So, after the 'Blood Moon' adventure that was (or wasn't) last Monday, our session on Thursday came around - and they are fast running out! Although one has been added due to the one lost as a result of ACL being full due to a Council Workers Meeting day, we still only have FOUR left, and as one of those is the final session after half-term; we have to have completed all of the work on our Workbooks and final Portfolio of 6 themed A3 images (our Project) by the 14th February! I'm lucky (I think) in that I've run my idea past Richard (our Tutor) and he seems on-board with it, so I'm busy refining and honing it and deciding upon the type and colour of mount I shall use as well as making sure that my 'shoot' days are feasible given my physical limitations. So, it's all systems go from here until sunset... Our session last Thursday was quite a lot of fun; we got to take photos using a Studio Light and Softbox, and one of our number - the lovely Claire - volunteered to be our model for the afternoon. Our task was to use the accessories in three ways (no it's okay, this is not Masterchef) and we had the following situations to photo: 1) Studio Light with a Softbox, Diffuser and 'Grid' 2) Studio Light with the Softbox and Diffuser 3) Studio light on its own You can see our lovely model and part of our setup below... Now, I had a slightly different challenge from others as my Full-frame Canon has a naturally wider 'arc' of field than APS-C cameras and as I only had my trusty 17-40mm lens to hand, I had to get in a lot closer to take the photos I wanted to take in order to show how the varying lighting configurations changed the results achieved. I should have used my EF 70-200mm F/2.8L USM lens, as that would have been 'easier' for this task.
It was fun and I came away with some nice images - to be honest all of them are much better than the one above. [Oh come on! I have to save the best for my workbook and documents to be submitted. I can't go wasting them on you lot!]. Overall, as we near the end of the course, I'm happy with my level of work, commitment and most of the results that I am achieving in my current crop of photographs. I know I have some work ahead of me as I only have a week or so to get my 'Themed' Images into some sort of state to be processed and then printed at the A3 size that is required. I think that I've found the place that I'll be using for the printing side of them - DS Colour Labs. They seem to be fairly priced, offer a good turnaround speed, and from my limited experience of using them (12 A4 copies I've had printed for an earlier part of the course) they were nicely packaged, had a good colour spread and overall as the saying used to go 'came out nicely again'. So, full steam ahead Cap'n and carry on 'til morning... Stay safe all, and keep snapping. Alan
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Alan MitchellI'm always trying to capture that fleeting 'moment' in time -whether by taking a photo or writing a poem. My attempts to capture that illusive feeling, sight, sensation or sound in some way is, to me, magical. Archives
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