In the first lesson of our course we got given our project briefs. The starting project title was ‘contrast’. In a group discussion we all came up with some terms which helped us understand the idea of contrast. The term that came up the most had to be ‘comparison’, other terms like distinction, disagreements and opposites came up aswell.
Catherine told us the basic meaning for contrast which was simply, to show differences when compared.
Again, as a group, we arrived with many ‘contrasting’ situations, some were:
Black and white
Rich and poor
Curvature and linear
Landscape and portrait
Reality and surrealism
Male and female etc
After discussing the many ideas for our contrast project we got taught how to use our cameras. I have my own Digital SLR camera so I didn’t need to use the ones that were hadn’t out but what we learnt would also be applicable for the 35mm film cameras. We got taught about the exposure of an image and how to change it via the camera. We got about this by changing the shutter speed and changing the aperture (f-numbers). An example of how this effects could be that taking a photo with a very quick shutter speed i.e. stop motion, the amount of light let in would be minimal because the shutter opens and closes too quick. I could see this effect on my images I took.
Our next task was to go outside and take some images, seeing as there were cars and street lamps which was ideal for testing out long-exposure. One effect that was captured while doing this was light painting where the shutter speed is set for about 2+seconds and then a light trail is recorded.
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