HARLEY WEIR
Young elfin photographer, Harley Weir, has gone from self-taught photo enthusiast to successful fashion and music photographer in a matter of months. Currently studying fine art at St Martin’s and focusing on all things 4D, Harley has shot fashion stories for Vice Magazine and Spanish magazine METAL and worked on projects for Levi’s. Her art photography has also been published in Australian Vogue, Flux Magazine, Pig Magazine, Another Man Magazine and Urban Outfitter’s catalogue. She is currently working on her first photo book.
HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE
* Turn the camera on.
* Frame your subject – composition, composition!
* Choose between the settings you want to shoot with. I like to shoot on M for the best control. (Tip: If using black and white mode, think light and if using colour mode, think colour!)
* Press the OK button and scroll to get to the option you want to adjust: ISO, aperture, white balance, flash, self-timer. To choose, use the sub dial to move along each setting.
* Then when all is how you like, you are ready to shoot. If you feel the picture is too dark you can use the exposure compensation button on the top of the camera to over- or under-expose the picture.
* Press the shutter button half way down to focus, then shoot. Bang!
MANUAL FOCUS
The manual focus, which allows you to focus on things that aren’t in the centre of the shot, and also to focus through things that auto focus doesn’t usually understand. For example, with the portrait of the girl with the green, I shot through a leaf – which would really freak out the auto focus on a normal digital compact.
The manual focus is really interesting to mess around with and it zooms in so you can be sure to get a sharp shot, or not – whichever you prefer.
GRAINY FILM FILTER
I thought the grainy film filter was surprisingly film-like. The shots are black and white and have high contrast, with that moodiness that film gives you. None of the shots I took with it needed any touching up or post production. In fact, owing to the variety of different filters and settings, I didn’t need to Photoshop any of the shots – it was all done on camera.
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
The exposure compensation button is really handy. It gives you quick and easy freedom to over- or under-exposure your photographs to your own personal taste. I prefer my photographs to be slightly over-exposed, so it was really nice to be able to keep my own style. Usually when using a digital compact you’ll find you can’t be very creative, because sometimes what the camera will think is a mistake is actually what you wanted.
MULTIPLY EXPOSURE
The multiply exposure setting is a lot of fun. It’s the first digital compact I have come across to have this option and it’s something I have always missed when using digital, so I was very pleased to see this setting! I used it to create a dreamy haze over some of my shots, by overlaying my initial shot with a blurry one.
PORTRAIT MODE
I love to shoot people so I ended up using the portrait mode quite a bit. It gives you that smaller depth of field, blurring the background and making your subject stand out more.
I really enjoyed the control you get using this camera. I hate not being able to do things your own way and the Pen really lets you be as creative as you fancy.
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