CONTRAST
is the difference in brightness between the shadows and the highlights of an image. Understanding contrast and learning how to achieve different contrast effects will give you a greater scope for creating photos that leave a strong visual impression.
LEARNING TARGETS
- Discover what contrast is and how it affects your photos
- Understand how lighting affects contrast
- Learn what the dynamic range of your camera is
- Apply your new knowledge and shoot several HDR photos
- Experiment with high-and low-contrast light
- Review your understanding of contrast and take a quiz
ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS
- For your performance of understanding (how you show me that you know what you are doing) you are being asked to capture 3 HDR images.
SHOOTING REQUIREMENTS & TIPS
- WHITE cameras only-black cameras do not have a HDR setting.
- Go to “MODE” –“SMART”–“RICH TONE”-On a DSLR camera or a smartphone you would simply choose HDR setting
- For this lab you will need a tripod, you will also need to shoot outdoors.
- Make sure that the image that you compose in your viewfinder has a full range of tones.
- Set Your White Balance to AWB-All photos must have the correct white balance or they will be rejected!
- Choose the appropriate meter setting, Evaluative/Center Weighted/Spot.
- You will be unable to set your exposure in this mode.
- Set your timer!
- Check your Histogram! It should look like the example shown below
EXEMPLARS
For examples of HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE images and further reading on the subject CLICK HERE
TUTORIAL
FOLLOW THE 7 STEPS BELOW
BLOG POST REQUIREMENTS
Post your 3 BEST images to you blog and name your post Achieving the Right Contrast
ACHIEVING THE RIGHT CONTRAST
- Image #1
- Note: No exposure information is available for HDR images. Why?
HOMEWORK
Review the pages Achieving the Right Contrast so you are prepared for the quiz.