Objects in Time: Workshop

Photo-Object Workshops

This workshop taught me how to create time lapse photography. The camera’s shutter speed was set on 1″, iso on a 100 and the aperture on F13. The broncolour flash was set on 4.0 and could go from 10 flashes a second to 50 flashes a second which allowed us to have the flexibility of choosing the time frame. we had a camera attached to a tripod that held up the light that akso holded a timer for the falsh to start. For us to have an effective outcome we needed movement in the shot so we catch the trail of action. walking, jumping, skipping or squatting was our options to start with. To further develop I would have a couple or a single person dacning salsa in a red dress and the guy in a white suit and I think the colours would of been so vibrant and interesting.

My own example of time Lapse:

DSLR,Hasselblad&LargeFormat

Photo-Object Workshops

Using a big camera stand (tripod) we created amazing shots using the Hasselblad camera. We mainly took portraits througout the day using objects such as a traveling bag. The background we chose was black and fo rsome shots we used white which was focused on simple advertising techniques to make the subject not too busy. I was really impressed with these photos, they look crispy, in full detail, the colours are vibrant and the light is soft as we used the bron color lighting equipment. This photoshoot taught me to use the lighting correctly to not distort anything with the quality of the photograph. Having the wrong settings coul dof made my model not visible in the first photo or have the white background cloudy and not perfectly white.

This is the set up we used in this workshop

Studio Lighting and Still Life Composition

Photo-Object Workshops

In this workshop we focused and got taught how to set a composition for a still life photograph using some objects we bought into the studio. My group worked with perfume bottles, candle holder, a cactus and a flower neck chain to create great photographs in a dark setting. Overall I really liked the outcome of these photographs and I really enjoyed taking photos in this workshop as I never in my life focused on objects but mainly people which meant that this was a little challenge for me.

Equipment: 1 Head, 1 Pack, 1 Large Softbox, 1 Light Stand, 1 Set Wizards, 1 Normal Extension Lead, 5d + Tethering Leads.

Our First set up: The mood and scene was dull, ancient and focused on objects only.


Here I will present three of the the best photographs we took in our lighting workshop:

Second set up: This mood was more bright, exciting and pure.

The second time shooting objects we limited what we used and tried to make our photographs crisp and clean as we had a nice white sheet surface set up to use which created an amazing look for our products. The only problem I had woth this set is getting the camera to focus on the logo(text) of the perfume, the bottle was transparent and really hard to find the perfect time ot catch it in focus.

Equipment: 2 Heads, 2 Packs, 1 Mighty Baby Light Stand, 1 Normal Light Stand, 1 Snoot, 1 Soft Box (medium), 2 Plinths (same height), 2 Packs Wizards, 5d + Tethering Leads.

Here I present a few photos from the second scenery:

Third Set up for this Workshop: Working with still life objects and having a moving light strip in the background creating an amazing effect of shutterspeed light flow. This made the background far from boring and simple and still created a mood where the object was in full focus and still being the focal point of the photograph.

Here is one photograph from this set up: