Thursday, 19 February 2009

Assignment 1: The theory and practice of contrasts

I have been working on 'contrast' photos for Assignment 1 for a few months now, and have finally submitted my work! It's an exciting feeling.
It's been a real challenge and very rewarding to have produced a group of photos that I'm happy with, some are stronger and some weaker, but I feel like overall I've achieved the objectives ... hopefully my tutor agrees with me!!

Transparent
100mm f/2.8 macro lens, Canon 30D, f/4.5, 100mm,1/13sec, ISO 100, Tripod, natural light in kitchen. Minor sharpening, crop applied in-computer.

Opaque
100mm f/2.8 macro lens, Canon 30D, f/2.8, 100mm, 1/15sec, ISO 100, Tripod, natural light in kitchen. Minor sharpening applied in-computer.

Straight
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/8, 55mm, 1/60sec, ISO 100, Tripod, natural light conditions, morning, cold and still. Minor sharpening and crop applied in-computer.


Curved
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/9, 70mm, 1/2sec, ISO 200, Tripod, artificial light (underground). Minor editing, sharpening in-computer.

Small
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/22, 46mm, 1/2sec, ISO 100, Tripod, natural daylight. Minor editing, sharpening in-computer.

Large
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/2.8, 63mm, 1/250sec, ISO 200, Tripod, natural daylight. Minor editing. Minor sharpening, editing in-computer.

Still
17-35mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/16, 17mm, 4sec, ISO 100, Tripod, natural daylight (dark area, lots of tree foliage). Minor editing, sharpening and vignetting in-computer.


Motion
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/22, 24mm, 5sec, ISO 100, night, artificial light from show-ride. Minor editing, sharpening in-computer.

Rough
100mm macro f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/8, 100mm, 1/3sec, ISO 100, Tripod, natural light in kitchen. Minor editing, sharpening, crop in-computer.


Smooth
100mm macro f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/3.2, 100mm, 1/30sec, ISO 100, natural light in kitchen. Minor editing and sharpening in-computer.


Diagonal
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4.5, 35mm, 1/60sec, ISO 400, natural light, sunshine. Minor editing, sharpening, conversion to B&W, vignetting, crop in-computer.

Rounded
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/8, 24mm, 1/200sec, ISO250, circular polariser, natural light, sunshine. Minor editing, sharpening, crop in-computer.

Pointed
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4.5, 28mm, 1/125sec, ISO 200, circular polariser, natural light, sunshine. Minor editing, sharpening, crop in-computer.

Blunt
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/5, 70mm, 1/30sec, ISO 500, tripod, indoor, light from lamp. Minor editing, sharpening, crop, conversion to B&W, vignetting in-computer.

Narrow
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/2.8, 24mm, 1/60sec, ISO 400, natural (low) light. Minor editing, sharpening in-computer.

Broad
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/7.1, 24mm, 2sec, ISO 200, indoor artificial light. Minor editing, sharpening in-computer.


Still/Moving in one image
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 38mm, 1/2sec, ISO400, Tripod, artificial light (underground). Minor editing (including slight rotation) and sharpening in-computer.

Comments welcome...

2 comments:

  1. Some interesting photos, it is amazing how each student goes a different way with this assignment. Of your set my favorites are Rounded, Diagonal and Rough as I think these are simple images which strongly convey their intended properties.

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  2. Hi Duncan. Thanks for your comments - I agree it's fascinating how different people approach this assignment. I really enjoyed doing it - a good challenge!

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