Histograms 

high key scene 

  

Most of the pixels fall to the right. there are no pixels that are clipping (that won't print with detail.)

Low Key Scene

     

Most of the pixels fall to the left of the histogram. There are no pixels that won't print with detail.

Varied Tones

   

Most of the pixels fall in the middle of the image but leans more towards the left side. There no pixels that won't print with detail. This histogram shows the most dynamic range. 

Assignment 1: Shutter + Aperture

Shallow DOF

Deep DOF

Freeze Motion

Blurred Motion

Lens Depth Distortion 

 - what happens to the width of the background when you go from WA to tele?

In Wide Angle the width is broader and on telephoto the wide is more compressed. 

          - what happens to the distance between the background & subject?

In wide angle the subject is further from the background and in telephoto the subject appears closer to the 

          - what happens to the subjects themselves in terms of expansion & contraction (for
            the width) as well as compaction and enlargement (for front to back)?

In wide angle the subject(s) expand and the width is very wide. From front to back the subject  enlarges and appears bigger. In telephoto the width is more compressed and the subject(s) compact and appear smaller.

  Scenario: imagine that you're shooting a model (full body) against a seamless. Your

  framing of the model is what you want but the edges (and beyond) of the seamless are

  visible in your frame. You don't want to move the model back towards the seamless and  

  you don't want to have to retouch out the seamless edges. Applying what you learned

  from this exercise today, what's the solution using just your camera & lens?

You (the photographer) would back up and zoom in (or use a telephoto lens.)

Wide Angle 

 18mm (28mm equivalent)

-standing 5 meters from subject

-back legs of stool are noticeable

-table distorted 

-back seamless is noticeable and appears small

-back wall distorted

-looks more 3-dimentionsal

Telephoto

 55 mm (80mm equivalent)

- stool looks more 2-dimentional

- seamless fills majority of frame

- seamless is much bigger

- hat appears slightly bigger

- table seems narrower

Wide Angle

18mm (equivalent to 28mm)

- model appears a bit distorted

- seamless is noticeable 

- model look farther from the seamless

Telephoto

55mm (equivalent to 80mm)
- model looks more compressed
- sides of seamless are not in frame
- model appears closer to the seamless

Noise Reduction + White Balance

100 ISO LOW 1/13 f11



100 ISO Standard 1/13 f11



100 ISO High 1/13 f11



800 ISO Low 1/100 f11


800 ISO Standard 1/100 f11


800 ISO HIGh 1/100 f11



3200 ISO Low 1/400 f11


3200 ISO Standard 1/400 f11


3200 ISO High 1/400 f11

I found that my camera did well with the in camera noise reduction. I didn't loose detail and my noise reduction decreased. The High noise reduction setting gave me the best results.


White Fluorescent
In this image the colour is on the colder side and appears more blue. The gold key doesn't appear very gold, it looks desaturated. The foundation looks very blue.

Auto
In this image the overall image is warmer than the previous image. The gold key appears gold and the  foundation appears grey.

Daylight
This image is even warmer than the previous image. The foundation in the previous image appeared to be greyer and in this image is it slightly more orange. Overall the image looks too warm (very orange).


Tungsten
In this image the white balance is completely off. This is worse for the image because it makes the scene look non-realistic. It also gives a sadder feeling to the image since it is so cold.

CW2 Assignment #2 - Aperture

Architecture

18mm, 1/100 sec at f/20, ISO400

Still Life 

1/13 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

In this image the background is completely blurred and only the subject (the mouse) is in focus. This allows the viewer to really focus on the details of the mouse. The feeling of this image is soft, almost imaginative since we are getting a blurred effect in the background. I think this image works the best since the background is completely blurred and the main focus is the mouse. 

                                     

                                                         2 sec at f/15, ISO 100

In this image the background is slightly blurred and the mouse is in focus. This gives us some information to the background without completely distracting us from the subject. The reader of this image is slightly different from the previous image. It is less imagined and more straight forward. 

                                           


                                                          1/30 at f/29, ISO 100

In this image the background and subject are both in focus. This gives us information in the subject as well as the background. The reading of this image is different from the blurred background image because it is as if the viewer is seeing the subject just like they would in real life.

Portraits

                      

                                 

                        1/100 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100, 55mm           1/100 sec at f/11, ISO 100



A wide aperture make the background blurry and the subject in focus whereas with a small aperture the whole image is in focus. A low aperture allows the viewer to focus on the subject and not get distracted by the background which I think really works for the portrait.