Using the lighting equipment

We got to use the lighting equipment including light meters, we used a standard setup of two lights with reflective umbrellas on to bounce back the light. We started taking Black and White and colour photo's to gain experience in the equipment. After a bit of practice we started using the light metre to change the setting on the camera for the best image.

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed effects the time to shutter remains open, this means there is more exposure time, which allows more light to reach the image sensor. Below are some examples of different Shutter Speed from 1/30 to 10"

A good use for slow shutter speeds is to get the light trail effect. When using a slow shutter speed you also have to use the apeture to make sure that there is a balanceto make the image visable. Below is a image of my attempt of light trials on a low shutter speed.

Aperture

Aperture controls the size of the shutter, it works like your pupil in your eye controlling the amount of light that hits the senser, by making the aperture smaller such as F1, you can increases the focal distance of your image. There are some examples photos I have taken below.

The next set of images show the effect on the depth of field much better, I have started from an aperture of f10 and worked down to f3.5