Lens based media. Day 1

Today was our first day in lens based media, and we had a brief talk from Tom about camera techniques and what we have to take into consideration when we are reflecting on photos we've seen for example the rule of third, the golden ratio, depth of field, lighting and others. It was very insightful and helpful when we read into images and looking at the subtext because to me it adds much more feeling.

We were given the a basic taster induction on the cameras and other equipments by Alys. She showed us the Reflectors, strobe lights and kino flare lights. When we were allocated to our groups we were left to try and get to know the equipments spread across the class. We tried out the soft box first and to begin with it was confusing to use because we had to use this little remote looking thing to help us get the best image quality possible. But we noticed that when we moved it around and took a photo it would the numbers would change, these numbers were intact telling us what settings to put the camera on to get the best quality image. The reflecters were pretty standard, they weren't hard to get the hang off apart from that sometimes it is not really needed indoors because it is usually used for the sun to get the natural light from the sun. But we still used it because it did give a nice glare towards the subjects. We tried the kino flare lights but they weren't really working properly because the batteries were dying so we all just put our phones together to give it the same effect as the kino flare light.