Here we are again! A health problem of our team teacher kept us apart for a few weeks. Even with a delay of a few weeks, today we cut our traditional sweet bread for the New Year. N…s A…..s won the “gold coin” at which point and he also received the accompanying gift. Then we entered the main lesson and got to know the work of Konstantinos Pittas. We genuinely enjoyed his photos. In the technical part we studied the flash, knowing the basic principles of its operation (to be continued). To close, we played one of our favorite games...

In today's meeting we continued our efforts of getting to know Henri Cartier Bresson by watching a presentation of his biography, accompanied by several of his photos. Afterwards we had lots fun playing some kind of tag: Then we continued and revisited a subject we had explored previously, the flash. This time we focused on the stroboscopic flash. Here are some of the shots we took: Unfortunately, the lack of a proper background led to reflections that reduced the quality of the images. We hope that the next time we’ll think of a way to overcome this obstacle!

Our afternoon meetings continue, as we’re experimenting with the flash, and we need the area to be dark. There’s nothing better than starting off with a game. And that’s what we did!  Afterwards we watched a video in which Plato Rivellis presented the work of Henri Cartier Bresson. The greatest part of the meeting however, was dedicated to the technical matters of the flash and  rear curtain sync.  Here are two photos (in two versions each) that we took:

This meeting was rather short-lived, as most members of the group were going to travel to Bucharest the next day. To begin, we perused some wedding photos which were not the classic, standard shots we are all used to. Demonstrating there is some leeway for someone who wants to express themselves artistically, even in areas of applied photography.  The main topic we occupied ourselves with was the flash. We learned some basic things about its function, such as that it can be used to “freeze” an image. We conducted a little experiment in which we threw flour in to the air and tried to “freeze” its movement whilst it was falling. And of course, we did this in the dark of the day. Although the exposure time was quite long, the image was indeed “frozen”, as the shutter speed does not affect the exposure when using the flash, it only does so for ambient lighting.