I organised to do a phtoshoot with the girls at their easter masterclass. I made the design for Dawn so that she could advertise the event well and get lots of people involved. I was official photographer for the event. I have also organised a photo shoot at my house for Dawn to come and have some photos done under a studio setup. 
At the event i took a range of photographs using my Canon 450d and my Canon speedlite 430ex II. I had to take many things into consideration whilst doing the photos for example Shutter speed, aperture, ISO and rule of thirds. The rule of thirds is when you divide a photos in different sections. You then position your main subject in a certain place to make the image look more interesting.
This photo was taken with a speedlite and the light was reflected off the ceiling angled slightly to the right, this created a shadow to her left.
I then decided that i wanted to get rid of the shadow and re-took this photo in manual altering the settings until i was happy with my result.
This photo is an example of movement in an image. Even though it is a still image they look like they are moving, you can tell this from their positions and the blurriness of the photo. F /3.5 ISO 100 shutter 1/40 sec. I didn't use a quick enough shutter speed so if i were to retake it i would change the ISO and the shutter speed to get a crisp image. 
I also took photos from different view points. This includes being high and being low. This was to show angle. I also wanted to get the feeling of lots of people filling the hall.
Also by putting my subjects at different levels it makes it more interesting. I arranged the girls in a line of different levels. This is because i thought it would look best. It was done with an f/5 and a shutter speed of 1/60 sec. I changed the IS0 to 400 so i could get a nicely lightened image.
When taking the photographs i decided the angle was poor because i was getting a plain background. I rotated where i was to keep it interesting here are two photos that help me to further explain this. The image on the right doesn't have much of a background however by adding others into the scene you can see how many people were there and it gives the photo more of a busy and exciting feeling.
Not only this but it helps give a wider perspective on the subject. For example if you weren't told anything about what was going on then you would know its a zumba class however the one on the right suggests that shes the only one there.
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| Diffused lighting |
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| Direct lighting |
The photo on the left was used with manual focus. I was trying to focus dawn but blurr out the background so its still visible but it created a sense of depth of field.
These are my studio set up photos. We arranged these for a Sunday on the weekend. Dawn was more than happy to come round to have some shots done. She also brought her kids along and they had some photos done too. These photos were taken in the same settings. F stop F/8 Shutter speed 1/160 sec ISO 100. Looking back on these photos the backdrop is very noticeable. I would iron it out and stretch it if i were to repeat this process. I would also change the lighting so the shadows weren't so noticable.
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| F stop F/8 Shutter speed 1/160 sec ISO 100 |
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| F stop F/8 Shutter speed 1/160 sec ISO 100 |
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