Assignment 1 - Creative use of shutter and aperture.

Slow Shutter Speed




Deep DOF




Fast Shutter Speed




Shallow DOF

Lab 5 - Histogram

White

Black


































Tone Variety

Questions:

a.     According to the histogram, where do most of the pixels in your high key image fall (left or right on the histogram)

b.     Are there any pixels in the high key image that would not print with detail?

c.     According to the histogram, where do most of the pixels in your low-key image fall (left or right on the histogram)

d.     Are there any pixels in the low-key image that would not print with detail?

e.     According to the histogram, where do most of the pixels in your varied tones image fall (left or right on the histogram)

f.      Are there any pixels in the varied tones image that would not print with detail?

g.     Considering the information on the histogram, do you feel your camera is properly exposing the high key and low-key scenes? Explain your answer

h.     Which histogram shows the most dynamic range?

Answers:

a. More towards the middle.

b. No because there is no clipping in the highlights.

c. More towards the middle/left.

d. No because there is no clipping in the shadows.

e. Left of the histogram but there are some a little bit everywhere.

f. Yes maybe in the blacks/shadows because it is slightly clipping in that area.

g. Yes I find my camera is properly exposing the high-key and low-key scenes because there is almost zero clipping in the shadows or highlights.

h. The photo with the variety in tones because the histogram is more spread out.

Lab 4 - Lens Depth Distortion

Telephoto

105mm

- Camera approx. 5 meter from the table

- Subjects ears are more pronounced

- Main table and wall distortion is eliminated

- Bag and table look realistic in size but small compared to the WA shot

Wide Angle
24mm

- Camera approx. 1 meters from table

- WA type of distortion can be seen on the table, making it look wider and the bag is also slightly distorted(Looks slightly bigger compared to Telephoto)

- Subject looks slightly smaller

- Table looks almost square because of distortion




Telephoto
105mm

- Camera approx. 5 meter from the subjects

- Subjects ears are more pronounced

- Subjects body are proportionate

- Stool looks slightly bigger









Wide Angle
24mm

 - Camera approx. 1 meters from table

- The background can be fully seen(Seamless is not taking up the whole background)

- Subjects body look slightly longer(Especially the middle subject)

- Stool looks more realistically sized compared to the telephoto shot



 The Take Away ( i.e. what you learned from this)
          - what happens to the width of the background when you go from WA to tele?

• The background is almost completly covered by the seamless when shooting with the Telephoto compared to the WA lens which the viewer can see more of the background.

          - what happens to the distance between the background  & subject "  "  "  " "  "  "?

• The subjects seem a lot closer to the background when shooting with the Telephoto lens compared to the WA lens which shows almost the exact distance the subjects were from the background.

       
   - what happens to the subjects themselves in terms of expansion & contraction (for
            the width) as well as compaction and enlargement (for front to back)?

• For the WA lens, the subjects bodies are slightly longer and wider compared to the Telephoto. The background is made smaller with the Telephoto lens and seems closer to the subjects compared to the WA lens which gives an almost exact distance of the background to the subjects.

  Scenario: imagine that you're shooting a model (full body) against a seamless. Your
  framing of the model is what you want but the edges (and beyond) of the seamless are
  visible in your frame. You don't want to move the model back towards the seamless and  
  you don't want to have to retouch out the seamless edges. Applying what you learned
  from this exercise today, what's the solution using just your camera & lens?

• Step back a couple of meters and use a Telephoto lens to take the shot but keep about the same settings in your camera. The subject will stay somewhat the same but the background will be a lot smaller and the edges of the seamless shouldn't show.

Lab 3 - Noise Reduction and WB.

ISO:50 FL:50mm F/Stop:1.8 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: Low
ISO:50 FL:50mm F/Stop:1.8 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: Standard
ISO:50 FL:50mm F/Stop:1.8 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: High
ISO:800 FL:50mm F/Stop:9 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: LOW
ISO:800 FL:50mm F/Stop:9 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: Standard
ISO:800 FL:50mm F/Stop:9 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: High
ISO:3200 FL:50mm F/Stop:18 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: LOW
ISO:3200 FL:50mm F/Stop:18 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: Standard
ISO:3200 FL:50mm F/Stop:18 Shutter Speed:1/500 NR: High

Review: My camera did fairly well with the noise reduction on. When on the Low noise reduction setting, the noise was decently reduced but still retained a lot of sharpness. However, when on Standard or High noise reduction, the images sharpness was reduced a good amount. Yes, I would use my in-camera noise reduction setting however I think I would only use it on Low setting to keep the most amount of sharpness and if I needed to reduce the noise even more I would bring it in Lightroom or Photoshop to do so.

White Balance images:

With the AWB setting, the colour of the photo is almost perfect to that we see with our own eyes. With the Fluorescent WB setting, the colour of the photo is a little bit more on the blue-ish side, although it still is pretty close to what we see with our own eyes. And for the Shade WB setting the colour of the photo is changed drastically. The colour is a lot more yellow and warmer.

For the final image, I shot a scene with Fluorescent lights, with my cameras WB setting set to Tungsten and it gave the scene a greenish scene throughout the image. This can be seen as a bad WB for a normal photo but if the photographer was trying to go with a kinda horror/scary feel to the image then this kind of WB error could work good with that.

Lab 2 - Aperture/DOF

Architecture: Camera Settings: 2.0sec at f/22 - 24mm - ISO 100  Portraiture: Camera Settings: Deep DOF= 1.0sec at f/36 - 97mm - ISO 1000 Shallow DOF= 1/10sec at f/5.6 - 97mm - ISO 500 Answer: The difference in DOF changes the image by making the subject the main focal point and also does not let the users eye wander in the photograph.

 Still Life: Shallow DOF:Camera Settings: 1/13sec at f/3.5 - 24mm - ISO 100 . Medium DOF:Camera Settings: 1sec at f/8 - 24mm - ISO 100 . Deep DOF:Camera Settings: 2.5sec at f/22 - 24mm - ISO 100 . Answer: The three images each gives the viewer a different amount of information, for example, the shallow DOF image gives more information about the title of the books and the rest of what is written on the books. The medium DOF image gives less information about the book titles and also some information about how far the book aisles go. The deep DOF image gives a good amount of information about the books(titles, covers,authors etc) and a lot of information about how far the book aisle goes. The feeling of each image changes a lot, for example, the shallow DOF image gives more of a romantic dream like feeling and also makes you feel like the photographer wanted to showcase the 3 black books only. The medium DOF image feels more as though the viewer is given a view of how many books are on the shelves. The deep DOF image feels like the viewer is given a complete view of what the photographer was looking at before taking the image. I feel like the most effective image is the deep DOF image because it really shows everything, the book titles, how big and how many books are on the shelves and also how far the book aisle goes.