Exercise 03: The Gunslinger
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Objective
Take a picture from the hip.
Explanation
Great portraits sometimes require a lot of setup time. Fixing the settings on your camera, trying to get the object to sit still or to pretend you are not sitting there with a lens pointed at them. Sometimes it can be very hard to get a person relaxed. If you want to take a picture of a stranger, that can lead to a whole new set of issues and concerns. So this exercise will focus on trying to get those nice shots incognito. Hang the camera around your neck, as close to the waist line as you can. You can either set it on Full Auto to make this a little less challenging or focus it on something gage the distance and the lighting conditions and set your Aperture and Shutter Speed to something in that vicinity. You want your Lenz as open as possible for quickest shutter speeds. Once you are ready, set off down the street snapping away pictures without looking. Zooming can work, but only if you have mastered the art of aiming without looking. Try to look inconspicuous so people are not aware of your elite picture taking skills.
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Exercise 05: Ying-Yang
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Objective
Create a black and white photo while avoiding greys. No post edit work allowed.
Explanation
This is where the lighting and the subject have to be placed just right. You want to capture a shot that is exclusively black and white. Sometimes having a very slow shutter speed will help you to over-expose a picture. The longer the shutter speed, the more burnt out the picture will look. But you have to get the timing just right, because otherwise your picture will come out either all black or all white. Sometimes pointing your camera towards the light source and placing the subject between the light and the lens can create a beautiful silhouette effect.
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Exercise 04: Reflections
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Objective
Take pictures of a reflective surface in Manual Mode.
Explanation
This is a fun, and yet a challenging exercise. You want to focus on reflective surfaces and the play with light and contrast. There are a lot of interesting things you can do with reflections. At the same time, the thing that makes this exercise challenging is that you will most likely see yourself adjusting different settings on your camera while shooting the reflective objects than if you were to shoot matted ones. The reason for this is quite obvious. Reflective surfaces reflect light, yet at the same time the reflection can be quite dark pending on what exactly you are trying to shoot.
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Exercise 01: The Fuzzy
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Objective:
Take a blurry picture.
Explanation:
Pictures that are all in focus are fun and good, but an artistic photograph that is completely out of focus is a difficult and rare occurrence. There are several types of blur that can occur in a picture. The first is Motion Blur, when everything is moving too fast for your camera to catch up. The second, the Focal Blur, is when your lens is not focused. For this exercise either one will work. These effects are fairly easy to achieve. For motion blur you either have to be moving the camera really fast or, if you are shooting on manual, increase your Shutter Speed, the higher the better. For the Focal Blur you have to make sure that your camera does not automatically focus when you push the button.
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