The History of Photography
Camera Obscura
You will need
How to make itStep One: Cut the flaps off of one of the faces on the box
Step Two: Tape tracing paper so that it is covering the open end Step Three: Tape the flaps on the opposite end together then cut a stamp sized/shaped hole in the centre of the face Step Four: Hold the lens in front of the hole at varying distances to see at what point the projection is in focus Step Five: Cut the cardboard tube to the length of the distance you found and tape it on top of the hole Step Six: Attach the lens to the end of the tube Step Seven: Draw the projection you see on the tracing paper |
One of the most difficult elements in constructing the Camera Obscura was determining the distance the lens needs to be from the box, this is called the focal length.
What went well: Me and my partner managed to make our box the correct shape (cutting the holes, taping the sides etc). Even better if: The drawing on the tracing paper was quite unsteady as we hadn't secure the tracing paper on too well, therefore the paper dipped in at points making the sketching a more trying task. |
SLR
An SLR camera (or Single-lens Reflex Camera) typically uses a mirror and prism system. This allows the photographer to view through the lens and see exactly what image will be captured. These camera's have four main settings: M (Manual - Allows you to have full control of all settings on the camera), P (Programme - Automatically choses the aperture and shutter speed for you), Av/A (Aperture Priority - Adds dimension by varying the depth of field) and S/Tv (Shutter Priority - Allows light to pass for a determined period of time).
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Composition
Rule of Thirds
The rule of thirds is a grid or guideline that you have on your camera or imagine. It is two lines going horizontal and vertical. It applies to visual images such as designs, films, paintings and photographs. The imaginary grid yields nine parts with four intersection points. when you position the most important elements of your image at these intersection points, you produce a much more natural image. When you position the most important elements of your image at these intersection points, you produce a much more natural image.
Shutter Speed
Shutter speed is responsible for two particular things: changing the brightness of your photo and creating dramatic effects by either freezing action or blurring motion. It is controlled by the length of time the camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor. When you use a long shutter speed (also known as a “slow” shutter speed), you end up exposing your sensor for a significant period of time. One effect of this is motion blur. If your shutter speed is long, moving subjects in your photo will appear blurred along the direction of motion. The image also appears a lot brighter, this can be combatted by lowering the ISO in the camera's settings. If you use an especially fast shutter speed, you can eliminate motion even from fast-moving objects, freezing a clear image.
Fast Shutter Speed
Natsumi Hayashi is a Tokyo-based photographer who goes by the name of Yowayowa (weakling) camera woman, poking fun at herself that she can barely carry her own camera. She was born in 1982 in Saitama, Japan and is 38 years old. Yowayowa began publicly documenting her work in 2009, which began with rather bland pictures of her and her cats but eventually evolved into very compelling levitation photos, photos we ended up taking inspiration from.
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Slow Shutter Speed
Francesca Stern Woodman was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models. Many of her photographs show women, naked or clothed, blurred, merging with their surroundings, or whose faces are obscured. She was born on the 3rd of April 1958 in US and died on the 19th January 1981 in the US. Her parents were Betty woodman and George woodman. She also had a brother called Charles woodman. Francesca went to boulder high school and Rhode Island school of design. She died at the young age of 22.
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WWW: The subjects were moving at a good speed and the camera was at a good shutter speed to make the general features of the moving portion noticeable (they aren't invisible), but not clear.
EBI: I used a tripod so that the background remains stagnant therefore is not also blurred. I made the images Black and White to better replicate Francesca Woodman's work. |
Apperture
Aperture is what controls the depth of field in an image. It does this by changing the size of the hole over the lens, this allows more or less light into the lens changing the depth of field while also impacting the ISO. If the F number is higher, the hole will be smaller letting less light in creating a deeper depth of field. On the other hand, if there is a lower F number, this widens the hole allowing more light in, creating a shallower depth of field.
Shallow Depth of Field
F4.5
WWW: I changed the aperture so that the focus was purely on the subject. This eliminates any background distractions.
EBI: I varied the F Stop on each of the pictures to give a comparison proving the impact aperture has.
EBI: I varied the F Stop on each of the pictures to give a comparison proving the impact aperture has.
Deep Depth of Field
F20
Photoshop
Open Document
Resize Document
Rotate Document
Change to B/W (Using Mode)
Change to B/W (Other Method)
History
Adjustments
Levels
Histogram
Change Colour (Using Saturation)
Change Colour (Using Colour Balance)
Andy Warhol
Step by Step
Images
Layers
B/W and Colour
Portrait Layers
GIFs
gifmaker.me
Photoshop
WWW:
EBI:
I uploaded the same images twice to make it look like his head is moving back again in the opposite direction, creating a perfect loop.
EBI:
I uploaded the same images twice to make it look like his head is moving back again in the opposite direction, creating a perfect loop.
Light Painting
Conclusion
The presentation of your weebly is good and demonstrates a good understanding of composition and layout. Please also make sure that all the images shown are presented equally in a few sections your pictures are a little small and could have more impact if they were larger on the screen.
Your Aperture is good and demonstrates your strong good of photographic technique however please put the aperture number used under each picture. Your photoshop work is good and shows a developing understanding of photoshop technique your giff work is strong and I feel the changing person is particularly strong.
Double check all of your explanations to ensure that you explain tasks and processes thoroughly. You also need to expand your analysis of the artists going more in depth about their visual practice and how it relates to your work.
Continue to experiment and practice the techniques introduced during foundation. Make sure to persevere with tasks until you get the required outcome.
Your Aperture is good and demonstrates your strong good of photographic technique however please put the aperture number used under each picture. Your photoshop work is good and shows a developing understanding of photoshop technique your giff work is strong and I feel the changing person is particularly strong.
Double check all of your explanations to ensure that you explain tasks and processes thoroughly. You also need to expand your analysis of the artists going more in depth about their visual practice and how it relates to your work.
Continue to experiment and practice the techniques introduced during foundation. Make sure to persevere with tasks until you get the required outcome.