Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse, September 27, 2015. Left image: 70-300mm lens @ 270mm, ISO 1000, aperture f/5.3, shutter speed 1.3 secs. Right image: 70-300mm lens @ 300mm, ISO 800, aperture f/13, shutter speed 1/1250 sec.
To photograph the moon: 1. Use a tripod! A flat surface will only allow you to shoot straight, and shooting the moon means that you'll be shooting up and constantly re-adjusting the tripod as the moon moves throughout the night.2. Use a shutter release cord, remote or the camera's self timer if you don't have one, so that you don't move the camera when pressing the shutter release during a long exposure. 3. Use a zoom lens and zoom in as much as you can to the moon. It's okay if it's not a super fancy lens, this was shot using a 15 year old $100 lens. Focus in on the craters and details on the moon. 4. ISO 1250- 1600, so that you can use as fast a shutter speed as you can without losing detail-the longer the shutter speed, the more chances you have the camera will shake even slightly in the wind, resulting in an out of focus photograph. 5. Aperture priority of f/5.6 since you are not worried about capturing any details other then the moon. 6. Bracket your exposure, meaning over expose and underexpose the photograph from what the camera is telling you. Generally the camera will overexpose the moon, so you'll get nothing but a white blob in the sky. Use the exposure compensation button (the +/- button below the shutter release) and change the exposure to -0.5, then -1.0, then -1.5 and so on, until you start seeing detail in the moon. You may go as far as -5.0 exposure compensation to get what you need. 7. Take a fair amount of photos and keep refocusing as the night progresses. The photographs may look focused on the camera's display, but you won't really see if they're completely in focus until you upload them onto your computer screen.
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To achieve the 'light painting' effect, the room in which the photos were taken was completely darkened. The camera was placed on a tripod and set in manual mode with manual focus, My partner stood in front of the camera and created designs with a cellphone app. We used the app myLightPaint, which provided various colored lines/ dots/ shapes to create a light designs with.
1. To change the camera to be in shutter priority, turn the mode dial to S (Shutter Speed). To change the shutter speed, slightly press on the shutter button and the display on the screen should appear. On the screen, you will see what shutter speed, ISO, and aperture the camera is set to. Using the rear dial, you are able to adjust the shutter speed as desired.
2. The faster the shutter speed, the more the subject(s) will appear to be frozen or suspended in air. The slower the shutter speed, the more the subject(s) will appear blurry - able to see motion in the picture. In the pictures taken, I see the images progressively getting more focused and the subjects become suspended in air. 3. Shutter speed can be incredibly useful in many situations. If a photographer wants to capture their subject frozen in mid-air, then a fast shutter speed is ideal ( i.e. 1/1,000) If a more blurred motion look is desired, use a slower shutter speed (i.e. 1/3) to get the blurred effect in the image. To get a smooth look in the image (such as on water), a slower shutter speed is also ideal. 4. Shutter Speed Notes *Shutter Speeds are both a technical and aesthetic choice a photographer needs to make before releasing the shutter. *The shutter inside your camera controls the duration of time the sensor is exposed to light. *Capturing blur or motion in your photograph can emphasize movement and add drama *A fast shutter speed is often utilized to freeze the movement of a subject *A slower shutter speed can be used to show motion and visualize movement *Shutter speeds are expressed as seconds or fractions of seconds (1/8000- 1/4000- 1/2000- 1/1000- 1/500- 1/250) *As a general rule to prevent unintentional camera shake you should avoid handholding your digital cameras at shutter speeds slower than 1/ 2 x Focal length Example: When using a 200mm lens avoid using shutter speed slower than 1/400 *Using a tripod can help eliminate camera shake when using slower shutter speed *The visual blur and suggestion of movement occurs because the subject is moving against a static background *Layering motion of different subjects moving different directions at different speeds can set up interesting dynamics within a photograph *Fast shutter speeds can make normal subjects appear to freeze in the air *When photographing people running relatively close to the camera, a shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second or faster should freeze most motion *The distance the subject is from the camera, the speed of the subject, and the focal length of the lens will affect whether the subject is sharp or blurred *Slower shutter speeds can help convey the idea of motion and movement *Slow shutter speeds combined with panning can help isolate the subject form a busy and distracting background *A tripod combined with a long exposure can capture the fireworks’ trails *Water movement can be emphasized with long exposure Daguerreotype *Is an early method of photography created by Louis-Jaques-Mandé Daguerre (1839) *The process of making a daguerreotype starts with a silver-plated copper plate. The plate is first buffed and polished until it resembles a mirror. The plate is then sensitized to light over iodine and bromine in specialized, light-proof boxes. *Is a negative and positive image at the same time *The images last a long time- 200 years+ and remain in pristiene condition *Allows for infinite detail Cyanotype
*Is the photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print or image. (Created by Sir John Herschel- 1842) *Made from two types of salt: potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate In a darkened room (no UV light) mix equal parts of solution A and B. The solution is now light sensitive and should be used immediately and stored in complete darkness. In the same darkened room, coat a piece of watercolor paper (90 pound works well) using a small paint brush and dry the paper using a hair dryer. The paper may be stored in a light-tight box for later use. Using the contact printing method expose the paper to full sun for 15-20 minutes. The yellow emulsion should turn to a steel blue grey color. Exposure times vary greatly depending upon the strength of the UV source and the density of the negative. Artificial light source rich in UV may be used with testing. Develop/ rise in water until stain clears. A few drops of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide may be added to the water solution to enhance the blue color Air dry to complete the cyanotype. *Non silver process is unique to the time period, most other photography processes are silver based. *Commonly known as the "blue print". |
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