Lighting in Photography

Introduction:

Mavic 2 pro

Lighting is one of the most important parts of photography. The different types of lighting change how a picture will turn out, and you have to adjust the different camera settings accordingly to get a properly focused and exposed picture. Understanding how light effects a picture is necessary when you are taking photographs; for instance if you are working for a construction country and all of the pictures you take for them are overexposed, they are more than likely not going to seek out your services later.

Method:

Using a stationary Mavic 2 pro as a camera, we began to find different subjects in different lighting scenarios to display the differences in lighting. The scenarios we used to get different lighting effects are as follows: one large object in bright light, one large object in natural light, one small object in low light, and one object of choice. For our large object in bright light we used the Helicopter in the Niswonger hanger of the future, for our large object in natural light we used the A-10 Warthogs that were at Purdue Aviation at the time, for our small object in low light we used an owl paperweight under a table, and for our object of choice we used the clock on the lab wall.

Large object in bright light (Helicopter)

Large object in natural light (A-10 Warthog)

Small object in low light (Owl)

Object of choice (Clock-low light)

Discussion and Conclusion:

While taking our photographs we tried different setting variations to see what different results we would get. We mainly went between viewing what the automatic settings would be, focusing on aperture, and focusing on the shutter speed. It took us a while to get well focusing and not overexposed photos in the different lighting. After the first few tries though we found something that worked which helped us understand the different settings better. Knowing what lighting you are in and how you need to work around that is essential to get a proper result is key when working with photography.