History of Photography
Camera Obscura
A camera obscura device consists of a box, tent, or room with a small hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside, where the scene is reproduced upside-down and reversed, but with color and perspective preserved.
My Camera Obscura
Here I have made my own camera obscura and we are trying to capture the outside surroundings by tracing over the image that is projected onto the tracing paper.
Fast Shutter Speed
A fast shutter speed lets in less light and gives the effect of freezing an object in motion. Fast shutter speeds (such as 1/2000th of a second) are especially useful in bright light or when trying to capture photos of things that are moving fast, such as athletes and wildlife. Another thing it's used for is levitation.
An example of someone using levitation is Natsumi Hayashi.
An example of someone using levitation is Natsumi Hayashi.
Natsumi Hayashi
Natsumi Hayashi is a Japanese artist known for her fixation with levitating. Two years, ago, the photographer began posting portraits online of herself floating in mid-air. The magical project — titled “Today's Levitation“ — is the subject of a playful survey of her year-long obsession with flying.
Fast Shutter Speed:
Levitation: First Response,
Levitation: Second Response,
- Here I changed the shutter speed and also adjusted the focal length so that I could get better quality images
The pictures taken inside are a lot darker when I took them, I have brightened them here, but if I were to attempt this again, I would adjust the focal length or the ISO to produce a better quality image.
Capturing movement - Slow Shutter Speed:
Movement of a figure
In today's task we focused on the work of Francesca Woodman. She is famous for creating ghost-like images where the subject is blurred against a sharp background. Woodman is the main subject in her photographs and her work is incredibly emotive especially when you discover that she committed suicide at the age of 27.
In today's task we focused on the work of Francesca Woodman. She is famous for creating ghost-like images where the subject is blurred against a sharp background. Woodman is the main subject in her photographs and her work is incredibly emotive especially when you discover that she committed suicide at the age of 27.
Francesca Woodman:
The task today was to photograph our partner. Use a long exposure to blur the subject but keep the background in focus. We blurred the subject by making them move slightly while we took the photo.
Blurring: First Response, |
In these pictures we were mostly experimenting, but we weren't really able to get the look we were going for. The main problem was that the original images were too bright.
Next time we can adjust the ISO to make the images look darker and give it a better look. We can also experiment with slower shutter breeds to give it a more blurry effect. |
Blurring: Second Response,
In these pictures I turned down the ISO so that I could also turn down the shutter speed without it being super bright and ruining the effect I was trying to get. And we were able to get better blurring while the image was darker and not as washed out. If I were to attempt this again, I would probably shoot in a darker space so that I could lower the Shutter Speed even more and amplify the effect I was trying to produce
Introduction to Aperture
Aperture can be defined as the opening in a lens through which light passes to enter the camera. It is an easy concept to understand if you just think about how your eyes work. As you move between bright and dark environments, the iris in your eyes either expands or shrinks, controlling the size of your pupil
Aperture can add dimension to your photos by controlling depth of field. At one extreme, aperture gives you a blurred background with a beautiful shallow focus effect.
At the other, it will give you sharp photos from the nearby foreground to the distant horizon. On top of that, it also alters the exposure of your images by making them brighter or darker.
At the other, it will give you sharp photos from the nearby foreground to the distant horizon. On top of that, it also alters the exposure of your images by making them brighter or darker.
Our task today was to ry photographing three people in a line about one metre apart and focusing on the person in front.
Apature First Response:
With this task, we were asked to take one picture focusing on the person in the foreground of the image while leaving the two people behind them out of focus. Another picture with the first two people in focus, leaving the person behind them out of focus. And one more picture with all three people in focus. We weren't really able to get all three in focus and we struggled to get the first two as well.
Apature Second Response:
Depth of field in nature:
Micheal Bosanko:
Light Painting:
Light painting photographer Michael Bosanko has been capturing light since 2004. He discovered light painting on accident, Michael says this of his moment of discovery, “the moon formed part of the scene, but the camera shake caused the moon to make a streak. My curious mind clipped the camera from the tripod and, hand held, I attempted to “write” my partner’s name using nothing but the moonshine and the movement of the camera in my hand, and I had success. As soon as I returned home, I adopted the same principles but with torches, and I’ve been hooked ever since.” Ever since that moment Michael has had great success with light painting photography, he has created images for several commercial clients and been published in numerous magazines. Below are some examples of his images:
Light painting, First Response:
ISO: 100
shutter speed: bulb
Apature: F11
shutter speed: bulb
Apature: F11
Here, the room was not dark enough and the torches were not bright enough for us to properly light paint without gaps in the lines we were creating.
Light Painting, Second Response:
On fireworks night, we got some sparklers and made some shapes with them. Because it was darker and the sparklers were brighter, they create a much clearer and more pigmented line. I also like the little sparks that fly off the line