EXPERIMENTING WITH MEDIAFILM CAMERA

One of the films I shot was over-exposed. I used Photoshop to lower the exposure and change the contrast. This made the image clearer and the colours brighter. Next time I will make sure I use a light meter to get the exposure right, rather than just guessing.

Again I used Photoshop to lower the exposure however I couldn’t change it too much or it made it too dark and unnatural and changed the feel of the piece.

These are a few examples of photos I took, trying to capture life and light in a more natural and fleeting way. I was able to us these pictures to experiment with features on the camera such as ISO, exposure, the F-stop, focus etc.

I like this photo as you would initially think the main focus should be the people however the viewer is drawn towards a point on the book shelf because of the red triangle and how the bookshelf goes towards the point that is in focus. I like the composition of this piece because of how it uses the rule of thirds with the girl being in the bottom left third and the boy hardly even being in it. As it was a bright day with a lot of natural lighting I set the exposure to 1/60 with the ISO being low at 100.

I like the angle this was taken at, as it seemingly changes the proportions of the building. I used a lens with a wide focal range for this photo as well as a low ISO.

This photo is slightly overexposed as the ISO was too high or the exposure was too long. However it gives the photo a dull, faded feel which feels quite vintage and fits with the narrative of the image.

For this photo I used a lens with a small focal range because I wanted the picture to have a shallow depth of field. I focused on the shoes and had the ISO at 100 as it was shot outside.

For this photo the focus wasn’t quite right as I wanted the man to be in focus however he is quite blurry. This may be because I used the wrong lens.

For this piece I like how the main object is not fully in the frame. However this focus is slightly out of focus which slightly detracts from the image. I also like how the image is slightly distorted by the reflections in the window. So even though there is a lot of straight lines in this piece it is distorted by the ambiguous reflections.

This is my least favourite image as it isn’t focused and the exposure of the bunting is wrong. This is because the image has both black and white predominantly in it so it’s hard to get the exposure right for both of these opposite colours.

This photo has a shallow depth of field so I used a lens with a small focal range. I like how the colours in this image are very monochrome which contrasts with the vivid green of the plant.

This picture is shot at a high angle, looking down on the ‘fox’. This fits with the idea of the fox being fleeting and easy to miss. I used a lens with a high focal range for this image.

For this photo the ISO was right however the F-stop too large or the exposure was too long which meant the photo was over exposure. However although it was intentional it gives the picture a soft, faded feel. I cropped the image to make the composition more symmetrical as it fit the image more.

Original

This photo again uses rule of thirds with the focus being on the building that is in the right third. I choose to focus on the building in the background rather than the person in the foreground. I choose to focus this way as it is different to most conventional images which makes the image more interesting.

This is a close-up picture of an art piece in Edinburgh. I like the composition of this piece as it’s ambiguous of what the image is actually of. I also like how even though it should be a bright image the colours are washed out a bit. I achieved this by putting the ISO up to 200 to make it lighter.

I like the angle of this photo however it is slightly leaning to the left. I used an ISO of 100 as it was outside and I wanted the colours of the posters to show up.

This picture has an interesting affect as it was the start of the film. This meant that half of the frame was overexposed. The lighting is very yellowy as it was shot inside with artificial lighting. It gives a very natural, almost prying on someone feel because of the frame within a frame and the way the lines from the over exposed side of the film and noticeboards break the picture up.

In contrast to a lot of the other photos I took, the colours in this image are very bright and vivid, especially by having to colours that opposite on the colour wheel (green and red) feature heavily in this photo.