Sim Cam

F2.8 - looks best at 1/250 of a second shutter speed, and the background is really blurry.

F4 - looks best at 1/125 of a second shutter speed, and the background is still blurry but you can see the outline of the windows on a building.

F5.6 - looks best at 1/60 of a second shutter speed, you can see the black windows but still blurry.

F8 - looks best at 1/60 of a second shutter speed, more clearer.

F11 - looks best at 1/60 of a second shutter speed, way more clearer you can see the building.

F16 - looks best at 1/30 of a second shutter speed, you can see the building and a lot of detail.

F22 - looks best at 1/8 of a second shutter speed, really clear.

The people look kind of blurry and different shutter speeds. The photographer could change the f-stop and it might help the picture and the lowest the photographer could hand-hold the camera would maybe be 1/15th of a second?...

ISO

ISO 200 :

 ISO 3200:

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?

You could get a better shot but still have a some "noise" in it.

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?

It could produce the highest image quality.

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?

You could get a great shot with a high shutter speed but get some "noise" in it.

4. At the camera near you, please tell me what ISO's are available on your camera?

Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400.

Shutter Speed

1.

A) 1/4000 of a second .

B) 1/1500

C)1/200

D)1/100

E)1/400

F)1/1500

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A)1/45

B)1/30

C)1/15

D)1/20

E)1/25

F)1/35

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. Explain how each works - DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, use your own words.

a) Aperture Priority -The camera automatically sets the shutter speed.

b) Shutter Priority - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.

c) Manual - you set the shutter speed and aperture manually (do it yourself)

3. With the camera near you, what are the shutter speeds available to you on that camera? You will have to turn the camera on to determine this - hopefully you can figure out what setting to put the camera on to determine the answer to this question.

BULB, 30", 20", 10", 5", 1", 0"3, 1/5, 1/10, 1/20, 1/50, 1/100, 1/250, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600 , 1/2000, 1/2500, 1/3200, 1/4000.

Aperture :

Aperture f2.8

 Aperture f16

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? The eyes.

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the bigger the lens, the higher the Aperture smaller the lens.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field? It either makes the object in the picture sharper or not.

4. With the camera near you - tell me the F stops available on the lens currently attached.

3.5,   4.0,   4.5,   5.0,   5.6,   6.3,   7.1,   8.0,   9,   10,   11,   13,   14,   16,   18,   20,   22,  25,   29,   32, 36.

Africa

I absolutely LOVE these pictures. They capture the true beauty of nature and animals. I think they're GREAT and i would love to spend a day with him taking pictures and stuff.

I love all of them but if i had to say which one was in my top favorites it would be the one where there is like 10 giraffes in an open field and the sun is just shining through the clouds. It just a great picture taken. I really really like the way it came out , especially being put in black and white.

His photographs on medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses.

While directing "Earth Song" he fell in love with the animals and land of East Africa. Over the next few years, frustrated that he could not capture on film his feelings about and love for animals, he realized there was a way to achieve this through photography, in a way that he felt no-one had really done before. He wrote "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close"

-He is "not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild. What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being."

 A favorite picture as well . I mean i really like all of them.

Academic shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?

Overall i understood the rules but when it came to taking them my mind just went blank, but i did a good job for it being my first time...

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

I found myself thinking a lot about balance because i was trying to find a picture that equal things on each side of what could be a picture. i wanted two people on each side so that it would be the best thing to find.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?

I would probably try to pay attention to details in a class room to actually find framing and other rules we have.

4. What things would you do the same?

Find things that aren't so obvious to take a picture of but in a way something that people will know what exactly i was trying to show in a photo.

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?

Lines and Avoiding Mergers will more or less be the things i will find to be a bit easier.

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?

Rule of thirds kind of gave me trouble just because you want something to be the main thing you see when you first look at a picture. Simplicity will be a hard one too because you want all focus on one subject and really want a plain background.

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?

Framing still makes me wonder what i could do to find something really creative to capture. I may need more help on that than anything else.

Academic Shoot

Simplicity :
I took a picture of a girl in a Criminal Justice class. I didn't do my best and ill be honest. It was kind of hard to get a blank background of something so i should've showed the blue background to the right of her more to actually show simplicity. When i asked a student what their eye went to they said the paper so i could've tried to get the camera more focused on the girl because that's what i was aiming for.

 

Rule of thirds:
I kind of struggled on this picture too . I wanted the main subject to be Ms. Shaw but i only got more of the kids and no one is really focused on her like i was hoping. Its clear she's there because my eye goes straight to her because of the bright blue shirt she has on. I could've made her seem bigger than anything else in the picture.

Framing:
I had A LOT of difficulties with framing because i couldn't find , really , anything that showed framing. I could've done way better on focusing on the girl because i wanted her to be the main subject. I wanted to use the two people's arms as kind of a barrier. I should've done way better than this.

Balance:
The subjects are the two girls on each side of the picture to balance out the picture in a whole. Two girls both working and have there heads down match each other. I wanted to focus more on the girls and nothing else but other than that i think it could be a good picture.

Lines:
The subject is the row of students used as lines. I did okay with following the rule but this picture can always be improved. I should have taken it a different way but i just like to take it weird ways. Also i think the bright red shirts in the front kind of take away from the picture.

Avoiding Mergers :
The main subject of this picture if the girl reading the book .. It looks like the plant is coming out of her back pack which normally doesn't happen. Its clear that the girl is the main subject anybody can see that. I also could have taken it a different way maybe but overall i think it was a good picture....

Best photos

"The story"

It tells a story about boy who is helping explain a math problem. He knows what hes talking about so hes trying to explain the problem. He's on the over-head with a marker and his mouth is in motion to really make sure people understand things.










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"Action and Emotion"

It shows a happy and playful emotion and the relationship between a good teacher and his students. Hes well liked so they feel comfortable enough to joke around with him. The boy is giving the teacher a "noogi" and the girl is just laughing as well as the teacher so its just a play-full environment.



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"Filling the frame"

The frame is filled by having the students doing an experiment and it shows the experiment in action. The foam is everywhere in the shot , and in the background shows a bunch of science things so it ties in all together. The girls seem to be very interested and wowed by what has happened.

Post shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Grumpy?
 Trying to find unique things with red in it , metal in it and someone that is grumpy.


2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I found myself thinking about focus and holding the camera more than anything . When i was taking my metal picture i wanted all the dumbbells to line up and show all of them in row. i wanted a perfect angle and focusing to focus on one specific dumbbell but also show the others.


3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy?
I would more than likely do more looking for certain things, and really focus on the main subject of each object i want.


4. What things would you do the same?
Still want something unique that nobody would have though of to use for red, metal, and grumpy.


5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, grumpy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?
I might have used lines and Rule of Thirds.


6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?
i would love to do these again because it really brings out people creativity when your just looking for certain things.

Photography Guidlines:

Simplicity:

In this photo , the building really shows simplicity because its focusing mainly on the building and with the clear background it doesnt take away from the building.


The Rule of Thirds :

In this photo it focuses on the burning building and this could also work on framing. It places the tower in the corner and makes it the  main subject.


Lines:

The lines in this photo make the explosion the main focus of the picture and the lines point straight to it.

Balance:

In this photo its balanced on both sides because there is at least one thing on the left and the right.

Framing:

The buildings in this photo make the frame for the dirt and stuff on the floor. It makes you more focus on all the stuff on the floor.


Avoiding Mergers:

This photo really shows avoiding mergers because if they would have gotten the picture from a different angle people would be paying attention more to the plant but not the guy.

Grumpy:

I didn't use anything?

Metal:

I might have used Rule of Thirds.

Red:

I didnt really use any guidlines , possibly lines and thats it.

Great black and White photographers PART 2

Bio:

His name was Brassai but born as Gyula Halasz. He was born Sept 9 1899 to July 8 1984 to a Armenian mother and Hungarian father. He was born in Basso, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary in Romania. When he was 3 he lived in Paris for a year while his dad taught French literature.  As young boy he studied painting and sculpture. He later joined the Calvary regiment of the Austro-Hungarian army and served until the end of the first World War. In 1920 he worked as a Journalist for the Hungarian papers. In 1924 he moved to Paris where he would live the rest of his life. Brassaï captured the essence of the city in his photographs, published as his first collection in 1933 book entitled Paris de nuit (Paris by Night). His book, gained great success, resulting in his being called "the eye of Paris" in an essay by his friend Henry Miller. He had been befriended by a French family who gave him access to the upper classes. In 1948 Brassai married Gilberte Boyer, a French woman. She worked with him in supporting his photography. In 1949 he became a naturalized French citizen after years of being stateless. In 1956, Brassai directed a film Tant qu'il  y aura des betes (As long as there will be animals), shot at the Paris Vincennes Zoo.




Pictures:

Warm-up

It shows the massiveness of the fire and how much smoke it has caused. I feel really bad for the people who've lost their homes , and i wish could help.

The Camera

Words:

Visible Spectrum- the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.

 

Ambrotype- an early type of photograph, made by placing a glass negative against a dark background.

Tintytype- is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a sheet of iron metal that is blackened by painting, lacquering or enamelling and is used as a support for a collodion photographic emulsion.

Pentaprism- a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.

Picture of the inside of a SLR camera -

Definitions

aperture- an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.
shutter- a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.
exposure- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate multiplied by the time for which it is exposed
depth of field- the range of distances along the axis of an optical instrument, usually a camera lens, through which an object will produce a relatively distinct image.
F-stop-  the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number. 

Focal length- the distance between an object lens and its corresponding focal plane in a telescope.

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