June Assignment and Submissions

[Diane Margetts]

1. Find the histogram display on your camers. If you're not sure how to bring it up, check your camera's user manual. If you don't have a histogram function on your camera (most digital cameras do) you can upload your photos in a post processing program (prorams like Picasa are free) and tweak your photo there.

 

2. Take a photo with well-distributed tonal value which will be reflected in a balanced hitogram (reference the June lesson).

 

3. Take a high-key photo. This histogram will be skewed to the right but the resulting photo will still be pleasing to the eye--and remember, your eye is the only eye you really have to please!!

 

4.Take a low key photo. This histogram will be skewed to the left but the resulting photo will still be pleasing to the eye!!

 

Remember to include yout shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings with your submissions. If you are able to, also include the histogram. HAVE FUN!!!! Can't wait to see what you come up with!!!!

 

 

[Diane Margetts]

OK--you guys are pretty quite out there which makes me think you are not crazy about the histogram assignment!!!! Trust me on this--histograms can be your best friend for guaging exposure. Since I am responsible for, I'll start out with a submission. This is not an exciting photo but today was not an exciting day!! I cannot find a site that will let me reproduce the histogram so I can best describe it as well balanced across the expanse of the graph with the peak around the center. One thing I didn't cover in the lesson is the exposure compensation adjustment that most of you have on your cameras (check the users manual if you are not sure), What I did was to first select shotting mode (I chose A), then I tried to correct my histogram by adjusting the aperture number, the ISO and the white balance. When I though I had about the best I could get with those settings, I went to exposure compensation setting and adjusted it for the best exposure . . .

Here is my exit data:

File Size: 140 kb - 543 x 640
Resolution: 543 x 640
Focal Length: 40.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.100 s (1/10)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO Equiv.: 200
Whitebalance: Manual
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

[F, Calla & Luca]

Give us a little time. We'll get there I hope.

[Kyoko]

Oh.......I was hoping see people's examples by now.....
I got overwhelmed reading the assignment, and decides to re-visit in a couple of weeks to see other people's work....
I guess I would re-read the assignment and see what I can do.....

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I am just really busy right now with family stuff. I have just lost interest in my camera. Hopefully this is temporary because I wanted to take lots of pictures on our vacation.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Diane, Is this what you were trying to get to print?

I did this by taking a photo I had in Picasa, doing Print screen, copying it with Contol C, and saving it to Microsoft Paint by Contol V, saving the file and then uploading it here. Maybe this is just reinventing the wheel but it might help us all to be able to show histograms for the assignment. Anyway this histogram is nicely balanced I think : ) I really like this picture.

[Diane Margetts]

Great example--thanks!!!! I really like the photo too!!! And yes, that is a good example of a histogram. I feel really bad because I think the way I presented the histogram makes it sound so much more complicated that it really is. I will try to rethink my tips tonight and present it as the awesome, useful and easy-to-use tool that it is!!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I really love this picture. Is this cropped? Telephoto? You got in so tight with great clarity....nice!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Thank you. I got on the dogs' level. They were fooling around and approached near me. I was using the only lens I have so far, 18-200 mm, I think. No cropping.

[F, Calla & Luca]

This weekend, I promise.

[Ann Kendig]

I use histograms. The camera I use has an overall histogram and one broken down between the color channels Red, Green and Blue. I typically use the RGB histograms and try to keep it in the center area to avoid blowing out due to getting too much light or avoid taking underexposed photos that are too dark. Histograms in photo

are from Aperture 3. If I can get the exposure somewhere in the middle I can always tweak it in Aperture. I still have much to learn most of the photos I take are not spot on with the exposure but I can tweak it in the software.

[Ann Kendig]

Photo with histograms weighted to the right side. This is typical of the photos taken with snow on the ground.

Mike

[Ann Kendig]

A left sided histogram.