Thursday, 7 September 2017
Faces of the British Museum I
One thing that caught my eye on a recent visit to the British Museum was the amazing variety of representations of the human face. I am not much good at photographing people but I enjoyed these faces and the challenge of taking photos in very poor light, often through glass.
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I looked at II first wondering how you managed the lighting, then read your comments in I about the poor lighting! How did you do it? This is a fascinating series of images!
ReplyDeleteThe lighting was as provided by the museum Phil. They are all shot at low shutter speed and wide aperture with the camera deciding the ISO. Sometimes the ISO was relatively high but the full frame sensor copes well. For example, the ninth image here was in near darkness and used an ISO of 12,800 yet you'd hardly know it. Several photos were through glass but I was able to position myself to avoid reflections (most of the time).
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