PROJECT #6: DIRECT SIDE LIGHT PORTRAITS

DIRECT SIDE LIGHT:

*NOTE: The shadow(s) for these portraits should be dark.

1. The light should illuminate your subject from an obvious side/direction.

2. Make FIVE+ photographs with this method.

3. If using the same person for all eight images, move the light (or the subject) so that each photo is illuminated differently. The differences might be slight, or dramatically obvious. Either way, you'll have a 'different' photo, and it is likely that one will be preferable over another (that's the point of doing multiples).

GENERAL NOTES:

*An obvious and distinctly dark shadow should be visible

**An obvious direction from where the light is emanating (FROM ONLY ONE SIDE)

Front light vs. Side light. CLICK HERE.

     

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PROJECT #5c: LIGHT WRITING

DIRECTIONS:

1. Do this outside at night, or in darkness. 

2. Use a small light source (pen light/sparkler/phone screen on bright/etc.)

3. Slow your shutter speed to a very slow time (1sec, 5sec, 10sec, 20sec, 30sec, BULB...). 

4. Position the camera on something sturdy so it will not move when the shutter is open. 

5. Have someone, or yourself, aim the light at the camera.

6. When ready, snap the picture (open the shutter) and write the word/phrase/something in the air with light source. 

7. Start at "1" on the list.

8. Enjoy the process. 

THE LIST (choose three+):

• a number
• a letter
• a word
• a symbol
• something funny
• something magical
• headlight/tail light blur
• a 'glow' of light in a room or outside
• ...your idea

IDEAS:
Long Exposure Ideas. CLICK HERE.

APPS FOR DOING THIS WITH PHONE:

Light writing APP for iPhone. CLICK HERE.

Holographium APP. CLICK HERE.

Light writing APP for Android. CLICK HERE.
More light writing APPS. CLICK HERE.

SITES FOR REFERENCE:
A PDF guide to light writing. CLICK HERE.
Possible light tools. CLICK HERE.
Light writing image search. CLICK HERE.
How to light write. CLICK HERE.
Light graffiti. CLICK HERE.
Light writing on Tumblr. CLICK HERE.
Here is another way to make a photograph with light writing. CLICK HERE.

HOW TO. CLICK HERE

Here are some GREAT examples. CLICK HERE.

Pablo Picasso draws with light. CLICK HERE.
Pixel Stick. CLICK HERE
Skeleton skateboarder. CLICK HERE.
HOW TO SHOOT LIGHT TRAILS HERE.

A gallery of star trails HERE.

Don Komarechka star trails and fireworks HERE.

Dan Heller star trails HERE.

How to make star trails photographs HERE.

An extreme example of making star trails photographs HERE.

The alphabet written in light HERE.

Interesting light writing site HERE.

(Possibly) helpful videos for further clarification: 

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STUDENT EXAMPLES:
  
 

PROJECT #5b: Motion Blur, Part 2

RATIONALE:  To make the same photo TWICE at two different shutter speeds to capture TWO DIFFERENT amounts of intentional motion blur. 

DIRECTIONS
1. Make photos for at least THREE of each of the subjects on the list below. 

2. Photograph each subject TWICE...at different shutter speeds. 
2. Record the shutter speed for EACH photo.

Remember: you are making TWO photographs of EACH subject. 

The point is to capture TWO different amounts of motion blur.

CAMERA SETTINGS:
*Just as in Part 1, slow your shutter speed to a fraction of a second (1/60, 1/30...

**If you have a DSLR camera, set the camera to w/an "S" setting. 

This is called "SHUTTER PRIORITY."

Set the shutter speed to your desired setting, and the camera should adjust the other settings automatically. 

PAST EXAMPLES TO GET YOU THINKING/PLANNING...