Suggested Homework Due May 5th: Shoot a series of images outdoors at night. Here are some past student assignment examples:
Below is a selection of images shot by students for the Night Landscape assignment. Some fun things to try:
- Try using a High ISO (as high as your camera will go) and no tripod (remember to keep your shutterspeed at 60 or aboveso it's not blurry). This will create a lot of graininess.
- Try using a tripod and a lower ISO (like 200 or 400), but a very long exposure (perhaps a couple seconds).
- Try having some motion in the shot for a long exposure (like this flashlight motion around the tree, below)
- Try a long exposure combined with a flash (perhaps having the flash light up a person in the dark while the long exposure shows detail in the dark background). Try having the person run through the frame and the flash will "freeze" them.
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| Long exposure shows motion. Photo by Joel Stuckey |
These 2 photos by Gary Prideaux perfectly illustrate the difference between a long exposure night shot and a high ISO night shot. A high ISO often produces graininess, but doesn't require a tripod:
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| Short Exposure, High ISO- grainy! Photo by Gary Prideaux |
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| Long Exposure, low ISO, more clarity. Photo by Gary Prideaux |
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This long exposure shot by Mira Zaslove shows some motion on the water,
but the architecture is crisp since she used a tripod. |
Here are a couple fun photos by Michelle Nguyen in our class using a long exposure, tripod and a flashlight:
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