Tuesday 5 October 2010
Friday 17 September 2010
The Principles Of Photography
Composition
This is bluntly to see how the camera sees, because when you take a picture it is a freeze frame of what we see kind of like when you stare at something for a long time. good pictures are never just be taken they take skill to understand how to produce good quality images because what sells an image is if it catches the attention of the person viewing it, this important when preparing to capture an image that you manage to capture as many of the features as possible. this will make the image.
The Centre of Interest
This is the main focus of the image, this is that awesome thing that you have been wanting to see for ages and want a memory of it, like a photo of a live band, famous land mark like the pyramids or just random times with your friends. The great thing about the centre of interest is it can always tell a story of what the image is and how it led to being captured.
Viewpoint and Camera Angle
Firstly is the camera angle and when taking an image it is important to get this right so the best possible image is made. making sure you get this angle right is important because if you are taking a picture of your mate for example if you mess up the angle you will end up cutting peoples heads up or getting a bird in the top corner of the picture.
secondly is your viewpoint this where you are going to take the image. a good example of this is tourists because they take thousands of photos and if the go somewhere like the Devonshire coast they could use the cliff side as a viewpoint to get a good angle of the cliff edge and the beach maybe?, a clever use of a viewpoint is positioning yourself in a way so that you can fit in a land mark or object and stand next to it to show that you are quite tall here is an example
Light
This is a principle that factors to everyone because almost everyone has had an image ruined by bad lighting. I myself have sometimes been boggled why pictures are ruined when there is only a little bit of light but I have recently learnt that light has everything to do with a decent image. the reason images don't come out too good is because not enough light is going into the aperture thus producing a shadowy image, this can be taken away by using a light source. natural light is the best.
Shutter Speed
this is a clever feature that is a custom to most cameras and camera phones of today and it quite simply changes the speed that the shutter opens and closes, its kind of like a when you open and close a door really quickly. this is the weapon of choice for the paparazzi because with a high shutter speed it allows you to take a huge amount of images in a small amount of time and if its a good camera the image will always come out great.
Background
The background is an important part of the photographic process because it will always show.
so when you are taking a photo always make sure that you make sure that there is nothing that can spoil your image or obscure the point of interest.
This is bluntly to see how the camera sees, because when you take a picture it is a freeze frame of what we see kind of like when you stare at something for a long time. good pictures are never just be taken they take skill to understand how to produce good quality images because what sells an image is if it catches the attention of the person viewing it, this important when preparing to capture an image that you manage to capture as many of the features as possible. this will make the image.
The Centre of Interest
This is the main focus of the image, this is that awesome thing that you have been wanting to see for ages and want a memory of it, like a photo of a live band, famous land mark like the pyramids or just random times with your friends. The great thing about the centre of interest is it can always tell a story of what the image is and how it led to being captured.
Viewpoint and Camera Angle
Firstly is the camera angle and when taking an image it is important to get this right so the best possible image is made. making sure you get this angle right is important because if you are taking a picture of your mate for example if you mess up the angle you will end up cutting peoples heads up or getting a bird in the top corner of the picture.
secondly is your viewpoint this where you are going to take the image. a good example of this is tourists because they take thousands of photos and if the go somewhere like the Devonshire coast they could use the cliff side as a viewpoint to get a good angle of the cliff edge and the beach maybe?, a clever use of a viewpoint is positioning yourself in a way so that you can fit in a land mark or object and stand next to it to show that you are quite tall here is an example
Light
This is a principle that factors to everyone because almost everyone has had an image ruined by bad lighting. I myself have sometimes been boggled why pictures are ruined when there is only a little bit of light but I have recently learnt that light has everything to do with a decent image. the reason images don't come out too good is because not enough light is going into the aperture thus producing a shadowy image, this can be taken away by using a light source. natural light is the best.
Shutter Speed
this is a clever feature that is a custom to most cameras and camera phones of today and it quite simply changes the speed that the shutter opens and closes, its kind of like a when you open and close a door really quickly. this is the weapon of choice for the paparazzi because with a high shutter speed it allows you to take a huge amount of images in a small amount of time and if its a good camera the image will always come out great.
Background
The background is an important part of the photographic process because it will always show.
so when you are taking a photo always make sure that you make sure that there is nothing that can spoil your image or obscure the point of interest.
The Evolution Of PinHole Cameras to the Cameras Of Today
PinHole Cameras were the first line in photograhy as an art form and a science of projecting an image of the users surroundings and captureing them onto paper.
the very first in hole camera was invented in 10,000AD and with a principle that was founded in 330BC by Aristotle asking the important question why does light make a circlular image when it shine through a square hole.
Cameras soon began to develop and become popular in the late victoria era, the photographic technology had evolved from the simple box to a bellow but kept the same prinsiples for example apetures, how the picture or image was taken and the development stage. development was placing the images in development solution to produce the image on the paper.
during the 19th century technology behind photograph radicaly changed with a radical new paper and even the beginning of colour photography, this was done by inserting coloured filters inwith the apeture the reason they produced colour was becasue the filters were red blue and yellow and the light refecting on them produced multiple colours.
when the 20th century there was alot of conflict during the early years but photography tech did improve with the introduction of film to cameras and full colour photography, this was then shown as an art form and showcased to the world.
a new type of camera was invented by a company called poloroid where the image that you have taken is printed before your eyes but went bankrupt in 2001
digital cameras were introduced in high end cameras in the 80s and perfected in the 90s so by the new Millenium digital cameras became the norm.
the very first in hole camera was invented in 10,000AD and with a principle that was founded in 330BC by Aristotle asking the important question why does light make a circlular image when it shine through a square hole.
Cameras soon began to develop and become popular in the late victoria era, the photographic technology had evolved from the simple box to a bellow but kept the same prinsiples for example apetures, how the picture or image was taken and the development stage. development was placing the images in development solution to produce the image on the paper.
during the 19th century technology behind photograph radicaly changed with a radical new paper and even the beginning of colour photography, this was done by inserting coloured filters inwith the apeture the reason they produced colour was becasue the filters were red blue and yellow and the light refecting on them produced multiple colours.
when the 20th century there was alot of conflict during the early years but photography tech did improve with the introduction of film to cameras and full colour photography, this was then shown as an art form and showcased to the world.
a new type of camera was invented by a company called poloroid where the image that you have taken is printed before your eyes but went bankrupt in 2001
digital cameras were introduced in high end cameras in the 80s and perfected in the 90s so by the new Millenium digital cameras became the norm.
Thursday 16 September 2010
reserch into pinhole camera art and artists
Examples of pinhole photography
This is a pinhole image of the black sea.
The photo was taken in chernomorets in burgas which is in Bulgaria
Image was found on www.flickr.com/groups/pinholers/
This is an image known as Awaiting Grace.
There is no information to suggest where in the world the picture was taken, but from first look we can tell that it was taken outside a spire or church of some sort.
The photo has some clever effects like how the image is slightly curved and the two figures in the door way. According to the artist/photographer he is both sitting and standing and blended them both into the image.
Image was found on
Image was found on
This is an imaginative from photographer Ben Sutherland and it is called underneath the same tree.
The picture itself is nice because it has only one focus, which is the shape and out line of the tree.
Image was found on
Mitchell Dennis
ED1 Group A
How to use a Scanner
- Open PhotoShop
- PhotoShop will open this is indicated by a blue PhotoShop Logo
- File - Import - Scanner (the name of the scanner will be displayed)
- scanner window will open
- place your image into the scanner face down
- click the preview button from the scanning window
- click scan this should bring your picture on the main screen
- close the scanning window
- to rotate go to images - invert - 180
- then save via JPEG or photoshop
- to change from possitive to negative click the invert icon this is like a black and a white circle crossing over
PinHole Camera images
Pin hole camera
Our pin hole cameras we constructed from a huge range of containers but i chose to use a shoe box. The first thing that we did was to paint the inside of the box so that the least amount of light was not reflected, then we mad a small hole with a pin in some foil self explanatory really. After constructing our cameras we started taking images and developing them, to take the pictures we had to leave the hole exposed to light for a period of time and because of the size of my box i had to do it for 1 and a half minutes. To develop we had to place the photographic paper that had caught the light into developing solution and this would produce the image as a negative. Then we dryed them
Purpose
The purpose of the task was to understand the science of photography i.e how the light is reflected causing the image to be rotated when taken.
What went wrong?
somethings that went wrong was the exposure time was a bit of on the final 2 images because i got the timings wrong and I didnt seal my container properly.
How to improve!
The next time I get a chance to do this I would maybe do a longer exposure time and use a better container one that kepps light out more
How to calculate F-Stops
distance from the paper (mm)
diamiter of the pinhole (mm) = F- Stop
Purpose
The purpose of the task was to understand the science of photography i.e how the light is reflected causing the image to be rotated when taken.
What went wrong?
somethings that went wrong was the exposure time was a bit of on the final 2 images because i got the timings wrong and I didnt seal my container properly.
How to improve!
The next time I get a chance to do this I would maybe do a longer exposure time and use a better container one that kepps light out more
How to calculate F-Stops
distance from the paper (mm)
diamiter of the pinhole (mm) = F- Stop
What Are Apertures ?????
An Aperture is the hole in which light passes through to reflect the image onto paper or film. in early cameras for example PinHole cameras the light would reflect it and produce the image in a negative format and upside down but now with modern technology apertures can produse high quality images in stunning high definition with blurry pictures becomming a thing of the past with the invention of auto focus.
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