I shot this project so many times that I lost count. I was not happy with any of my attempts. I really wanted to show quite a considerable difference in the exposure of each image. I wanted to photograph and item that is red in colour as I felt that it was so strong and vibrant that the differences would be more marked. I originally chose a pair of red shoes but as it was impossible to really fill the frame with them the effect was not that strong. I finally settled on the quilted effect on the back of one of my bags. Using a tripod I settled on the settings of 105mm, 1/200s, f8, ISO 200. I feel that while I have reached the desired outcome I was hoping to achieve I am not sure that I have gone about it the way the course notes instruct. I therefore went on to view other students blogs online and it seems that everyone has gone about it differently, some students have approached it the same way as myself and kept all settings the same and just altered the exposure where as others have altered the aperture each time.
Photo 1 +1.0
Photo 2 +0.3
Photo 3 Correct exposure.
Photo 4 -0.3
Photo 5 -1.0
Photo 6 -1.7
Conclusion.
These six photos vary from over exposed in photo one to under exposed in photo six. My favourite is actually photo four as the red is at is most vibrant and it displays such a strong colour. The more under exposed the shot is, the more saturated the red appears. There fore, the more over exposed the more washed out the red appears which then gives it a more pink tone.
I found this project quite difficult but rather than panicking I tried to take my time over it. I feel that I am going to struggle with these sets of projects, particularly with the lack of light through the Winter months. There is only a small window of "decent" light in the middle of the day and with being stuck at work this may mean that my only available time to shoot will be at weekends. I had better make the most of my time.
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