The Six Pack Exercise by Moose Peterson The Six Pack Exercise is designed for only one outcome, for you to learn Depth of Field (DoF) for YOUR gear and YOUR photography. With that known, you might think there is no right or wrong answer or outcome. Nothing could be further from the truth as you will come to learn. As the name suggests, we learn these DoF lessons using a six pack arranged in these configurations.
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TheSixPackExercisebyMoosePeterson
TheSixPackExerciseisdesignedforonlyoneoutcome,foryoutolearnDepthofField(DoF)forYOURgearandYOURphotography.Withthatknown,youmightthinkthereisnorightorwrongansweroroutcome.Nothingcouldbefurtherfromthetruthasyouwillcometolearn.Asthenamesuggests,welearntheseDoFlessonsusingasixpackarrangedintheseconfigurations.
Weusethesixpackbecauseofsizeandelementfamiliarity.Youcanuseanybrandyou’dlike,butitmustbethe12ozcans.Youwillneedsixcansanda12”ruler.Youwillbeassemblingthemaspicturedabove,inaverticalrow,ahorizontalrowandinapyramid.Thecansforeachformationaretobeoneinchapartfromeachother.YouaretotakethephotographsastobedescribedwitharulerinthephotoALWAYSwiththefrontoftheruleratthefrontedgeoftheclosestcanandthenalwayslayingawayfromthecameralensperpendicularfromthefilmplane.Inthecaseofthepyramidformation,therulerislyingontherightsideofthecansinthismanor.
Thisneedstoshotindoorsonawhitesurface.Youmusthaveevenlightingwhichcanbefromawindow,flash,orcombinationofboth,butevenfrontlightingisessential.Lastimportantelementinthesetupisthereisnobackgroundwithinatleasttwelveinchesbehindthelastorfurthestcanfromthelens.Mostidealisshootingthisonawhitesweepbutthatisnotrequired.
YouaregoingtowanttoshootthisonatripodandmakesurethatyourcameraisonSshootingmode(notC,continuous).Youshooteachformationatthesamelevelasthecans.Youareshootingstraightatthecans.Youwillfindthatcreatingsmall,whitecardsthatcanbesetupandtothesideofthecanswithf/stopswrittenonthemmakesiteasiertoseetheresults.Inmakingthesecardsandinshootingtheexercise,youwillbeworkinginwholestops,f1.4,2,2.8,4,5.6,etc.Youwillwantcardsforthethreelensesyouwillbeshootingwith.Thoseareyourwide,longandthefocallengththatisinthemiddleofthesetwo.Forexample,youcoulddothiswith20mm,200mmandthen100mm.Manythrowintothismixtheirfastestlensaswell,forexamplea24f1.4or50f1.4.Themoreyoudo,themoreyoulearn.
Youwillshooteachformationofcanswithallthef/stopsonyourlens.Thelogicalorderistostartwideopenandclosedownwitheachproceedingclick.Youwillshooteachformationlikethisfromthreedifferentdifferences,atonefoot,fourfootandeightfootawayfromtheclosestlens.Thesedistancesaretobemeasuredwithameasuringtapeandnotthedistancescaleonthelensbarrel.Soatonefoot,youwillshoottheentiref/stoprangeofthelensatwholef/stops.Thenyoumovetothenextdistanceanddothesamethingagain.
Thepyramidformationgetsoneextrasetofimages.Youraisethecameratwelveinchesfromtheheightyoushottheeyelevelset.Youshootafullsetofimagesfromthethreedistances.Onceyouhavetheseallshot,createfoldersforeachsetupandplacetheimagesinthosefolders.Oncethisisdone,thefunbegins.
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