This article shows slides from The Pink Place, Basingstoke, presentation held on 14th August 2020.
The presentation is on understanding mobile phones modes to take better photographs.
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Sunday, 16 August 2020
Friday, 29 May 2020
Water Droplets
It is always interesting to take photographs after it has rained, there is a lot of photographic opportunities.
This photograph of water bubbles was taken looking down into the fish tank. The image as been cropped to add emphasis on the larger bubble. This photograph was taken using available light on my mobile phone.
The water droplets are created using sodium bicarbonate ear drops on the surface of a CD. I found that the ear drops were a lot easier to use for creating the droplets, as they created a rounder, 3D water bubble. I tried using water on a glass chopping board, with my tablet placed at the bottom to light it up. This set-up was very awkward, as the water droplets did not have the defined shape and roundness that I was trying to achieve, therefore making it harder to focus. This is the image that I attempted.
This image was photographed at the beginning of the month, and these water/oil droplets have stayed in tact as we speak. This shot was lit with a table lamp placed above the droplets and a blue fibre optic light to add the sparkle in the bubbles.
This photograph was taken using a Nikon macro lens attached to the Sony a600.
The photograph of the tulip was taken using my mobile phone early in the morning after the rain had stopped. The final image was edited in Snapseed, which is a mobile editing software. I increased the contrast of the final image.
The image below was taken with my mobile phone on the same day as the tulip. The colours of the final image have been increased. I used a shallow depth of field and focused on the dew drop.
The image of dew drops on the washing line (below) was also taken with my mobile phone. I set the mobile phone on 'Pro' setting, under exposed the shot by 1 stop and changed the aperture to f11 to get all the dew drops in focus. I was very close to the dew drops, this blurred the background. The dew drops were hanging from the bottom of the washing line, I rotated the final image to have the dew drops sitting on the washing line.
The photograph below is of water droplets pouring out from a bursting balloon, just before the water from the balloon landed on the ground. I have heavily cropped this image to focus on the dancing water droplets.
The photograph below was taken with my mobile phone, focusing on the dew drop, I switched on the built in light bulb on the camera to add light onto the dew drop. I did not use flash as it over powered the final image. This image was not edited.
This photograph of water bubbles was taken looking down into the fish tank. The image as been cropped to add emphasis on the larger bubble. This photograph was taken using available light on my mobile phone.
The water droplets are created using sodium bicarbonate ear drops on the surface of a CD. I found that the ear drops were a lot easier to use for creating the droplets, as they created a rounder, 3D water bubble. I tried using water on a glass chopping board, with my tablet placed at the bottom to light it up. This set-up was very awkward, as the water droplets did not have the defined shape and roundness that I was trying to achieve, therefore making it harder to focus. This is the image that I attempted.
This image was photographed at the beginning of the month, and these water/oil droplets have stayed in tact as we speak. This shot was lit with a table lamp placed above the droplets and a blue fibre optic light to add the sparkle in the bubbles.
This photograph was taken using a Nikon macro lens attached to the Sony a600.
The photograph of the tulip was taken using my mobile phone early in the morning after the rain had stopped. The final image was edited in Snapseed, which is a mobile editing software. I increased the contrast of the final image.
The photographs below have been taken using the Sony a6000 early in the morning with available light. All these images have been slighting cropped to tidy around the edges.
The image of dew drops on the washing line (below) was also taken with my mobile phone. I set the mobile phone on 'Pro' setting, under exposed the shot by 1 stop and changed the aperture to f11 to get all the dew drops in focus. I was very close to the dew drops, this blurred the background. The dew drops were hanging from the bottom of the washing line, I rotated the final image to have the dew drops sitting on the washing line.
The photograph below is of water droplets pouring out from a bursting balloon, just before the water from the balloon landed on the ground. I have heavily cropped this image to focus on the dancing water droplets.
The photograph below was taken with my mobile phone, focusing on the dew drop, I switched on the built in light bulb on the camera to add light onto the dew drop. I did not use flash as it over powered the final image. This image was not edited.
Bhupinder Ghatahora ABIPP, ARPS, ASWPP
Ghatahora Photography
info@ghatahora.co.uk
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Before and After
The below photograph is straight from the camera with no adjustments.
A few local adjustments were made to brighten the people, foreground and background. These adjustments are to be used as guide, each image will be different.
The photograph below has been adjusted in lightroom, with global and local adjustments to the final image.
These are the global adjustments that were applied to the whole of the image.
White balance: As shot
Exposure: +48
Contrast: +10
Highlights: -38
Shadows: 0
Whites: +17
Blacks: -2
Clarity: +10
Vibrance: +10
Saturation: +2
A few local adjustments were made to brighten the people, foreground and background. These adjustments are to be used as guide, each image will be different.
Bhupinder Ghatahora ABIPP, ARPS, ASWPP
Ghatahora Photography
info@ghatahora.co.uk
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Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Before and After
The photograph is straight from the camera with no adjustments.
This photograph has been adjusted in lightroom, with just global adjustments.
These are the global adjustments that were applied to the whole of the image.
White balance: Daylight - 5500
Exposure: 0
Contrast: +14
Highlights: -71
Shadows: +14
Whites: -29
Blacks: +7
Clarity: +12
Vibrance: +19
Saturation: +7
A few local adjustments were made to brighten the people, foreground and background. These adjustments are to be used as guide, each image will be different.
Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography
info@ghatahora.co.uk
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Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Before and After
The below image is straight from the camera, no adjustments.
The image below has had global adjustments made to it.
The image below has had global adjustments made to it.
These are the global adjustments that were applied to the whole of the image.
White balance: 3771
Tint: -28
Exposure: 0
Contrast: 0
Highlights: -100
Shadows: +14
Whites: +12
Blacks: -10
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0
A few local adjustments were made to brighten the people, foreground and background. These adjustments are to be used as guide, each image will be different.
Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography
info@ghatahora.co.uk
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Monday, 7 October 2019
Useful photohraphy definitions with examples of photographs part 1
Useful Photography definitions
Aperture: is the size of the hole in the lens which combined with the shutter speed, controls how much light gets into the camera.
Aperture mode / Aperture Priority: (AV) the mode that automatically calculates the shutter speed when you choose the aperture you want to use.
Camera shake: is when the camera moves as you press the button, causing the image to be blurred.
Close-up / Macro: means close-up photography and is great to photographs of flowers, bugs, shells and other tiny objects.
Composition: arranging objects in the photographs that look pleasing. Also see Rule of Thirds.
Contrast: is the difference between the bright and the dark areas of the photo. High contrast image will show very dark and very light areas in the same photograph.
Normal Image (balanced contrast):
High Contrast Image:
Low Contrast Image:
Cropping: Cutting of the edges of your image, either by moving in closer to the subject or trimming the edges using photo editing software.
Uncropped Image:
Cropped Image:
Depth of field (DOF): shows the range of components in a scene, front to back that remain sharp. Shallow depth of field makes the objects sharp in the foreground only. Deep DOF makes everything in the image sharp from foreground to the background.
The image below is photographed using Shallow depth of field, using f5.6
The image below is photographed using Deep depth of field, using f16
Correct Exposure:
Under Exposed Image:
Over Exposed Image:
Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography
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