DD8 Camera Club Project List
Kirriemuir, Angus
(this is a work in progress, as I spend time figuring out ideas to bring to the club)
02 - Oil on Water
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Glass dish, cooking oil, washing up liquid, tablet, tripod, extension tubes.
DESCRIPTION
Expert Photography website guide.
Digital Photography School website guide.
06 - Little Figure Macro
LOGISTICS
Indoors with studio lights
EQUIPMENT
Studio lights, little people like lego / railway figures / toys, table surface, backdrop, creativity.
DESCRIPTION
Shotkit website guide.
Fix The Photo website guide.
07 - Divine Corpse Game / Triptych
LOGISTICS
Anywhere
EQUIPMENT
Subject to photograph with a prop in the persons hands.
DESCRIPTION
GMHS Art website guide.
08 - Cyanotypes / Contact Prints
LOGISTICS
A project that will take 2 days to complete. The process is done indoors, but photos can be taken either indoors or outdoors.
EQUIPMENT
Photo printed on transparent tracing paper /clear film, cyano bottle mixes, UV light / sub, trays for liquids, wide paintbrush.
DESCRIPTION
Foto Speed website guide.
Alternative Photography website guide.
Film Shooters Collective website guide.
09 - Soap Bubble Rainbows
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Extension tubes, backdrop, smooth table surface, studio lights, washing up liquid, glycerine, drinking straw.
DESCRIPTION
Expert Photography website guide.
10 - Water Splash Photography
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Small fish tank, water (possibly fizzy), fruit, knife to cut fruit up, studio lights, backdrop.
DESCRIPTION
Peta Pixel website guide.
14 - A Story in 3 Scenes
LOGISTICS
Anywhere
EQUIPMENT
Versatile
DESCRIPTION
Life Pixel website guide.
Manfrotto website guide.
Telling a story in 3 photographs, also a type of Triptych.
15 - 30 Min Scavenger Hunt
LOGISTICS
Probably outdoors
EQUIPMENT
Just a camera
DESCRIPTION
Artifact Uprising website guide.
Loquiz website guide.
17 - Smoke Photography
LOGISTICS
Indoor. May set off smoke alarms, so need good ventilation.
EQUIPMENT
Incense sticks, studio lights, tripod, gels is using colour.
DESCRIPTION
Download Brief
Digital Photo Mentor website guide.
Expert Photography website guide.
Photopoly website guide.
18 - Portrait with text / drawing.
LOGISTICS
Portrait can be taken anywhere. Image will need printed on the studio printer.
EQUIPMENT
Photos printed and a pen. People who are willing to be photographed.
DESCRIPTION
Similar to what photographer Jim Goldberg produces.
Someone else takes your photograph as they see you. It's printed out then you can write on it things like your dreams, secrets, problems... anything. Express yourself.
Huck Mag website guide.
19 - Ice Cube Splash
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Glass, ice, studio lights, backdrop, table surface
DESCRIPTION
SLR Lounge website guide.
20 - Light Bulb Refraction
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Tablet, lightbulb, black backdrop.
DESCRIPTION
You need an tablet or other 'light box' type device, a clear light bulb (or any smallish clear glass object) and ideally a tripod, to line the camera up precisely with the edge of the iPad.
Find a bright pattern online, put one on screen, turn brightness up full, place light bulb on top and turn all the lights off in the room. I also held my phone up high above with the torch on, to add a little light to the top of the screw fitting, as otherwise it just goes dark and you only see the bottom half.
Line the camera up so it's level with the edge of the tablet- so you can't see the screen at all, just the reflection in the bulb. Then take the shot using a narrow aperture for maximum sharpness throughout the depth of the bulb - I used f16 here. The background goes naturally black as long as the room is dark - and you get a totally unique image for every different pattern you use.
21 - Zoom Burst
LOGISTICS
Probably outdoors
EQUIPMENT
Tripod can be helpful. Lens with variable focal length
DESCRIPTION
When you zoom in, the burst looks like they’re headed towards the subject. When you zoom out, the streaks appear to be moving away from it.
Contrastly website guide.
Expert Photography website guide.
22 - Screw and Staples City
LOGISTICS
Indoors with lighting
EQUIPMENT
Nuts, bolts, screws, staples etc. Black background, black reflective surface, lights.
DESCRIPTION
Download Brief
23 - Spoon Pattern Reflection
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Tablet with patterns to reflect. Swirls, lines, twisty patterns etc are good. Spoon. Small extension tube might help.
DESCRIPTION
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Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
24 - Making Reflections Using a Mobile
LOGISTICS
Anywhere
EQUIPMENT
Reflective surface like a mobile phone
DESCRIPTION
Line a mobile phone or similar reflective surface to the lower part of your lens and create a fake reflection. Works well with fancy buildings as the subject.
25 - Water Balloon Burst
LOGISTICS
Probably outdoors. Lighting or backlight from the sun helps.
EQUIPMENT
Water filled balloons, usually small ones. Pin to burst them. Backlight so might need lighting.
DESCRIPTION
Download Brief
DD8 Camera Club photos
26 - Prism Photography
LOGISTICS
Anywhere, better in the sunshine.
EQUIPMENT
Prisms of various sizes, a subject to photograph. Sunshine helps
DESCRIPTION
Get Fractals website guide.
Fix The Photo website guide.
27 - Lens Ball
LOGISTICS
Anywhere but more backdrops outdoors
EQUIPMENT
80mm lens ball.
DESCRIPTION
Expert photography website guide.
Shot Kit website guide.
Gridfiti website guide.
28 - CD Droplets
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Glycerine, syringe, CDs, moveable lights / torch, table, extension tubes would be useful.
DESCRIPTION
Shutterbug website guide.
DD8 Camera Club photos
29 - Custom Shape Bokeh
LOGISTICS
Probably indoors
EQUIPMENT
String lights, black card, scissors / craft knife, tape.
DESCRIPTION
Expert Photography website guide.
A Beautiful Mess guide.
DD8 Camera Club photos
30 - Levitation Photo
LOGISTICS
Anywhere but probably outdoors
EQUIPMENT
Stool / table, tripod.
DESCRIPTION
Expert Photography website guide.
Digital Photography School website guide.
31 - Forced Perspective 1
LOGISTICS
Anywhere but probably outdoors
EQUIPMENT
Nothing specific
DESCRIPTION
This is an optical illusion where you make objects appear larger or smaller when closer or further away from the camera. This is used to make objects interact with each other in a unique way.
Expert Photography website guide.
Miops guide
33 - Wine Glass Refraction
LOGISTICS
Indoors with studio lighting
EQUIPMENT
Wine glass, wine bottle, reflective surface, coloured liquid. Can also use striped / coloured backgrounds and just glasses, without the bottle. Lighting, tripod.
35 - Lightbulb with Sparks
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Cake Sparklers, Bluetac, lightbulb, shiney table surface, black backdrop
DESCRIPTION
YouTube - Another Perspective video
DD8 Camera Club photos
36 - Long Exposure Smarties
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Black plate, lukewarm water, smarties, tripod, lights
DESCRIPTION
Place M&Ms or Smarties on a black plate and add lukewarm water. Do a long exposure when they start to flow.
Photography: Rolf Brecht
37 - Toy Car Tunnels
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Tripod, toy car, arch made from something like a coat hanger with LED's around it (tape off unneeded LEDs), lights for car, black table and black backdrop.
DESCRIPTION
Put a toy car on a raised black item, then use an LED arch to create the tunnel effect with a slow shutter speed while you move it back through the scene.
Photography: Rolf Brecht
38 - Water Droplet Strings
LOGISTICS
Indoors
EQUIPMENT
Light display stand, milk, food colouring, glue for glue gun, lighter, tripod, extension tubes, jar / glass. Can also replace light display stand with a torch and reflective paper
DESCRIPTION
Take a fishbowl / glass/ plastic cup / jar or similar container and get hot glue strings across in various directions. Then use a mist spray with water to create droplets on the glue strings (can also add glycerine).
Light it from underneath or shine a torch on it from the side. Can add reflective coloured card in the bottom of the glass is using a torch from the side. When light from underneath might need to diffuse the light using kitchenroll or milk (if using milk, can also add food colouring). A tablet with a pattern can light from underneath too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpD8u23nXA
Photography: Lee Hall
39 - Wine Glass Splash
LOGISTICS
Indoors with studio lighting
EQUIPMENT
Plastic wine glasses, reflective surface, clean backdrop, glue (easy to clean off), tripod, lights
DESCRIPTION
Can use plastic wine glasses for this and glue them down to the table surface. Can use back lighting through a diffuser. Add water and make it coloured for visual effect if desired. Shake the table left and right to get splashes curling round.
Photography: Mark A Hunter
40 - Hidden Camera Trick
LOGISTICS
Probably indoors to have a mirror
EQUIPMENT
Mirror on a wall, photoshop
DESCRIPTION
Take a photo with left arm, then right arm and finally a photo from chest level of your face. Now it all needs edited together in photoshop.
https://expertphotography.com/hidden-camera-mirror-photo-trick-photoshop/
41 - Flower photography using tissue
LOGISTICS
Anywhere. Indoors might require some source of light.
EQUIPMENT
Flowers, tripod, tissue or sheer fabric, lights
DESCRIPTION
Create a small hole in the middle of tissue paper, around 2cm, and put it between the flower and your lens. Use a wide aperture to take a dreamy photograph of the flower. The tissue acts like a vignette.
Can also use sheer fabric or clingfilm to wrap around the rim of the lens area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFiiIPEg0cM
Photography: Lee Hall
42 - In The Round (pep ventosa)
LOGISTICS
Outdoors with an appropriate subject
EQUIPMENT
A camera and photoshop
DESCRIPTION
In short, walk around a subject taking many photographs aligned the same, then layer them in photoshop together to create an image like an impressionist painting.
This layer technique can be altered to create many different visual effects for a variety of scenes. Some only go part the way around, or some are just movements of the same scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kurH5e-Zg
https://www.alanbrownphotography.com/pep-ventosa-guide-essentials
43 - ICM (intentional camera movement)
LOGISTICS
Outdoors
EQUIPMENT
Only a camera
DESCRIPTION
Photos taken using a slower shutter speed and movement. This can take hundred of photos to get a few good ones, but the results can be very artistic and dreamy. Shutter speeds of 1/3 to 1.6 seconds will usually be used. Creativity to work with the flowing lines of a scene helps.
44 - Physiogram Light Painting
LOGISTICS
xx
EQUIPMENT
xx
DESCRIPTION
Light painting patterns made with a torch on a string hanging from above. The torch is put into a momentum and the photo is taken for around a minute to create a pattern. If the torch is very light the end of the string will need some weight to allow it to swing smoothly.
https://www.discoverdigitalphotography.com/2012/how-to-create-a-physiogram-abstract-light-painting/
https://www.instructables.com/Light-Painting-Physiograms/
45 - Little Planet Edit
LOGISTICS
Outdoors. Helps to have a clear view with no obstacles in front.
EQUIPMENT
Photoshop.
DESCRIPTION
Expert Photography website guide.
Digital Photography School guide
Possible plans to figure out for future use.
Stretch Armstrong light painting
Pinhole Camera
Critter Man?
Find a Subject (colour, light, shadow, insect etc)
Outdoor Portrait Under Street Lights
Personal Project
"In the style of..."
1 Photo 5 Versions Challenge
Time Lapse
Light Painting
Stop Motion
Play with Lighting (Snoots, Gels etc)
Editing Techniques
Recreating Famous Photos
Astro
Portraits and Posing
Trick Photography
Tilt Shift Photography
Flipping reflection images
Hollow mirror portraits
https://expertphotography.com/photography-hacks/
https://expertphotography.com/photography-effects/
https://expertphotography.com/how-to-the-harris-shutter-effect/
https://expertphotography.com/sparkler-photography-still-life/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtbClSa0G7p7QK0aYogJyByzRWeX8m1zs
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