{"id":1092,"date":"2023-06-16T07:39:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T07:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:20:13","slug":"shoot-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/shoot-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot the Sun…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STOP!!!<\/strong> I did not mean point your camera at the sun and take a photo of it. DO NOT DO THAT…. EVER!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am going to share with you a simple to use photography technique you might of heard of before, the Sunny 16 technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yawn i can hear coming from some of you but wait, I want to also share the way I have been rocking it lately which excellent results here in the UK, and the UK part is important<\/strong><\/em> as I will discuss later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First for those who have never heard of sunny 16 before, what is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunny 16<\/strong> is a way to expose your film of choice based on looking and reacting to the way the sky looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I get on to what I do a (UK Version) here are the sunny 16 guides to how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First load your camera with your file ISO of choice ie: 400 Iso, 200 iso, 800 and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next set your camera speed to the closet number to your ISO speed that you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So 400 ISO would be 1\/500 or 200 ISO would be 1\/250 and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From now on all you need to change depending of the state of the sky, the light available, is to adjust the aperture like so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely clear blue sky = f\/16 (hence the name Sunny 16)
Slight cloudy sky = f\/11
A lot of cloud but still see some sky = f\/8
Cant see the sky = f\/5.6
Dusk, the light is fading regardless of cloud level =f\/4 or f\/2.8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what’s this UK Version Dave?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, you know when your are wasting time at work youtubing photography…… come on own up we all do it…. I watched a video by the Wonderful Martin Henson<\/a><\/strong> and he suggested that we in the UK rarely if ever get true clear blue skies and should be starting our Sunny 16 at Sunny 11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effectively giving your film, colour or b&w, 1 extra stop to compensate for the hazy cloudless blues skies not experienced say in States like California and Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the UK Sunny 11 would be like this:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely clear blue sky = f\/11 (hence the name Sunny 11)
Slight cloudy sky = f\/8
A lot of cloud but still see some sky = f\/5.6
Cant see the sky = f\/4
Dusk, the light is fading regardless of cloud level = f\/2.8<\/strong> or f\/1.8 or f\/1.4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This works great and I have been rocking this technique for many a roll of film lately getting reliable results, but me being me, and spotted another nugget of info in another YouTube video while working hard at work, I have been reducing the shutter speed 1 click giving my film approximately another 2\/3rds of a stop of light to soak it self in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So my daily scenario on loading a film is this.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pick my film say Ilford Delta 400.
Load it and set the shutter to 1\/250th instead of 1\/500th
If it is a clear sky in the UK, rare but does happen sometimes, I set the Aperture to f\/11.
Go out and have fun shooting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISO 200 my shutter would be 1\/125th and ISO 100 would be 1\/60th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not go lower than 1\/60th for handheld work and at 1\/60th I would still be looking for something solid to lean against to take the shot. Slower the 1\/60th then its tripod time or a wall, post or anything to keep the camera still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next time you are out doing street photography give this a try by starting with the 400 ISO setup I mention above and save your thinking gear for creating and composing shots rather than messing about with a light meter and getting your Einstein inspired mathematics correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the main, unless a big brand customer is holding a high value job in front of your lens, photography should be fun and I have been having much more fun photographing my world around me using the Sunny 11 (UK version) <\/strong>and for my fellow snappers in the USA, try the sunny 16 because you have gorgeous clear blue sky’s, you swine’s lol, but maybe try stepping the shutter down a notch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, have fun in photography.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DC x<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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