One skill i have learnt during my practical lesson is using shutter speed. This controls the length of time that the light can pass through the lens. For example, a slow shutter speed is very good to use in low light, and to capture movement. Whereas fast shutter speeds are used to capture a frozen ( freeze frame ) movement. Examples shown below.
I think i used the slow shutter speed more effectively as you can tell in the image above with the lights. I think this is a strong shot as you can tell the image has motion towards it even though its a still frame. A strength of this picture would be that its a very bold shot, it stands out and draws you towards it as it's a motion shot not just a still image. A weakness of this shot would be that it looks as though its just shot in the middle of the picture, maybe if there was a little bit more room round the edges or if it wasn't so center it would give the image a bit more edge towards it.
The image to the right of the girl and the leaves, i think this is a little bit more of a weaker shot than the other image, just simply because it doesn't draw your eyes straight to the image itself. Although i still think i used this skill effectively by the way the leaves are in the air and she is slightly off the ground giving life towards this image. I think a strength would be the way the image is laid out. Basically i think the positioning of the image fits with what it is trying to show, although i would think it would work better if it was a bit closer in to give it more emphasis.
These skills will benefit me when it comes to unit 3 production as it will help me to get better and more varied shots to choose from, to get the best out of the image. Using these skills will help me get a shot that will stand out towards an audience and draw them in and make them want to know the background towards the image.
Skills that i would need to develop to progress further in this unit and overall would be, the ways that i could position my shots that i take. I feel this will help me more as to get the best out of the image i need. For example, as said before, with the picture of the girl and the leaves i feel if i would have positioned it at either more of an angle e.g, from the side, that it would have gave off a more direct effect rather than having it straight on and from a distance.
Independent.
For this i looked at a tutorial on lighting on Photoshop. I chose to look at this one because it, to me, is an important one to look at for photos. This video basically showed me how to edit your lighting in images by being non destructive. This showed me how to adjust the lighting in dark and light areas of an image. On the example he used an image of some flowers on a bush, the original image was the bush was darkened and the flowers really stood out, but he wanted it to all be one but still stand out. So what he did was he, leveled the image out by using a tool to make the bush come out brighter and using another tool on the flowers to dull them down slightly. This gave off a really good effect in the end as it didn't damage the image, and it still stood out.
From watching this video i now know how to create my image to make it seem like it has not been edited. Basically i can now recreate my image to make it look natural and more professional rather than have a light that maybe hides a certain element of the photo that i would want showing, so i would dull that down but still have a bright cold effect.
