6. Photography Basics – Lighting: Diffusing/Diffusers
Examples of different diffusers/ ways of diffusing
Holding a white paper over Putting bottle bottom
the flash over flash
This is my diffuser –
used to take pictures of small
objects, rather than outside or
Holding a white screen people as its an enclose cube-
Using white reflective where the flash is like shape
umbrella's flashing
7. Photography Basics – Lighting: Diffusing/Diffusers
DIFFUSED BEFORE
DIFFUSED BEFORE
8. Photography Basics – Deep Focus
Poor focus of
Everything in
everything in
shot is focused
shot
10. Lighting – High Key
What is high key lighting?
• reduces the lighting ratio present in the scene
• High key photos are very bright
• Doesn’t have very strong contrasts
12. Lighting – Low Key
What is low key lighting?
• Creates dark looking photographs
• Low-key lighting often uses only one key light,
optionally controlled with a fill light or a
simple reflector
• Creates strong contrast
• Low key lighting describes any scene with a high
lighting ratio,
14. Shutter speed – what is it?
• It’s the exposure time - the length of time a
camera's shutter is open
• It is how quickly a shutter opens
15. Shallow focus
What is shallow focus?
• When the main object or person is in focus
and the background is blurry
• Incorporates a small depth of field
17. Composition – rule of
thirds/powerpoints
Rule of thirds
• It is the theory that an image should be imagined as
divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced
horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines
• Also the idea that important compositional elements
should be placed along these lines or their intersections
• Purpose is to make photographs look more pleasant to
view
18. Composition – rule of
thirds/powerpoints
Powerpoints
• Similar to rule of thirds
• its the 4 axis points where the horizontal and
vertical lines join.
• The theory is that objects positioned in the
powerpoints create the finest composition
20. Lighting - Fill
Fill lighting is used fill in any shady or
dark areas by placing
Used to give a more clearer rounded
photograph
21. Lighting – Fill (Found Images)
Without Fill Lighting With Fill Lighting
• Only one direct light on the persons •Fill lighting used to highlight and
face show all features and details in the
• Making the rest of the image dark image giving even and enough light
and features cannot be seen for all to be seen
22. Lighting – Fill (Found Images)
Without Fill Lighting With Fill Lighting
•Without the whole face is not •With fill lighting features are
visible visible and clear to see
23. Shutter Speed – Fast & Slow
Shutter speed determines the clarity and effect of an image taken...
Slow Shutter speed Mid-Shutter Speed Fast Shutter Speed
•The longer the shutter is •The shutter is open for a •The shutter is open for
open the more it will take shorter period of time less an a split second
in •Being able to capture •Capturing a clear image
•Producing a blurry image movement a bit more of an moving object or
and an object or thing is in clearer thing
motion
24. Shutter Speed – Fast & Slow (Found Image)
With fast shutter speed its more With slow shutter speed all you
clear as the shutter has been open see is a blur as the shutter has
for a very short period of time taken in so much information
taking less information
25. Transferring Photos To Computer
Their are many ways to Transfer images to your computer, some of which are...
iCloud SD Card Social Media
If the image is taken from your phone
there are different options to send to
your computer
Using iCloud an online storage An SD card holding all your
service you can send the image photos can be taken and
electronically inserted into an SD slot on your
computer/laptop
26. Composition – Changing Angle/Perspective
Changing angle is using different position
and angles to give different
views/perspective of an otherwise normal
setting
This makes images more interesting and
eye catching to the viewer
27. Composition – Changing Angle/Perspective
(Found Images)
This angle give the image more life and This image taken from the ground up give the
looks exciting and a rush building more height and more eye catching
28. Composition – Changing Angle/Perspective (My
Image)
This image taken from above gives a more
interesting view than what would have been if
on the ground
29. What does reflecting light mean?
• Reflection is defined as the bouncing back of a ray of light into the
same medium, when it strikes a surface.
• It occurs on almost all surfaces - some reflect a major fraction of the
incident light.
• Others reflect only a part of it, while absorb the rest.
30. A found example
• There is a dark shadow on her • There is much more light on the neck
neck caused by her chin. now because its being reflected.
Without Reflector With Reflector
31. A found example
• Dark shadow on her face and
body caused by object from • The colour of her top is much darker due to lack of light.
above blocking light. • With a reflector the top becomes lighter.
• The light
reflecting is
filling the dark
areas of the
previous photo.
Without Reflector With Reflector
32. my example
How I used a home-made light reflector:
• I took a laminated piece of paper.
• I wrapped the paper in tinfoil.
• I then held the paper up next to the subject.
• The tinfoil reflected the light in the room onto the subject.
