Initially I began to wildly take photos of my object (The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne), however we were quickly reminded of some of things we learnt in in Level 4 such as framing etc. Proper lighting was set then up and we were reminded how to effectively use ISO to think about the surrounding light source. Examples below show the object in florescent (giving a pink shading), daylight (a yellowish shot) and custom (that a made to acclimate the camera to the lighting we were using). We were also shown how to create a white balance using a grey card which is used as grey is the perfect middle ground, allowing for a perfect contrast.
After this I focused on my cycling gear which made me feel like I was taking photos of museum items based on my life. Initially I had trouble as I was getting too close so the autofocus could work correctly, however once I realised everything else worked rather smoothly. I took photos from different angles to see how the light sources affected the balance of the photos, and even went as far moving the light sources to experiment further.
Eventually I felt as though I had experimented enough and took one final shot of The Scarlett Letter in a well lit shot.
This photography refresher should hopefully come in really useful when it comes to production time in my OUIL505 brief.
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