Light Painting Again

I tried another attempt at home to do some light painting, I got my housemates to wave a torch around in the kitchen with all the lights switched off.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 0.8 Sec

This appears evidently too short in time, but they stopped waving the torch too early and I framed it too off.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/5

After adjusting the timing to a time that had worked well in the studio, this was the result. I find it quite tonal but it was out of focus, which always has been a problem since I've tried it at home.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/8

This was more improved, less time so that there was less of the fuzzy glow, the torch was in focus and I had rested the camera on a pile of catalogues on the table..I still know I need a tripod for this exercise! But I am pleased with this result, it's the best one of the lot.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/8

They had accidently knocked open the curtains, however, I am rather impressed by the effect it made! It looks like fire almost because of the orange glow! 

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/8

Here is another attempt at this 'fire' effect, this time I waved the camera around aswell as the torch being waved around. I feel that it would be better if there had been a particular shape drawn.

(ISO - 100) f3.5 1/4

I wanted to light up my housemate and have shapes drawn around them, at first, I thought their laptop would light them up, I changed the shutter speed and aperture too. This didn't work because the laptop light wasn't bright enough, I needed a flash.

(ISO - 100) f3.5 1/13

(ISO - 100) f3.5 1/13

I used the flash this time round, shortened the time when I should have left it or rose the aperture, but I think the results show that they worked quite well this way, the blurriness could have been resolved with a tripod though!

I'd be quite happy to try these out outside one day to involve a landscape inside the frame too.

Night Photography (Shutter Speed Assignment)

Here are a collection of photos I took at night time using a slow shutter speed.

(ISO - 100) f3.5 1/4

 I took this as soon as I was outside, just to adjust the settings. It's the most sharpest one and the rest were too dark.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/4

 A few photos later, I got out into the street and I'd changed my settings before then, so this didn't quite capture the street lights very well, they're merely floating dots! 

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1 sec

 The aperture was at it's limit so I had to change the shutter speed, thankfully this got the correct exposure but I had a weakness of trying to be too quick at this shoot, so unfortunately was out of focus. This is pure practice though, I've never photographed night properly like this. I need a tripod!

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/3

 I wanted a nice street view, this one was ahead of me, I adjusted the seconds on it as there was a more even light. I had several goes to actually get it in focus this time, this was the most focused one and I'm actually quite proud of it! I still feel like it's on the softer side though.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1/3

 I decided to try out some lighting trails using car headlights as they went past, I've done this before but not stood out on the street. I felt this shot was too early and too short in exposure, the line is short.

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1 sec

(ISO - 100) f5.6 1 sec

(ISO - 100) f5.6  0.8 sec

Then these were more of the results with a longer exposure to get these more better light trails.

I feel that I will come back to these and try them again one day and hopefully create some wonderful night time images!

Shutter Speed - Experiment (Light Painting)

I decided to try out some light painting at home with a torch.

(ISO - 200) f4 2 Sec

 This was a difficult experiment because my walls are so closed in compared to the studio and they are white meaning the light reflects around the room easily, so as you can see, you can see the room still here.

(ISO - 100) f4 5 Sec

 I then turned to the middle of my room that had no wall and quickly waved the torch in front of the camera and it came out with this!

(ISO - 100) f4.5 5 Sec

 Thought I would try a still long exposure on the hand over the torch whilst I was trying to focus ready for another light painting capture, but for some reason it wasn't in focus! Neither was this next image!

(ISO - 100) f4.5 5 Sec

(ISO - 100) f4.5 5 Sec

I think I will try this again in a more darker area like outside at night or something like that.

Shutter Speed - Gig Photos (Movement)

On Saturday I went to a gig and I tried out a variety of settings. Some came out interesting like this..

(ISO - 100) f3.5 1.3 Sec

(ISO - 100) f3.5 2.6 Sec

(ISO - 100) f3.5 1.6 Sec

(ISO - 100) f3.5 3.5 Sec

(ISO - 100) f3.5 3.2 Sec

These are using a flash along with a slow shutter speed. It creates a blur of light along with having the subject lit up. It's called the 'Flash and Blur' technique.

(ISO - 800) f3.5 1/4

(ISO - 800) f3.5 1/4

(ISO - 800) f3.5 1/4

(ISO - 800) f3.5 1/4

These are generically what you could class as failed images in comparison to the usual gig images you see, but they capture movement and the subject is still in the frame, so they're interesting to look at as they capture the energy of the musicians.