Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Light Painting : Digital

The following pictures were taken on a Nikon D3000. The Shutter speed used was 8/1 second. The Aperture was set to F/3.8 and the Focal Length was 22mm. The ISO speed was 400.
















This picture was taken on a Canon EOS 600D. The Shutter Speed was 10/1 seconds and the Aperture was F/4.5. The Focal Length was 30mm and the ISO speed was 320. I used a EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens.


I really enjoyed taking these photographs as I liked having the freedom to experiment. All of them except the last one were taken at College, but the last one was taken at home. I liked trying the different effects and I found that writing with a laser pen on the wall worked really well. I found out that on a film SLR camera, you don't want to keep the shutter speed open too long as it could over-expose the film, however on a digital SLR camera you can keep it open as long as you want, as there is no film to over-expose. I also liked how on the last one, the red laser pen appeared pink, which was due to changing some of the settings on the camera, which happened by me experimenting. I found, however, that sometimes I should have made the shutter speed longer as I rushed to get all of the writing in, so that could be an area to improve. 


This one above, for example, didn't work particularly well. I think the reason that it didn't work as well is because there was too much light source, therefore not showing the full effect of the laser pen drawing. I think that if it had been darker, the effect would have been much better. I do however like the effect of how the face has been blanked out which makes her seem emotionless, which I think is interesting.





Tuesday, 27 December 2011

The season of lights.

Canon
Canon EOS 600D
1/49 second
F/4.0
28 mm
2500
Dec 25, 2011, 6:25:01 PM
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
22mm

Canon
Canon EOS 600D
1/41 second
F/4.0
25 mm
2000
Dec 25, 2011, 4:52:04 PM
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
QuickTime 7.7
22mm

Canon
Canon EOS 600D
1/49 second
F/4.5
29 mm
1600
Dec 29, 2011, 4:20:40 PM
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
22mm


Canon
Canon EOS 600D
1/25 second
F/5.6
55 mm
3200
Dec 29, 2011, 4:22:40 PM
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
QuickTime 7.7
22mm


Canon
Canon EOS 600D
1/49 second
F/4.5
35 mm
1600
Dec 26, 2011, 10:51:30 AM
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
22mm

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year, especially because there are lots of great photographic opportunities. This year, I really enjoyed taking purposely out of focus pictures of the lights (for example, on a Christmas tree) as I think that it created a particularly effective soft blur which I thought looked interesting. I also really liked taking pictures of candles, as the flickering light created a warm glow to the picture, which I thought worked well with the theme of light. 





Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Light Painting : GlowDoodle

The following images were made using GlowDoodle.




This photograph was taken using CDs to create the technicolour effect, which I think worked really well 
and I like how it came out.


For this photograph, I used a red laser pen to draw lines on my face. You can pick up parts of my face (it also creates an interesting effect) as well as the light catching on my hair.


For this one, I used a blue UV light (which looks purple in the photographs). I placed the light under my face so it created an almost 'spooky' effect with the shadows, and I moved along the picture to create it 3 times. I then moved again with the light which creates the blurred light, which I personally really like.


For this one, I did the same as the one above, I just decided not to blur it to see how it came out. I like how the two left ones overlap slightly.


For this photograph, I used the same blue UV light as before, and quickly drew around my face, which brought with the line this interesting effect on my face. It makes my eyes look quite effective as well as how the light sits on my face. 


This photograph, however didn't work as well. The problem was that as I was taking the picture, someone else was taking one at the same time with a torch, which ended up overpowering the light I was  using, therefore not creating the effect that I wanted.