Introduction to Photography: Above & Below

Today during classes we had practice in taking portraits from a high and low angle. Due to the bad weather and my limited time, I decided to take shots inside the Art Factory. In addition, we learned how to set the camera for ISO, aperture and exposure compensation. Below I have included a Contact sheet with my photos made using Photoshop and the best images from today's session.

Below you can see Filip's photos from low and high angle.

I took the first photo on the stairs from above. I use an aperture of F5.6 and ISO 320 because I had a lot of light coming through the windows. Additionally, I used the rule of thirds composition and a strong contrast between the background and my model. Unfortunately, I think the photo was a little too bright, so in the future I will have to pay more attention to light settings when taking shots.

F5.6, ISO 320, 1/30 shutter speed, Exposure Compensation -1, Focal length 18mm

My next photo shows Filip from below. As with the previous photo, I used an aperture of F5.6 and ISO 320, which, given the slightly weaker light, meant that the photo was not too bright. Moreover, I used the rule of thirds composition as in the previous photo and I used triangles to create more interesting composition.

F5.6, ISO 320, 1/40 shutter speed, Exposure Compensation -1, Focal length 25mm

Finally, I made a collage of my best photos from below and above and called it 'Sadness'. Overall, I'm not very happy with the results of my first session, but I had little time to do it and I'm not a very good photographer. However, I hope that my skills will improve during this semester.

And here I would like to show an extra photo from today's session taken from eye level using close-up shot.

F5.0, ISO 200, 1/25 shutter speed, Exposure Compensation -1, Focal length 44mm