ISO

DigitalTrends.com. CLICK HERE.

(from DigitalTrends.com)

• If your subject is moving and you’re trying freeze the motion for a still, you’ll likely need a higher ISOsetting to compensate for the high shutter speed and ensure your image gets enough light
• If you’re going for more of a vintage aesthetic and want to add a little bit of grain to your photos, don’t be afraid to bump up the ISO a few notches
• If you’re using a tripod to stabilize your camera you can usually get away with a slower shutter speed, which in turn allows you to use a lower ISO 
• If you’re shooting an image that doesn’t require a large depth-of-field, you can increase the camera’s aperture (thus allowing more light into the lens) and use a lower ISO
• If you’re shooting with artificial light (i.e., using a flash) you can typically get away with a lower ISOsetting

PROJ#5: SILHOUETTE (Back light) & SIDE LIGHT

DIRECTIONS

Make the following:

1.  8+ different and creative silhouette (back light) photographs

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2.  8+ direct side light photographs. 

Be Mindful of:

*A dark place (or nighttime), and ONE light source will most likely give you success. 

*Use a person as your subject matter. 
*Manipulate the position of the light to achieve different cast shadows and highlights.
*If you are using a light you cannot move, reposition your person so that the cast shadows and highlights are different from the previous photograph.

Bring to next class period.

METERING FOR SILHOUETTES:

To meter something means to tell the camera to measure light.

FIRST: 
Set the ISO a little lower than the light conditions need. (this will make the image slightly underexposed).

SECOND: 
1. On a phone camera, the metering happens when you tap the screen to lighten or darken your image. Tap the bright background light to make your subject in the middle become a silhouette. Then, take the picture.

2. On a camera, put your settings on AUTO for now (manual settings coming next).
Then, point the camera at the bright background and lightly press the shutter button to activate the light meter. Put your subject between you and the light. Then, snap the picture.

SILHOUETTES:

To create the silhouette effect, you must meter the exposure for the background (the brightest part of the image) and completely underexpose the foreground subject. When first learning silhouette photography sunrise and sunset are good times to practice because the sun can be positioned directly behind the subject you wish to underexpose. 

Silhouettes at The Atlantic. CLICK HERE.
Tips for killer silhouette photography. CLICK HERE.
50 examples. CLICK HERE.
How to photograph silhouettes. CLICK HERE.
Another how-to. CLICK HERE.

DIRECT SIDE LIGHT:

1. An obvious and distinctly dark shadow.

2. An obvious direction from where the light is emanating (FROM ONLY ONE SIDE!)

Front light vs. Side light. CLICK HERE.