WEEK 4: EXPOSURE (CONTINUED)
DIGITAL MEDIA E-10
EXPOSING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
expodigiphoto
STAFF SKYPE
Project 1: due tonight (11:59PM)
Problem set 2: due next Thursday, October 1
Project 2: released today
ASSIGNMENT REMINDERS
A DIY PROJECT
PROJECT 2
Photo by Rob McCarthy, 2014.
Photos by Henry Vega Ortiz, 2014.
PROJECT 2
• DIY Lens
• High-speed flash photography
• High(?)-altitude photography
• EXTREMELY long exposure (>1 hour)
• Ferrofluids (warning: difficult!)
Photo by Rob McCarthy, 2014.
2007: 10s, f/8, ISO 100
2012: 4s, f/6.3, ISO 100. 2013: 1s, f/4.5, ISO 200, +0.7EV
COMBINED WITH SHUTTER SPEED
ISO “SENSITIVITY”
2007: 846s, f/8, ISO 400 2007: 336s, f/8, ISO 800
F-NUMBER = F/D
APERTURE
f
PINHOLE MATH
2014
EXPOSURE:
THE BIG FOUR
• Amount of available light
• Shutter speed
• ISO
• Aperture
2014: 1/3200s, f/2.8, ISO 200
Underexposed Both
ugh 😩
Overexposed
The power of good light
INTENTIONAL UNDER- AND OVER-EXPOSURE (LOW, HIGH KEY)
EXPOSURE
2005: 8s, f/16, ISO 100 2005: 15s, f/16, ISO 100
METERING
EXPOSURE
SPOT
METERING
Relative importance
for metering
Image x-axis Image y-axis
Image from http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E40D/E40DA5.HTM
CENTER-WEIGHTED
METERING
Relative importance
for metering
Image x-axis Image y-axis
Image from http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E40D/E40DA5.HTM
ZONE METERING
METERING
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
METERING
2014: 1/125s, f/2.8, ISO 200, +1 EV
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
METERING
+0 EV +1 EV
2014: 1/125s, f/2.8, ISO 200, +1 EV
CAMERA MODES
METERING
Images from dpreview.com’s Nikon d40x and Canon 5D reviews
EXPOSURE:
THE BIG FOUR
• Amount of available light
• Shutter speed
• ISO
• Aperture
2014: 1/3200s, f/2.8, ISO 200
INCREASING AVAILABLE LIGHT
EXPOSURE
INVERSE SQUARE LAW
LIGHT
Image from http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/try_l2/supernovae.html
Guide Number = Distance x F-number
GUIDE NUMBER
FOCAL PLANE (REVISITED)
FLASH
Videos from http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/8945351_aVDzo#!i=597165552&k=BYPEm
STROBES ARE QUICK!
FLASH
0.30 Bullet Piercing an Apple. ©1964, Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
GONE WRONG: SHADOWS, MOTION BLUR
FLASH
2002: 2s, ISO 100, f/2.8, 0ev
GONE WRONG: RED EYE
FLASH
wikipedia.org
FIXING PROBLEMS
FLASH
Image from http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5327/.f
CURTAIN SYNC
FLASH
Front curtain sync Rear curtain sync
Images from http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d70/select.php?menu=1&sub=b11&num=4
STROBOSCOPES
FLASH
Gussie Moran. ©1949, Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton.
USING OLDER UNITS ON DIGITAL CAMERAS
FLASH
FILL
FLASH
2010: 1/3200s, f/4, ISO 320
WEEK 4: EXPOSURE (CONTINUED)
DIGITAL MEDIA E-10
EXPOSING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
