Assignment A06: Nighttime-Noise Directions

Introduction:

 For this assignment, we will be dealing with two concerns we experience as photographers, low light exposures and noise.  

 

Shooting Requirements:

2 Categories for shooting

• Long shutter speed at the Lowest ISO. 

• Faster shutter Speed at a High ISO.

Long Shutter Speed at the Lowest ISO

•  Shoot in Manual.

•  Use your lowest ISO available.

•  Shoot with a shutter speed of 5 seconds or longer (Push the limits of your camera).

•  Meter and use histogram to find proper f/stop. 

•  Use a stabilizing device (tripod, books, etc.). 

•  Photograph after dark. 

•  Indoors/outdoors okay.

•  Look for moving objects, interesting light, colors, paint with light, etc. (No car trails).

Faster shutter speed at a High ISO (Handheld at 1/60th of a second or faster)

•  Everything in the frame should be sharp (no motion allowed!). 

•  Use your camera’s FOUR fastest ISO speeds available (including expansion mode).

•  Stabilization device acceptable, not required. 

•  Indoors/outdoors okay.

•  Photograph after the sun has dropped below the horizon or before it rises above the horizon in the morning.

•  Subject matter should be something that interests you: landscapes, nighttime sporting event, live music, neon lights, etc.

•  NO FLASH. 

Develop:

File Processing:

•  Import images into Lightroom catalog, 

•  IPTC, metadata, keywords etc. REQUIRED. 

•  Develop Module, burn, and dodge as usual. 

•  Use Noise Reduction sliders for Luminance and Color as discussed in class. 

•  Sharpening.

 

To be turned in:

A zipped folder named A04_Lastname containing the following:

Exported DNGs:

• 2 images of long shutter speed at a low ISO.

• 2 images at a high ISO.

• 1 cropped Image of one of high ISO from above.