Bird stop frame photography

Here is my stop frame photography. It's not the best but in future they'll improve.

Stop frame photography

So half term has come and gone. We've now moved onto stop frame photography. Stop frame photography consists of using people and objects. I was already aware of what was needed to be done, but it was just getting it done. Myself and members of the class were handed a camera (Canon 450D). We were given time to go and capture images. Here's a brief description of how to create a piece of stop frame photography. Let's say you have an object, you'll need to capture every bit of movement, you must move the object in slow steps. Once you play it back it should be a short film. He's the video i made. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV4wZFJx54Q

Low key lighting lesson

Today i started off by looking into a photography book of images of low key lighting. Low key light accentuates the contours of an object by throwing areas into shade while a fill light or reflector may illuminate the shadow areas to control contrast.

We used black flags to stop the light reflecting, we had a light above and to the left of the camera. After taking a few photos we change around the settings to get different effects. I'm camera shy, so i didn't have a photo taken. I did take a few though, and i will upload when i receive them. Also we uploaded the pictures we had taken onto a editing software called lightroom. Here is an example.

Still life photography

Today, myself and classmates focused on the topic of still life photography. Above is an exmple. Firstly we concentrated on looking at how to set up the DSLR camera. The DSLR camera was attached to a cambo stand. We were shown how to adjust the settings and the camera to the lighting conditions of the room by using a light meter. A light meter is used to measure the amount of light. The light meter is used to determine the proper exposure for a photograph. Once to test the light meter on it will then give you recommended settings (f-stop and shutter speed) which you then input on the camera. Were given a tutorial but then we had to go and do it ourselves, which includes setting the camer settings to the light meter. Here is an image i had taken.