Using A Polarizer

I recently bought some filters and one of them was a Polarizer filter. I using a highly reflective subject to test it out.

Here you can see the reflection is present on the side of the car in the first picture not has disappeared in the second.

Shutter Speeds

I decided to go to a motorway bridge at night to experiment with different shutter speeds and light trails.

I noticed that the slower the shutter speed the longer the light trails from the headlights and they were longer on the cars that were closer.

ISO 800

Shutter Speed - 1.0 sec

Aperture F5.0

Drop Focus

DROP FOCUS TECHNIQUE

This is when you employ a shallow depth of field, (f.5.6 in this case), but change your focal point to an area of the image. The focal length extends to both sides of the point of focus, so here we see blurring in the foreground and to the rear of the focal point.

Magic Hour

In photography, the Magic Hour(also known as golden hour) is the first and last hour of a sunlight during the day, when a specific photographic effect is achieved with the quality of the light.

The light is softer and warmer in hue, and shadows are longer. When the Sun is near the horizon, sunlight travels through more of the atmosphere, reducing its intensity, so that more of the illumination comes from the sky.

These are some images i took from ikea car park in Manchester where I witnessed a really incredible sunset!I only had my compact camera at the time but found the images were brilliant -even with just auto settings

Capturing ambient light and using slow slow shutter speeds

Nightclub Photography - What an ace night! met some amazing people and got to photograph and meet one of the top world class djs of the moment! cant wait to do some more events and practice! nightclub photography is by far the hardest thing ive done so far but when the results come out right theres a great sense of satisfaction!

ISO 200

F4.5

1/4s

I love the light trails on this image! the turn tables are very clear and the pioneer logo looks great.

ISO 800

F5.6

1.0s

I found it really difficult to freeze the motion of the DJ without the strobe flashing away! but i found that this was a really successful photograph as he is very clear and sharp and the colours look really effective.

ISO- 800

F13

4.0s

High Iso for low light conditions. No flash to pick up loats of colour. a slow shutter speed allowed enough light to enter the lens and see the people a good amount of movemnet has been picked up. not sure why my aperture was set to f13 but i wonder if it would have come out as well with a lower aperture setting?

ISO 800

F5.6

0.6s

I used a very slow shutter speed to pick up the movement of his legs but used the 2nd curtain flash to freeze the motion as to not blur the face. Think this came out pretty well.

Depth Of Field

Depth of field is the range of distance within the subject that is acceptably sharp. The depth of field varies depending on camera type, aperture and focusing distance, although print size and viewing distance can influence our perception of it.

term called the "circle of confusion" is used to define how much a point needs to be blurred in order to be perceived as unsharp. When the circle of confusion becomes perceptible to our eyes, this region is said to be outside the depth of field and thus no longer "acceptably sharp." The circle of confusion above has been exaggerated for clarity; in reality this would be only a tiny fraction of the camera sensor's area.

I then created my own photographs using this technique

Commercial Photograph - Objects brief

Iso - 200 F8.0 1/30s

The photograph is very under exposed

Iso - 200 F8.0 1/30s

This photograph is better but still under exposed. I needed to use a top light to light up the lid.

Iso - 200 F8.0 1/30s

Iso - 200 F8.0 1/15s

Iso - 200 F11 1/8s

Iso - 200 F11 1/125s