Photography - Second Lesson

In this lesson we used the software Capture One and learnt how to look at photographing closely, for example eyes and lips and learnt how to shoot tethered using the orange lead which is the tethered cable. Tethered is really good for close up work as close up work is all about the detail. Using a tripod for this is really helpful as you can make minute changes and tweak the photographs. It is much easier for the model to be sitting down. It is also good to experiment with lots of different lenses to see what looks best. The 100ml macro lense is meant to be the best lense for close ups such as eyes, nose and lips.

Equipment

• Camera
• Tripod
• Sync lead
• Orange cable
• Light meter
• Light stand
• Beauty dish
• SD card
• Hot shoe adapter
• Computer with Capture One software

Set up

• Attach light to the beauty dish and the light stand
• Put up the tripod and attach the camera to it using the correct lense
• Set the computer up and make sure you are on the Capture One software
• Attach the orange cable from the back of the computer to the camera
• Set up the ISO and the aptitude (e.g. ISO - 100, aptitude - f.8)
• Use the light meter to measure the aptitude

In my group we had a few struggles when shooting, however once we overcame this then it was great as we felt like we had really learnt a lot from this lesson. We had a little trouble with the exposure as we couldn't get the correct light for the image, however Simon then informed us that on the Capture One software on the computer it shows a grid and all the coloured lines on the grid have to be spread right across to have the correct exposure. If the lines are all squashed together to one side then it is either under or over exposed. We also had a slight trouble with focusing so to save the struggle we ended up putting it onto auto focus to get a better result.