dSLR Class Assignment for April 9th

I am so Sorry that I have waited this long to post this – BUT, here is your assignment

1. I want you pick a subject – any subject and shoot pictures of from as many different angles and with as many different lens focal lengths (wide angle, telephoto, ect.) as possible. Make sure you are metering for the subject and watching the histogram as you shoot. Expose so that the bulk of the reading on the histogram is on the right side (without it touching the far right line).

2. Choose another subject (For sure a person this time). I want you to take pictures of it with as many different light sources as possible. A few ideas:

• Window light from a large window
• light from a lamp
• light from an overhead florescent fixture
• a flash
• the sun
• overcast sky
• candle light
• the TV
• Anything else you can think of

As you are shooting these images I want you to note you things:

1. The shadows…are they harsh or soft? Is there a very strong and distinct line between the shadow and where there is light or is that “line” very subtle and soft? How does the size of the light source affect the shadows?
2. Where the shadows fall on the face. Does a high light source give  more pleasing light or a low one?

This picture of wind blown yellow flowers was shot

by my cousin, Andy Mills from Atlanta while 

we were on a phototrip to the White Mountain

Apache reservation near White River, Az in Sept 2008

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