Glamour Shot

DAY 9

Here's my midterm exam, you might wanna check it on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/103913907

What I used in my Vimeo Video:


150wt Strobe Light
Video Lights
600D Camera
and my confidence!

Sir Rey fixed the lights in the editing lab for a shoot. I love the lights, it so GLAMOROUS!

Video Shooting

Day 8

After too much photography... let us now go shoot videos!


Have you ever wondered what is the meaning of these?

DSLR = Digital Single Lens Reflex

SD = Standard Definition

HD = High Definition

Full HD = Full High Definition

1080p = Video Quality that is best for HD

24 fps = (frames per second) when you want to create a cinematic effect

60 fps = Good for slow-motion

CF = Compact Flash

SD = Secure Digital

SDHC = Secure Digital High Capacity


Things to remember:

• The mirror of the camera is always open when video shooting. 
• Shoot at the highest size. Because it is easy to  decrease its size rather than to increase it. 
• Always use HD when shooting for a video. 

Food Photography

DAY 7

We had our our Lighting Photography, Portrait Photography, and Alphabet Photography...

You know what's next? I'm sure you'll all love it!

--------------------FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY!----------------------

who doesn't love foods right?

We were grouped, and what we bought were cupcakes, puto (well, yeah, it looks like one), and nips. 

Why Cupcakes?

- its pretty! and the colors are vibrant.

Why Puto?

 DISCLAIMER: again its not puto we just called it like that because it looks like one.
- its cheap! 20 pcs for just 40php.

Why Nips?
- its colorful, and my classmate brought no. (we have no choice but to include haha!)

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White Balance

DAY 6


We talked about white balance, this is how we can correct the color of the images instantly in the camera.

NO MORE PHOTOSHOP!

I am using a Canon 650D Camera, and above is what white balance looks like in my camera.

• Auto
• Tungsten
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Preset
• Fluorescent
• Flash
• Custom

These are the white balances that you could choose from.

What is Custom White Balance?

Have you noticed that most photographers always carries a white sheet of paper? This is because, they set their own white balance. to do this here are the steps:

1. Set to daylight
2. Shoot a neutral color (White, Black, Gray)
3. Set Custom WB to that photo. (the one you just shot)
4. Choose Custom WB in camera setting
5. Take Photo
6. Check if Custom WB is correct

REMEMBER: Choose a white balance that suits the ambiance of the place you are shooting. 

Now, GO POINT AND SHOOT!

Alphabet Photography

DAY 5

Sir Rey discussed our prelim exam, which is the Letter photography and also an online exam.

After this, he let us out of the room to practice our creativity in finding letters from the alphabet. In this exercise, I really need to think outside the box!

It is indeed fun, and exciting at the same time. Because as much as possible I want to capture alphabet that is extremely unique. 

And this is the finished product:

    This is a collaborative effort of me and my mom. I take the photo while she holds the subject. It was a really nice bonding for both of us. Our favorite is the letter 'O', wanna know why? HAHA! it is the tail of our baby coco (our dog), isn't cute? :) I had a hard time layouting my photos, because the alphabet is consisting of 26 letter. And the layout format I used only have 25 insertion of photos. Look at what at did with letters 'X' and 'Y', hahaha! may it resembles that I hate math, (x and y) that's why they look the ugliest in my alphabet photography. HAHA! Well, I hope Sir Rey would give me good grades with this, *cross-fingers*

Lighting Patterns

DAY 4

Who new that there are different kinds of lighting in photography? My whole life I thought that as long as the model looks pretty, and looks very fair the lighting is good to go. haha! well, my photography class really helped me understand these things, now let me also share it with you.

DIFFERENT LIGHTING PATTERNS FOR PORTRAIT:

1) Split Lighting 

The subject has a strong light on one side that creates a shadow on the other side.
This type of lighting is used to make the subject look  little bit thinner. And this shows more drama.

2) Butterfly Lighting

This is also called Paramount, because "Paramount Pictures" always use this kind of lighting. And also often called as Glamour, because it is also common for beauty shots, and this lighting pattern is believe to give more beauty to the subject. The shadow creates a butterfly effect below the nose.

3) Rembrandt Lighting

The name is derived form Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, one of the greatest painter of all time. Because he is the first one to use this kind of lighting, wherein a triangular shape will appear in either side of your cheeks.

4) Loop Lighting

It is almost the same with Rembrandt the only difference is that the triangular shape's lines don't meet in the nose and cheeks. 

For my deliverable next week, I have this photo of my sister. tadaaaa!

She's my awesomely beautiful sister! c:  shot this at 11 in the evening, no light is coming from the room. I only use two BlackBerry cellphones here, one is in front of her, and the other is in her back to create rays, and also the bokeh effect. She's facing side-ward to maker her look thinner.

Light Painting

DAY 3

We explained our piece of work in front of the class (The photo I showed you last week; the flower_ It felt GREAT because Sir Rey actually commended my work, he said that the photo is sharp, it's in the rule-of-thirds, he also said "Very Good" the only comment is that my photo is over-exposed. It's okay, because I know my photos still have a lot of rooms for improvement, at least I'll take all the comments positively and I'll strive to have better photographs. 

I need not explain the exposure triangle because I believed that I've already discussed it during DAY 1 

I think I am getting better at this... somehow... I hope... hehe :c Just like the usual, Sir Rey told us to go out and practice all our learning in photography. And here goes my best shot of the day:

f/4.5     1/1000sec.     ISO 100

• Aperture is 4.5 - so that it would have a blurred background and in this case also the foreground.

• Shutter Speed is 1000 sec - well, it is not a moving subject. but I made the shutter speed fast because the setting is too bright.

• ISO is 100 - To balance the light of the area. 

Q: Why do I have to keep the shutter speed fast instead of just adjusting the ISO?

A: Simple. Because I want to maintain the sharpness of my photo.

LIGHT PAINTING

- The drawing of light

- It requires very slow shutter speed

I did this on DAY 1 of our photography class. As you can see, I did the light painting, I had my model (a classmate) the star the she drew is visible. But still, some parts of the photo, and also the subject (my classmate) is blurred and I did not like that. :c

f/4    5sec.   ISO-400    NO FLASH

Earlier, Sir Rey showed us some of the techniques on how to do light painting. And as for our assignment we need to produce a light painting of our own, and here's mine:

f/20     10sec.     ISO-800      WITH FLASH

Look! now I can even capture myself while doing the light painting. I just put my camera on a table to keep it steady, and timed it for 2 sec. and then presto! With just a little bit or artistry and agility to draw you too can be a painter of your own style! :)