Workshop 3: Optical Illusions

So our title for this workshop was optical illusions, this is what we were told to bring in:

"Each group will need to bring in a camera and either a zoom lens or a range of prime lenses. You will need to cover a focal length range of around 28mm to 100mm."

First of all our task was to find a landscape subject and use the zoom on its widest setting which for us was 18mm and take a photo (this will be the first image shown) then set the lens to 50mm, check exposure and take another photo (second photo shown). Then we had to set the lens at the maximum focal length which on my lens was 140mm  check the exposure and take a final photo (last image shown). Our group found that the only thing changing was how close to the subject of the landscape you got in the photo. 

 

                                    

   

Our second task was to  use a model using the different focal lengths to take head and shoulders profile shots. The model had to be standing three metres in front of a wall with a pattern. The first picture taken was on 24mm lens, shutter speed was set to 1/180, F 3.8 ISO 200 - this makes the background out of focus and the model in focus so that the viewer is concentrated on the model rather than what is going on around her.

The second image was taken with the lens set at 50mm zoom a shutter speed of 1/90, F 16 ISO 800 - This brings the viewer closer into the models face and  distorts the background so that it is not in focus and the viewer is made to look at the model. 

The final image for our second task was taken with the lens set at 90mm, a shutter speed of 1/45, F 16 and ISO 800- yet again the background is not in focus so we are made to look at the model just like the previous two shots 

Our final task in this workshop was to get creative, so we had our model leaning up agains a tree that was slightly slanted, set the lens to 18mm (the widest it could go) a shutter speed of 1/60 F3.5 and ISO 800 the photographer got really low to the floor looking up created the illusion that our model was bending with the tree. 

Thank You For Reading, 

Becca x