Hiroshi Sugimoto

Gregory Crewdson

Ernst Haas

Abelardo Morell

Tina Modotti

Lee Friedlander

Gary Winogrand
Paul Strand

Bill Brandt

Joseph Sudek
Minor White

George Tice

show me the

LIGHT

Light Log

Keep a log of your day and the

different kinds of light you encounter.

4:50am alarm clock red, faint

7:25am computer screen small, sharp

5:15am bathroom light blinding, bright

3:30pm afternoon sun driving home warm

5:15am phone screen bright, small, colorful

4:10pm sun through curtains quiet, warm

5:50am my car headlights eery, soft

4:30pm dog walk sunsetting strong, slanted

6:00am stop lights small, sharp

5:50pm headlights driving to pick up my wife

6:10am city lights dotted, small, twinkling

6:15pm lamps dull, warm

6:15am Dunkin Donuts sign soft, flickering

8:00pm tv sharp, moving

6:30am sunrise strong, overwhelming

10:00pm bedside lamps quiet, warm

6:40am school building lights white, cold

10:15pm phone screen small, cool

7:00am darkroom red lights dim, warm

10:20pm computer screen bright, loud

7:20am sun through window blinds warm

10:30pm alarm clock dull, quiet

7:10am classroom fluorescents bright

Create 4
thumbnails based
on your light log.

2 Thumbnails from 2

different people
2 thumbnails from you
Include:
the time, light source, &
adjective
what P of C is to be
used
what the possible
camera settings will be
(15 seconds at /8)
Consider framing, point
of view, use of light,
mood, visual movement

4:30pm dog walk sunsetting strong, slanted

Create 4
thumbnails based
on your light log.
4:10pm
sun through curtains
quiet, warm

10:20pm
computer screen
bright, loud

Morning

6:40am

6:20am

6:10am

Aftern oon
4:00pm

5:00pm

4:00pm

4:30pm

Night

10:30pm

9:00pm
5:30am

5:20am

Techniques to Explore
Bracketing
Spot metering
Bulb & Extended shutter speed

One stop overexposed

8

60

-2

1 0 1 2+

Two stops underexposed

16 125

-2

1 0 1 2+

Properly exposed
8

125

-2

1 0 1 2+

BRACKETING
Take the same photo, but bracket your
shutter speed or aperture.
1 stop

125 /8

+1 stop

125 /5.6

125 /4

8 seconds /22

BULB SETTING
Shoot with exposures from 1-15 seconds,
experimenting with different light sources,
movement, and bracketing. Remember to
steady the camera.

8 seconds /5.3

15 seconds 5.6

30 seconds 5.6

BULB SETTING
Shoot with exposures from 1-15 seconds,
experimenting with different light sources,
movement, and bracketing. Remember to
steady the camera.

Objective

Students will use proper camera techniques and darkroom

procedures to compose photographs and print 3 in a series.
These photographs will explore some or all of the following:

Shoot at night
Shoot in low or no light situations
Explore long shutter speed
Use a manipulated light source or found light source
Explore an abundance of light
Explore the use of shadows or reflected light
Explore handholding or panning the camera

Shutter Speed

Light Source

Abstracting

15 seconds

20 seconds

30 seconds

114 seconds

2 minutes

4 minutes

11 minutes