Last week I got the opportunity to use the studio as part of a small group. Our task was to create three different images using only one item and background brought from home. I was very pleased with the outcome of my photographs and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of working hands on with lights, products and backgrounds to the point of myself gatecrashing another group just to assist and see how others worked.
We have also learned a little about working with RAW files in photoshop. This included emphasising detail, altering lighting and colour balance etc. Using one of my older photographs I practiced using this programme to create a newly stylized picture. This has helped me gain extra knowledge regarding post production of photographs.
Yesterday we were given the challenge of "Bracketing" this involved finding the aperture and shutter speed for a perfect shot and then also capturing shots using shutter speeds three stops faster and slower than the original. Using silver based materials, this would help us understand the use of shutter speeds and how it alters the image, these pictures will be kept for use in our research and technical manual. I had quite a lot of trouble during this exercise as the light meter on my camera didn't seem to be reacting correctly and after changing batteries and spending far too much time trying to get it to work and still not having taken a single useful shot, I came to the conclusion that I wasn't going to work no matter what so attempted the task anyway and the results will show in the development.
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