Assigned: Week #8 10/26/11
Due Date: Week #9 11/2/11
Images Due: 10 Final Digital Images (but shoot at least 25 and edit to your favorite 10!)
Prints Due: Week #11 11/16/11 2 Final pints (1 from Part A and 1 from Part B)
Details:
To be shot in RAW file format and Manual Exposure Mode!
*You may want to use higher Digital ISO settings, as well as a tripod.
For this assignment, you are going to explore color temperatures using your digital camera as your tool.
As with any assignment, make the most interesting compositions you can! Although it’s a technical assignment, you should still concentrate on making a beautiful photograph while illustrating the color temperature concepts.
Part A - Color Temperatures (edited to 5 final shots):
I would like you to shoot multiple subjects (people, landscapes, or still lifes - your choice) illuminated by light sources that each have their own unique color temperatures. Please set your camera to the daylight white balance preset (the sun icon which presets your camera to around 5000K, or set it manually). Then shoot at least 20 images lit by different types of light sources such as fluorescent, tungsten, floodlamp, neon, mercury or sodium vapor (streetlights), etc. Explore subjects illuminated by multiple light sources in the same shot to further understand the concepts of white balance.
Keep in mind that you should be shooting outdoors at night, dusk, dawn, or indoors in order to have a majority of your scene illuminated by artificial sources. Therefore, I highly recommend shooting with a high ISO (so sensor is more sensitive to the light) and using a tripod (because you may be shooting with very slow shutter speeds!).
Part B - Time of Day (edited to 5 final shots):
To further illustrate the concepts of color temperature, you are going to shoot the same scene at different times of the day. I want you to pick an outdoor landscape scene that you can go back to multiple times on the same exact day. Shoot the same subject at least 5 times during the day ranging from early morning to late evening. For example, shoot at 6:30am, 7, noon, 5pm, and 6pm. Make sure you document what time of day your shots were captured and shoot a majority at sunrise and sunset since that’s when color temps change dramatically! (October Sunrise 7:20am, Sunset 6pm!)
You are welcome to capture the same exact framing, or shoot a couple different angles of the same scene while you are there each time. Be sure it is an interesting image though and be sure to bracket your exposures to guarantee proper exposure.
It would also be in your best interest to shoot on relatively clear days to more accurately demonstrate light and color changes. Start on this as soon as you can, because if you wait until the last minute, I’m sure the weather will stink and your grade will reflect your results!
Submit all 10 digital files (at least!) in class next week labeled appropriately.
Example File Naming = “A3_Name_A_Tungsten.CR2” or “A3_Name_B_6:30am.CR2”
Give a 5 star rating, or a color label using the Label menu in Bridge, to your 10 favorite photos.
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