Week 3- cropping, colour and black and white

I hope you are starting to get your head around aperture and depth of field, remember, larger apertures (smaller F-stop number) and closer focal distances produce a shallower depth of field. Have a read of this webpage where the theory is explained in greater detail.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/depth-of-field.htm

Don't get too worried about how to work it out, you dont have to do that. You just have to be concerned with the depth of field, do you want it shallow or wide/deep? Try to remember, shallow = smaller number.


In today's lesson you had your first exciting commission! Taking photos of the band, one of the things to quickly get over is any shyness! Remember, you never see photographers, skulking at the back, you have to get in there to get your shot!


When you have identified your own pictures, experiment with cropping and turning the pics into black and white. You will find it makes such a difference to your compositions. When you are happy with your manipulation upload some before and after with the photo info ( aperture, shutter, ISO) included.

Your next task is to focus on COLOUR within depth of field.
Look or create some compositions where you are presented with a clear colour contrast. You could try placing an object, a croc shoe or a banana, something with a distinct colour, against a different background. What effect does the different colour contrasts and changing the depth of field have on the compositions? If you are good in photoshop you could try enhancing the colours. This is what we will do next lesson so please ensure you have a digital copy of your pics with you.


Remember, we have three SLR cameras you can borrow, try sharing between three or four of you and swop over after a couple of days and don't forget to sign them out.