Monthly Archives: January 2012

The lighting angle

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Anne Bryson

This was without a doubt the most difficult and frustrating exercise I have attempted so far.  Difficult because I found the juggling of flash and diffuser quite tricky.  I tried a variety of flashes; my SB 600 with a sync cord that … Continue reading →

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Softening the light

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Anne Bryson

This is the first of the exercises on photographic lighting and it wasn’t entirely successful, I think for a number of reasons. Without diffuser I chose two different subjects, a lit candle and a glass of wine, neither particularly easy … Continue reading →

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This whole ‘light’ thing

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Anne Bryson

I have found accessing material that talks specifically about light and its qualities in photography quite difficult, maybe because it is one of the key components of photography that you can’t do without so successful photographers take it for granted.  … Continue reading →

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Outdoors at night

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Anne Bryson

The pictures used for this activity were taken in Florence, Sorrento and the last few, London, just coming up to Christmas.   The exercise in introduced by saying that the aim is to explore the variety of different lighting effects and … Continue reading →

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Tungsten and fluorescent lighting

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Anne Bryson

I did my best with this exercise but I’m not sure how successful I have been, not very I suspect.  I do understand that tungsten and fluorescent lighting produces very different outcomes when you take a photo and I have … Continue reading →

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Cloudy weather and rain

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Anne Bryson

Up until fairly recently I wouldn’t even have taken my camera out with me if it was raining.  Partly this was because I would be taking pictures of places I was visiting and the flat grey light does little for landscapes.  … Continue reading →

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Twilight

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Anne Bryson

All of the pictures included in this post were taken in either Florence or Sorrento in October of this year.  I purchased a small portable tripod before we went and made very good use of it.  Having re-read the section … Continue reading →

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Early morning light

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Anne Bryson

In the last post I talked about how some of the pictures I’ve taken over recent weeks have not really addressed the requirements of the exercises.  They have none the less followed the topics being studied and I have been quite pleased … Continue reading →

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Variety with a low sun

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Anne Bryson

Frontal lighting I have developed a habit of walking round my garden in the early morning, particularly if the sun is shining or if it has been raining and I have learned to look for interesting lines, colour and to … Continue reading →

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Still struggling

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Anne Bryson

I am now several weeks behind my submission date for the unit on colour and whilst I could blame busy, Christmas etc. much of the reason is of my own making.   When I started this unit I thought I’d be … Continue reading →

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