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Light Studies 04
12. August 2010 by Friedhelm.
This is the wall imprint of my door knob. The door stopper did not work properly. This is my favorite subject and it is so obvious how a little change of direction from right to left has such a profound impact on this image.
Enjoy!
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Light Studies 03
11. August 2010 by Friedhelm.
This is the top of an old coffee grinder. My family received it as a gift in 1952 and we keep it on our fire place. Again, the only thing I changed was the direction of the light. I used an 85mm portrait lens at f 2.8.
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Light Studies 02
10. August 2010 by Friedhelm.
This is my wife’s purse. I was laying around our living room. I mounted the camera on my tripod and photographed it twice. I only changed the direction of the light. Observe carefully how this changes the image!
Have fun with this exercise!
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Light Studies 01
9. August 2010 by Friedhelm.
This weeks photographic exercises emphasise the usage of light. Take your camera and pick one lens that you use for all the shots. I picked my 85mm portrait lens and a 12mm extender because I wanted to shoot close-ups. The pick a f stop that you use for all your shots. I picked f2.8 because I wanted a very narrow depth of field. The use of a tripod is highly recommended to keep the camera stable. The pick a light source. I picked a small umbrella with a daylight (5600k) light bulb. You may choose any other light source even a flashlight. Then set up and focus your camera and take at least two shots. The only difference between the shots should be the direction of the light. Your subject can be anything in your house or apartment. Here is my first example:
My subject is a knob of my wife’s drawer. As you can clearly see there is a very shallow depth of field and the light is coming from about 1o’clock.
In the second example the light is coming from 11 o’clock giving the image a totally different feeling. All the settings are the same, only the light comes from a different direction.
Happy photographing and don’t forget “photography” means painting with light!
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