Blurr technique page

Set the studio camera to a slow shutter speed- I used one second.

Have a continuous light source (model light stays on) -used red head light

Use the polystyrene boards to protect background from the light (black)

make sure the white balance matches the light source

Blur technique image bank

This image bank demonstrate the blur technique in photography, they are all similar in the way that in almost all the pictures there is one part or object that is in focus and not blurred which is the main focus and the rest is blurred. Obviously the blurred part is the part of the photograph that is moving for example the train and the bus. From looking at the pictures I have put into my image bank it is evident that when blurring it looks more appealing when there is a lot of colours in the picture. This can be seen in the comparison between the last two pictures as the grey train does not look as eye catching as the bright red bus. 

      I would say the first picture in this image bank is slightly weaker than the rest as there is no stationary non moving focused part to look at as it is of two dancers moving simultaneously, I personally don't think this looks as good as the others where there is a non blurred part to look at and emphasise the blurred movement. 

I particularly like the composition and use of colour in the bus picture as the red of the post box and the bus brings the picture together as one. The fact that is it also taken when it's dark means that the lights on the bus look good as it's moving this is similar to the second picture in the image bank. 

The overlay technique

For this technique you need two separate photographs and place them on top of each other in photoshop then you must double click on the background layer and make it into it's own layer. From here you experiment with the opacity and can rub out the bits you don't want an overlay effect of. Then flatten the image and do curve/levels to your desired effect.

Overlay work diary

Work Diary

     Today I shot pictures to produce an overlay technique in photoshop which is a variation of multiple imagery. I did this on a location shoot where I had to take two separate pictures one being of a head shot and another picture of texture/pattern to overlay it. I liked doing this technique compared to other multiple imagery as it enables you to have more creative control over the outcome of the pictures as you can choose what you rub out and keep whilst just generally experimenting.

This is the first picture I took and edited. I don't think this one is too interesting. I prefer the lower picture as I experimented with the opacity more and I think the two pictures look like the go together unlike my first example. To improve on these pictures I think I could find patterns with more vibrant colours to overlay as I think it would have a more powerful effect than the particular ones I took on this shoot.

There are ways I could incorporate this technique in to my personal project, for instance if I was doing a fashion advertisement/marketing shoot i could take pictures of the clothes/person whereing the clothes and overlay it on to a interesting background to make the photos have more of a dramatic impact.

Multiple flash technique

1. For multiple technique you have to set the camera to the slowest bulb.

2. before the shoot you must take a light reading and match the apiture on the camera to the light reading outcome.

3. It is easier to have the camera set up on a tripod when doing multiple flash

4. model has to stand in light

5.after the camera is focused the model light needs to be turned off

6. you must hold the camera button down then click the trigger when you want the flash to go off (this takes the picture)

7.in between clicking the trigger you must get your model to move in order for this to work

8. take your finger off the camera button

9. TAH DAH your picture will then appear on the camera screen.

Work Diary, multiple flash

multiple flash. 

I think this shoot went well and am pleased with my shots against the black background. Initially when I took my photos the background wasn't quite black enough but I was able to correct this is photoshop using the 'eye dropper' tool. From doing this technique I was able to find out that when doing multiple flash it is more effective to not use the flash to take a picture too many time- and that 2 to 3 flashes work best (as seen in my example pictures) because if too many flashes are fired the pictures become too light.

I think this example is a particular strong one and the two separate images of lydia are strong and not faded. although to improve I think if I covered the model light more when I actually took the picture then when I edited the photo her skin tone would not have turned so orange in colour.

Image bank, multiple flash!

multiple flash!

The photos in this image bank show multiple flash, each photograph shows a picture repeated but in a lot of these photos the image gets lighter when the flash is repeated. This image bank shows that multiple flash works better when against a darker background which can be clearly seen in the first photo in the image bank.