6 STATION SHOOT-IN CLASS

6 station shoot - in class

In class 4 station shoot - Feb. 2

On Monday, Feb. 2 we will be down in the SW Room to do a series of station shoots. These will include: Water drops, Black Acrylic Glass, Light painting/Spinning/circles of lights, Bubbles/planet, Focus Stacking and a surprise station.

I would like you to do a little research on what we might actually do with these "stations".

In google - do a search for those 5 topics and see what you come up with - you will have to add the word photography at the end of each of the topics. On your blog - post at least one image that you found and write one paragraph on how the images were created. Include supplies, camera settings, or anything else you think would be relevant to have a successful shoot that day.

Have a Great Weekend!!

water droplet

To capture water drop photography, you will need a container to hold the water and something to actually drop the water consistently and in the same spot.  If you want to get different shots, you can add soap or rinse-aid to change the surface tension of the water.  Another thing you can do to make your water drop shots different is add food coloring to change the color of the water.

 

 

black acrylic

 

 

 

Items you need to capture photographs like this are black acrylic glass and a subject to photograph.  In this photo, the photographer used a violin found at a pawn shop and painted it white.  The violin was placed on the black glass in front of a black velvet background to ensure the focus was all on the subject of the picture. (Photographer used no background for another image but an f/16 aperture and kept the shot far away enough from the wall of his basement so the light fall-off guaranteed a dark background.)

Light painting/Spinning/circles of lights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some equipment necessary for light painting is a sturdy tripod, a remote trigger (to get long exposures), and lens hood.  Other items that are nice to have but not essential are a powerful flashlight for light painting, a portable flash, rain covers for your camera/camera bag/yourself.  Images should be shot in raw and manual mode.  Choose the lowest possible ISO to reduce noise and keep shutter speed low.  (Focus your camera then switching to manual focus can also be helpful)

 

 

 

 Bubbles/planet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things you need to capture bubbles in photography are (obviously) bubbles and a camera.  If you want to capture the bubble bursting, set your camera to a high shutter speed.  Try to capture reflections in the bubbles to make the shot more unique and interesting.

 

 

Focus Stacking 

 

 

 

 

Equipment you will need: a really steady tripod, a macro lens, a super precision matte focusing screen for manual focusing, and processing software.  To achieve images like this you must take several images of the same thing from the same spot but just focused on different areas of the subject.  Make sure you do not move your camera or tripod between images as it well mess up your shots.