Photography 1: The Art of Photography

Project: The time of day
Exercise: Light through the day.

For this exercise I photographed one scene from dawn to dusk.  I took one picture per hour throughout the day and one per half-hour at the end of the day, when the light was changing faster.

I used a tripod and cable release.

The images are shown below:

5560.jpg; 7:00am; F16; 1/6s

5561.jpg; 8:00am; F16; 1/10s

5510.jpg; 9:00am; F16; 1/10s

5511.jpg; 10:00am; F16; 1/8s

5531.jpg; 11:00am; F16; 1/10s

5532.jpg; 1:00pm; F16; 1/30s

5533.jpg; 2:00pm; F16; 1/30s

5512.jpg; 3:00pm; F16; 1/10s

5534.jpg; 4:00pm; F16; 1/15s

5535.jpg; 5:00pm; F16; 1/10s

5529.jpg; 6:00pm; F16; 1/45s

5553.jpg; 7:00pm; F16; 1/10s

5554.jpg; 7:30pm; F16; 1/4s

5555.jpg; 8:00pm; F16; 1/3s

5556.jpg; 8:30pm; F16; 1s

My favourite image is image 5560, taken at 7:00am.  The light at this time of day has produced sharp definition in the image combined with a warm tone.  I expected this light would be best due to the low slanting light.

What have I learned from this exercise?

The use of side lighting, such as that available at the beginning and end of the day due to its capacity to emphasise contours, textures and forms is the best form of lighting.  The obliqueness of light also creates a stronger contrast between the paler and darker surfaces in a subject and so brings out much greater definition of form.