TAoP EXERCISES | DAVID GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHY

PART 4 LIGHT – CONTRAST AND SHADOW FILL

PART 4 ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING EXERCISE – CONTRAST AND SHADOW FILL The purpose of this exercise is to see how the use of different reflectors of light in different positions can affect the appearance of a subject by increasing or decreasing contrast and the level of shadow fill. For this exercise I used white card and […]Read Post ›

PART 5. EXERCISE – JUXTAPOSITION

EXERCISE – JUXTAPOSITION I found this exercise to be an interesting one. The challenge was to find one image that demonstrated the phenomenon of juxtaposition within it. Whilst I preferred to find a subject ‘in the field’ rather than create one in a studio, I did not easily stumble upon a subject that […]Read Post ›

ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – EVIDENCE OF ACTION

EXERCISE – Evidence of Action The purpose of this exercise is to produce an image from which it can be seen that something has happened. The suggestion is made that it might include something that has been either broken or emptied, but I have found another subject to illustrate this concept. RACING ACCIDENT […]Read Post ›

PART 5. ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – RAIN

ILLUSTRATION EXERCISE – RAIN Imagine that you are creating a magazine cover on the subject of ‘Rain’. Utilising the entire cover space, produce a single, strong photograph that leaves no one in doubt about the subject. This was the challenge set me by this Exercise and it raised a number of questions for me to […]Read Post ›

NARRATIVE – A NARRATIVE PICTURE ESSAY

EXERCISE – NARRATIVE PICTURE ESSAY For this exercise I was required to set myself an assignment and, through the use of 5 to 15 photographs, tell a story of an event or an activity. A planned visit with my partner to the Spring Cup National Road Races at the Oliver’s Mount circuit at Scarborough gave […]Read Post ›

PART 4 – LIGHT. EXERCISE – THE LIGHTING ANGLE

LIGHT Exercise – The Lighting Angle For this Exercise my lounge diner had to be converted into a makeshift studio set up again as the aim was to light an object with artificial diffused light from a variety of angles including the back. I chose to photograph a sea shell as it had a rounded shape […]Read Post ›

PART 4 LIGHT – EXERCISE CLOUDY WEATHER AND RAIN

PART 4 LIGHT – EXERCISE Cloudy Weather and Rain This Exercise is in three parts and involved shooting scenes under three different weather conditions, namely 1. Sunny / cloudy; 2. Overcast; and 3. Rain. The purpose is to demonstrate the different effects that the different weather conditions will bring to photographs. PART 1. SUNNY WITH […]Read Post ›

PART 4 LIGHT – VARIETY WITH A LOW SUN

PART 4 LIGHT – EXERCISE Variety with a Low Sun This is an Exercise to demonstrate some of the advantages of shooting a subject when the sun is low. There are a number of benefits that can be gained from shooting during the ‘golden hour’ when the sun is low on the horizon, whether it […]Read Post ›

PART 4 – LIGHT. EXERCISE – SOFTENING THE LIGHT

PART 4 – LIGHT. EXERCISE Softening the Light This Exercise requires two photos to be taken of one subject, the first to be taken with a naked artificial light bulb and the second with a diffusing material placed between the light source and the subject. The two images created were then to be […]Read Post ›

PART 4 LIGHT – OUTDOORS AT NIGHT

PART 4 LIGHT – EXERCISE Outdoors At Night As there is little scope for urban night time photography in the rural area in which I live I used the opportunity of a recent trip to Scarborough to explore this exercise. I had not brought my tripod on the trip so all shots had to […]Read Post ›