day at the funfair (daytime)

Nice day at the Burton statues fair!

well on my break at work but the day was cloudy with a bit of sun which made a great day for some photos. in this little project of mine, i wanted to see what different effects, tone and basicly wanted to try different settings and what was best for each photo i took. These are my best ones i thought that worked , i will explain what i did and settings i used.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop 4.5
ISO 400
lens 18mm

in this photo i liked all the colour that is bright and catches your eye. i positioned myself  kneeling on the floor to get a taller look of the object and keeping the object more in the centre of the photo.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop 5.6
ISO 800
lens 55mm

the mirror maze was quite amazing with all the lights reflecting on each other, bouncing back and forth to get this illusion with the blue lights including the motoworld sign reflecting off it.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop 5.6
ISO 100
lens 55mm

i loved ghost trains even as a little kid but i loved the grim reaper figure i took it with ISO 400 but it was too light i wanted it to be darker looking so i changed it to 100 and this gave a better look to it. More dark and scary looking including it caught the green colour giving a glowing look to it.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f4.5
ISO 100
lens  19mm

At first i tried it with ISO 300 and it was too bright and you couldnt see the glowing green effect it was showing with the lights and picture, so putting it down to 100 made a much better picture and made it look darker for a very sunny day which made it very spooky looking

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f5.6
ISO 100

again like the photo before i wanted it to look dark and scary and it came out well including i angled the shot to give a twisted look to go with the theme of the shot i wanted to get. I started to like this glowing green light and the background detail still came out so you could still see the grusome pirate face looking at you!

shutter speed 1/400
f stop f5.6
ISO 100
lens 55mm

for some reason i like this sign "extreme" it was eye catching. I still kept it on the dark setting as i wanted to make the sky darker so the main focus was the sign with lights on it making it noticable and was my main focal point.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f4.5
ISO 800
lens 26mm

Now this one i was messing with the settings and i came across this one which i love for some strange reason. i thought it was it was very artistic and it catches my eye making it look like a dream funfair where someone might be dreaming it, you could still see all the colour and lights on it still. I felt drawn into this picture.

Shutter speed 1/800
f stop f4.5
ISO 400
lens  19mm

same as last photo i wanted to carry on with this dream look effect i made but put the shutter speed up so it would catch the ride without bluring it up i would love to try and see if i could get the lights spinning and bluring next time in the night but i know it wont work in the light.

Shutter speed 1/800
f stop f4.5
ISO 800
lens 26mm

The next couple of pictures i have taken are the same but i wanted to test out different ones with different angles and shutter speeds i noticed the faster the shutter speed  the clearer the ride and people were.

Shutter speed 1/4000
f stop f4.5
ISO 800
lens 23mm

again the ride and the people are much clearer.

Shutter speed 1/1600
F stop f4
ISO 1600
lens 26mm

right in this one i slowed down the shutter speed and put the iso up and noticed there was more light and there was a fog effect not looking too clear but it looked good in a way as sometimes i noticed that when making photos it doesnt need to be clear but giving a style or a look that makes the photo unusual and different to improve this one i would put the ISO to about 400 may make it look better or put the f stop to 7 or 8 to take less light in.

Shutter speed 1/1600
f stop f8
ISO 1600
lens 18mm

with changing the f stop it has helped and cleared the image up, so taking less light into the lens makes the image less glared by the sun.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f4
ISO 200
lens 28mm

With this shot this is the best place to try my evidence on how eric hamlinton does his photos. now he explained about lowering the ISO and putting the f stop to 13.0 but after i put the f stop that low it was too dark for my image so i put it back to f4.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f4
ISO 200
lens 28mm

again i liked how the lights are bright and you can see the glare from them i think with his way he uses other equipment, i only have the basics so i keep to what i thought was good till i know what extras can help me get that perfect image like his.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f8
ISO 200
lens 55mm

the image was great and having the f stop close in stops the glare from the sun.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f8
ISO 200
lens 55mm

with the next couple of photos i wanted to catch the fun and use what i learnt on that day. Some of them i changed the f stop as the sun was too bright and kept the shutter speed high so it doesnt blur up.

Shutter speed 1/400
f stop f9
ISO 200
lens 46mm

Shutter speed 1/800
f stop f9
ISO 200
lens 31mm

As the ride was getting faster i put up the shutter speed to help focus the image

Shutter speed 1/500
f stop f6.3
ISO  200
lens 34mm

Shutter speed 1/500
f stop f6.3
ISO 200
lens 24mm

Shutter speed 1/500
f stop f6.3
ISO 200
lens 30mm

this one is one of my top pictures as this one has got more of a big impact to it and the picture has more defintion. The colour is sharp and the contrast is great, you can see the people and pictures very clear and having the sky pure white gives the ride a big focus.

Shutter speed 1/500
f stop f6.3
ISO 200
lens 26mm

again same as last photo the colour is sharp and clear with all of the detail showing.

Shutter speed 1/125
f stop f6.3
ISO 200
lens 28mm

This one i wanted to give more of an action shot giving more impact in the frame

Shutter speed 1/320
f stop f6.3
ISO 200
lens 30mm

with the carousel i wanted to capture the colour and detail of the houses. i loved all the little detail on them and wanted every bit of it to show in my shot.

Shutter speed 1/640
f stop f5.3
ISO 200
lens 46mm

i changed the f stop to take more of the light to catch more of the colour and the shine off them capturing the gold  including the shadows which made a good touch to them and i zoomed in to see more detail on the horse faces. The poles give a lot of depth within the picture including the shadows gives that 3d dimension to it.

All these photos are my first approach with using no auto and to get used to what my camera can do. With giving myself a chance to see what skills i have now and how to improve them for future.I have experience in how you can play with light and and how you can change your exposure and how to control the bluring with moving objects and capturing depth and colour. All of these photos have not been photo shopped and it shows me that you don't need it to get a perfect picture.

My next challenge is night time fun fair (when it comes to Swadlincote) capture the lights, colour and fun people are having.For my first attempt it wasn't to bad but these still show a lot can be learned and i cant wait to see what i can do next.