Autumnal Pictures

This week we have been to the park to take some Autumnal themed photos, and then we have been using Picnik software to edit them into greetings cards. Here are some before and after photos I produced as examples:

Practical Photography

Over the last few lessons, students have been learning about photography techniques and have been putting them into practice.

Firstly they learned about artificial lighting and shutter speeds in the studio. They used red head lights to add shadows and highlights and put coloured gels over them to create different effects. We then tried slow shutter speed photos to blur movement. We did action shots where the subject were jumping, then used fairy lights to create effects with moving light. Here are some examples of the pictures:

Then they learned about using natural light and experimenting with framing techniques such as the rule of thirds and frame within a frame. Here are some of my favourites that demonstrate that.

Rule of thirds:

Frame within a frame: