Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Exercise thirteen: Vertical and horizontal frames

There have been a number of obstacles to maintaining the pace that I'd originally set, but in some way this exercise was one of them.  The thought of having to take 40 images seemed like a sizeable effort - certainly the biggest one yet.

To recap, 20 pairs of images were needed; each pair consisting of a vertical and horizontal shot.  Intrigued by this exercise I've trawled through my library and I seem to have a tendency to take portrait shots (which probably breaks from the norm).

Here are the images I've compiled for this exercise.

120mm, 1/80 secs, f/16, ISO 100
18mm, 1/80 secs, f/16, ISO 100
105mm, 1/125 secs, f/18, ISO 400
75mm, 1/125 secs, f/18, ISO 400
18mm, 1/1000 secs, f/8, ISO 800
20mm, 1/80 secs, f/8, ISO 800
10mm, 1/500 secs, f/18, ISO 800
10mm, 1/320 secs, f/18, ISO 800
30mm, 1/50 secs, f/22, ISO 400
30mm, 1/50 secs, f/22, ISO 400
55mm, 1/4000 secs, f/5.6, ISO 100
55mm, 1/1000 secs, f/5.6, ISO 100
22mm, 1/60 secs, f/20, ISO 800
22mm, 1/60 secs, f/20, ISO 800
18mm, 1/13 secs, f/22, ISO 100
18mm, 1/20 secs, f/22, ISO 100
18mm, 1/40 secs, f//22, ISO 100
18mm, 1/40 secs, f/22, ISO 100
18mm, 1/60 secs, f/22, ISO 100
18mm, 1/60 secs, f/22, ISO 100
55mm, 1/800 secs, f/22, ISO 100
55mm, 1/800 secs, f/22, ISO 100
15mm, 1/400 secs, f/16, ISO 400
10mm, 1/400 secs, f/16, ISO 400
18mm, 1/1000 secs, f/10, ISO 400
18mm, 1/1000 secs, f/10, ISO 400
50mm, 1 secs, f/22, ISO 400
18mm, 2.5 secs, f/22, ISO 400
45mm, 1/1000 secs, f/5.6, ISO 100
35mm, 1/1000, f/4.5, ISO 100
45mm, 1/160 secs, f/5.6, ISO 100
24mm, 1/160, f/4, ISO 100
55mm, 1/60 secs, f/11, ISO 100
55m, 1/60 secs, f/11, ISO 100
50mm, 1/200 secs, f/11, ISO 400
55mm, 1/200 secs, f/11, ISO 400
20mm, 1/160 secs, f/11, ISO 400
24mm, 1/160 secs, f/11, ISO 400
50mm, 1/160 secs, f/2.2, ISO1600
30mm, 1/125, f/4.5, ISO 6400

Conclusion
As the exercise brief suggests, by this point of the course most students will have a bias towards shooting landscape.  I on the other hand am probably guilty of the opposite.

It still proved to be a valuable experience.  Very few shots only work in one of either landscape or portrait, and breaking with convention can work very effectively (both portrait shots of the Tudor buildings are a prime example).  Granted, a change of focal length, composition, angle of view and/or altering the distance from the subject may be necessary.

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