5.6 |
| Neon signs | 1/30 f4 | 1/125 f5.6 | 1/125 f8 |
| Shop windows | 1/30 f2.8 | 1/60 f5.6 | 1/125 f5.6 |
| Floodlit buildings, monuments, etc. | 1 f4 | 1/30 f2 | 1/30 f2.8 |
| Skyline at night | 4 f2.8 | 1 f4 | 1 f5.6 |
| Skyline at dusk Moving traffic (streaked headlights) | 1/60 f 4 20 f 16 | 1/125f8 10 f32 | 1/125 f 11 5 f32 |
| Fairgrounds, amusement parks | 1/15 f2 | 1/60 f2.8 | 1/125 f2.8 |
| Fireworks (hold shutter open on B for a few bursts) | f8 | f 16 | f22 |
| Lightning (hold shutter open on B for a few streaks) | f8 | f 11 | f 16 |
| Campfires | 1/30 f2.8 | 1/60 f5.6 | 1/125 f5.6 |
| Outdoor night sport, athletics | 1/30 f2.8 | 1/250 f2.8 | 1/250 f4 |
| Moonlit landscapes | 30 f2 | 4 f2 | 4 f2.8 |
| Moonlit snowscapes | 15 f2.8 | 4 f4 | 4 f5.6 |
| Indoor sport | 1/30 f2 | 1/125 f2.8 | 1/250 f2.8 |
| Galleries, museums, etc. | 1/8 f2 | 1/30 f2.8 | 1/60 f2.8 |
| Stage performances | 1/4 f2 | 1/30 f2.8 | 1/60 f2.8 |
| Hospital delivery rooms | 1/30 f2 | 1/60 f4 | 1/60 f5.6 |
| Star trails (hold shutter open on B for at least 5 minutes) | f4 | f5.6 | f 8 |
Canon EOS Discovery
Canon have free workshops to introduce their latest DSLRs in Westminster Friday 9th and Saturday 10th November. Should be worth a look with Christmas coming up.
Register here :-
https://ed.canon-europe.com/canon.html?country=en&page=location
Register here :-
https://ed.canon-europe.com/canon.html?country=en&page=location
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
New Assignment and Camera Instruction booklet
These have now been uploaded to learn.westherts.ac.uk
The address for the manual is:
http://learn.westherts.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=8511&subdir=/Other_Docs
We will talk and show the process this week but the Adobe Acrobat file may be useful if you need further description.
The address for the manual is:
http://learn.westherts.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=8511&subdir=/Other_Docs
We will talk and show the process this week but the Adobe Acrobat file may be useful if you need further description.
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