Project 58 - contrast and shadow fill

For this project I had to make a still-life scene and take photos in different light or exposer.
Let's first see the photos:

Part 1
The light is 3 feet from the side of the subject, right to the camera. There is no diffuser. I took 5 photos of 5 exposers:

exposer -2

exposer -1

exposer 0

exposer +1

exposer +2

Part 2
The light is 3 feet from the side of the subject, right to the camera, with diffuser. I took 5 photos of 5 exposers:

exposer -2

exposer -1

exposer 0

exposer +1

exposer +2

The difference between the photos with diffuser and the one without is so clear! The photos with the diffuser have the same amount of light in all of the elements (i.e. if the whole photo is dark, all the elements in the photo will be as dark as the whole) and you can't really tell where the light coming from. there is no contrast. The photos without the diffuser will show us clearly the contrast between the lit elements and the not-lit ones, like the front of this 'lorry-kettle'.

Part 3
The light and camera are in the same positioning, and a white carton has added directly infront of the light:

The carton is 3 feet from the subject

The carton is 1.5 feet from the subject

The photos are slightly less contrast than the photo without diffuser, and the whole photos are more lit.

Part 4
I have added an aluminum foil on the carton.

shiny cover

dull cover

'crumbled and smooth again' cover

Again, the contrast is smaller than the first photos with no diffuser, and there are changes in contrast between the aluminum stats - the crumbled and smooth again' cover made the biggest contrast, while the dull made the smallest.

I think the best lighted photo is the mid-exposer when the light is 3 feet from the side of the subject, right to the camera, with diffuser. This photo brings the whole subject in the right light with not to much light.

Project 57 - lightning angle

In this project I had examine taking photos from different angles of light

Part 1 - Light is in the same level as subject

The light (and diffuser)
is in front of the subject.
You can clearly see the little details.


The light is on the side if the subject. you can see that in the mother's face where half of her face is in light and half in dark. it makes a more mysteries feeling to the photo.


The light is behind and slightly to the side of the object. most of the subject is in shadow.


The light is directly behind the object. you can see the subject as a silhouette and just distinguish a little between the dark and the white parts



Part 2 - The light is raised to 45 degrees

The light is in front of the subject. couldn't take it from the front but slightly aside. still I think it comes really nice.


The lightning is side ways.


The light is behind and slightly to the side


The light is behind the subject. you can see a little more details than the photo with the light in the same level but still most id in the dark.



Part 3 - the light is overhead the subject.
Here becuase of technical problems I couldn't use a diffused:

Light is directly above the subject. to much light!


Light is slightly behind. I love this lightning!


Light is slightly in front. again, to much light.


That was a very interesting project. I especially liked the sides angles which tent to be 'half hiding, half reviling'... I think my favorite photo would be the one when the light is raised to 45 degrees and is in front of the subject. It just made the exact feeling of warm and terdeness I get from this subject of the mum holding her 2 boys.

Project 56 - softening the light

For this project I was asked to take two photos: one with direct light and the other with a translucent material between the light source and the object.

Photo No.1: naked light


Photo No.2: with a translucent material between the light source and the object


There is a big different between the two photos, and the biggest one is the sharpness of the photos, being the first one much more sharp then the second as well as the colours more strong and contrasting. I deliberately placed the light on the side of the object so we could see the difference in the shadow the object creates, being much stronger in the first photo.

Project 55 - light intensity

For this project I was asked to do the same as in project 38 but this time I have to measure the aperture vs distance from a light source. As I'm coming from an engineering background, before the project I already assume what the graph will look like - an exponential drop as we grow with the distance. And I was right:



In the book I was asked how many f stops would you have to open up the aperture to give the same exposure?Opening the aperture by one f-stop will let in twice as much light. Since the light level is 4 times less, we’d need to open up by two f-stops.

more was asked why this is not apply for sunlight - well, the distance of the sun from any object on earth is so big that it becomes irrelevant. BUT it will be interesting to make a photo in a normal camera of the moon and then to do that again on the moon itself and then to see the differences!

Project 54 - outdoors at night

For this project I needed to take photos of the outdoors at night-time. Here are photos from my break in Bruges, Belguim. In akk the photos I didn't use any source of light: