David Hockney was born July 9, 1937 in Bradford, United Kingdom. Hockney is a painter, printmaking, and a photographer. He works in Los Angeles but previously in London, England. My artwork emulates his style of "joiners" because they are pictures that are layers and joined together to make a whole. I created these by taking 12 photos of the subject. I would start in the bottom left corner and move over a bit and take four of those photos then go a bit up and take four moving a bit over after every shot then move up even higher and do the same thing. I ended up doing a snake kind of shape going from bottom left to top right going left to right. in Photoshop the first thing I did was go File> New> and created a Custom 11" high x 14" wide white background. I then put the top left picture in first and resized it to fit, make sure to kept it the same dimensions. Then got the picture next to it and did the same thing. I repeated that action till al 12 photos were situated on the white background.
Magazine Cover
it to give a bright I chose Vogue magazine because as I was looking at different magazines after I had my photo and the style the photo fit best was Vogue. I like how classy all their photos are on the cover. Some things I did to emulate the magazine cover style was I using some of the headlines they would have on it. They seemed to always have two or three fashion related and one related to the person on the cover so I did that. The font I used for the title was Didot Bold and I chose red because it went with the background color and some of the Vogue covers use red for the word 'Vogue'. I headline on the left side and top right are in the font Didot Regular and in white so they were easy to read. the headline on the bottom right is Helvetica Regular.
My set up for this photo was there was a gray background behind me, the strobe light to the right the was, someone was holding a reflector to the left of me and the person taking the photo was in front of me. I sat on a stool for the photo and put my hand on my hip my head was turned a bit but my eyes stayed with the camera.
A strobe light is a device that regularly produces flashes of light. The light is used because it always is very bright, which uses a lot of energy which is why we don't have the light on the whole time. We use it as a stronger flash which helps it light the photo. A modeling light is the light that is continuously on the model to show the photographer where the light of the strobe light will hit. We use it to place the reflector were it needs to be to reflect light. A soft box is the enclosure that goes around the modeling light and the strobe light. It is used to diffuse the harsh light of the strobe light evenly across the person. A reflector is a circular contraption that has reflective fabric on both sides . It is used to reflect light onto the person so shadows are less apparent. A gray card is a card that is has white gray and black on it. It is used to check if the exposure is correct for the photo. The background should match the middle gray color when the exposure is correct. Finally, a radio trigger system is a device that transmitted all the photos you take on a camera to a computer in real time. It is used to make getting photos on a computer faster which saves time and to see what is looks like quickly
Family
ISO: 400, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/200
ISO: 400, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/160
ISO: 400, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/200
ISO: 400, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/160
ISO: 400, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/200
ISO: 400, Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/160
Del Mar Fair
The title of my photograph is The Girl with the Gray Clothing. This photograph was taken at Buena Vista Park in Vista, California. The compositional rule that is in this photo is symmetry. This photo was taken with a Nikon D5300 with an 18-140mm lens. I created this photograph with Adobe Photoshop by changing the brightness and contrast. I also smoothed out the skin and took away blemishes in Photoshop. This photograph is in the portrait photography (Division 4706) because it shows the mood of the subject and in the likeness of the subject. The photograph was printed on Epson Glossy Photo Paper on the Epson P800 digital printer.
Lightroom Presets
Aged Photo
Bleach Bypass
Cross Process 1
Cyanotype
Selenium Tone
Split Tone 2
Yesteryear
Antique Light
Cold Tone
Cross Process 2
Direct Positive
Sepia Tone
Split Tone 3
Antique
Creamtones
Cross Process 3
Old Polar
Split Tone 1
Split Tone 4
Expressions
Composite Photo Project
"The Sick Rose" by William Blake O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm:
Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.
To start out the composite I started with the rose. That was going to be the focus of the composite so I did that first. I got a photo of a worm and a rose from the internet. On the worm I used the lasso tool to be able to move it onto the photo of the rose. I moved it onto it and fit it around the rose. I would scale it down and distort so it would fit around the rose. I did the same things with another small part of the worm. then down the rose when it would have to change directions I would flip it. The way I got rid of the parts I didn't need was using a layer mask so if I made a mistake I could paint it on again. Next was the background of the photo and I had to change it to night time. First I had to add a hue/saturation layer and move the lightness down to about -50. Next I used a Photo Filter Adjustment Layer and change the color the a dark blue and move the percentage to 89%. Then create a Gradient Map layer and have it go from dark to light horizontally to make the gradual darkness. Then used a layer mask to darken the sky even more. Next to create the stars you use the Paint Brush tool at a size of 4px. In the setting turn the Spacing all the way up, Hardness all the way down, Size Jitter all the way up, and Scatter all the way up. Then painted the stars in the sky. Next was put the other aspects of the composition on top of the background. I used layer masks for both trees, the bed, the flower bed, the rose with the worm on it, and the pathways. All but the rose layer were placed underneath the layers I did above to get them to be darkened too. Then to make them blend in more I right clicked and chose Refine Mask. I then took to smart Radius up to about 20-30 so the edges blended better with the background. I did that for all the layer masks but the bed, rose and worm. Then the rose layer was brightened to bring it out more. Lastly I merged all the layers and saved it as a JPEG.
Flying
Mandalas
Mandala is a circular picture that is slit up into triangles. In each triangle there is a pattern or a section of a photograph. Them it is repeated, which in turn create shapes or geometric designs in it. In making the mandala, I found out that I like seeing the form of the mandala happen. I didn't know it some of them were going to work but as I was making them I saw that they were going to work. My favorite one was the on made from a picture of a tree stump. I struggled with getting them to line up perfectly.If I had to do this again I would've made the colors pop more after I made the mandala. Directions to make a mandala: 1.First you'll want to open up two tabs on Photoshop: first tab will be the template and the second tab will be to photo you want to use. 2. One the mandala template click on the magic wand tool (under the quick selection tool) and select one section on the mandala. 3. Drag the section selected over the photo you want to use (do not click to move tool stay on the magic wand tool). Place it on the part you want to be the mandala and press command+c 4. Go back to the mandala tab and press command+v in the section and duplicate that layer. 5. Move the duplicate to the pie area to the left of the first layer. After click Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal, then Edit>Transform>Rotate and rotate the second layer till it lines up perfectly with the first layer. 6. Once lined up press command+click on both of the layer then Layer>Merge Layers to merge them together. And duplicate that. 7. Move the layer you have to the next section of the mandala and press Edit>Transform>Rotate. Once lined up merge those two layers together. Then duplicate the layer you just made. 8. Move that layer to the right side and press Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal and line them up perfectly. 9. Once they are lined up merge them together and drag that duplicate down below the other on and press Edit>Transform>Flip Vertical and line it up. Once lined up merge them together. 10. Delete the layer that has the template so you don't see the lines. 11. You can set a background color by selecting to background color, then click to paint bucket tool (it might be under the gradient tool) and choice the color you want (I chose black). 12. Then merge everything together and save it as a jpeg.
Tessellations
Tessellation means that you take a small section of a photo that you took. Then with that small section you will create a square by flipping the photo. And in it you will have geometric shapes. I liked how as you made the tessellation you could slowly see the shapes appearing in it. My favorite image was the one made from the bark of a tree. I struggled with getting the sections to line up perfectly so there was no space between the section. One tessellation i had to do all over again because some sections had somehow gotten smaller and they didn't fit in the space thus doing it all over again. If I had to do it all over again I would have taken better photos to be used with the tessellation so they could have come out cooler. Directions on how to make a tessellation 1. Start by opening Photoshop and pressing File>New>Custom (use the drag down bar). 2. From that make and 8x8 inch white background at 300 resolution. 3. Make guidelines by either pressing View> New Guide> then what inches you need it at horizontally and vertically. Or View> New Guide Layout> then put how many lines you need and it will space then out for you and save time. 4. Next you are going to take a photograph that you think will look good as a tessellation (most of the time close ups of branches, flowers, and plants look best) and put it in Photoshop in a new tab 5. Press to crop tool and in the down bar at the top change the ratio to 1:1. Crop to what you want it be the square in the tessellation. then edit to size according to what size you are doing. For a 4" tessellation go Image>Image Size>change it to 4x4 inch and 300 resolution. 6. Drag to image you have into the tab with the white background and move it to the top left corner. Duplicate that layer three times . 7. Drag the duplicates to the squares next to, under, and diagonal the original square making sure they line up in the lines (the line should change color when it's lined up). 8. Next go to the one that is on the right of the original cropped image, click on it, go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. The one under the original is Edit>Transform> Flip Vertical. The one Diagonal from it is Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal and Edit>Transform>Flip Vertical. 9. Move the lines out of the way to make sure that there are no white spaces and adjust if needed. 10. If doing more than a 4 inch tessellation (say a 2 inch one) to back to the original image and duplicate it once then drag it down under the section you already did making sure to keep it in the top left corner of that section and repeat steps 6-9. 11. Once done save as a Photoshop file before merging layers, then merge layers and save is a jpeg. Then you are done.
Portraiture
From going down to the duck pond to take portraiture is that it takes a lot of attention to detail and corporation. My person wanted to do most of the standing poses that were on our paper, which means the paper wasn't very helpful because we could've come up with those poses on our own. I used the reflector to get her face to be more light up, but the reflector wasn't to helpful because most of the time it was to much light or to light to where it did nothing. To retouch to photos I smoothed out her skin and took away any blemishes in Photoshop. Also on one photo I whitened her teeth. Some position that use portrait photography are mainly industry or family photographers. Companies will most hire them or people will make their own business. The average salary for a portrait photographer is 32,000 and the average charge to take someones photos is $8-$10 an hour.
Education for All
My photo is of someone from an African decent learning about the historical mythology of Empires not from their area Education for All for me means that someone from one background (religion, ethnicity, or gender) is able to learn about a religion, ethnicity, or gender that they are not and from this they will expand their diversity of their knowledge. Everyone having access to education would allow this and if people learn about other people they become more understanding, which will lead to more peaceful relations with them. If someone is deprived of this they would only have what they heard from other people or what they see on the media. That would cause them not to be able to form their own opinion from what they learned. With that education, they can learn and form their own opinion and make an educated decision on the matter. Then they will be able to be an individual and make achievements in their life.
Food Photography
That Looks Goo- Why Is There a Pig in the Background?, Aperture: f/8, Shutter Speed: 1/180, ISO 200
The Purple Looks Lovely, Aperture: f/1.8, Shutter Speed: 1/4,000, ISO 200
Sun-kissed Chicken, Aperture: f/1.8, Shutter Speed: 1/3,000, ISO 200
Must Get Closer, Aperture: f/8, Shutter Speed: 1/125, ISO 200
Give It To Me Already, Aperture: f/1.8, Shutter Speed: 1/3,000, ISO 200
The Heavens Have Accepted It, : f/1.8, Shutter Speed: 1/4,000, ISO 200
1. The food that I brought for the food photography was baked Hawaiian Chicken. Props that were used were clear glass bowls, silverware, a black floral place mat, purple place mat, a silver decorative spoon, and a pig cork. 2. Five thinks I learned from the food photography video and presentation were the different things they used in place of real food, the different aspects that make the food in food photography look, how quickly food photography has to happen when it is ready, how advertising makes their food look so good, and how to take photos in a restaurant without disturbing the other patrons in the restaurant. 3. To make my food look similar to the professional photography, I had to overfill the bowls so that they looked full so it look more appetizing and also put something in the background to make it match more. 4. Three things I learned from doing food photography project were it is very time consuming doing the prep and staging, without having artificial lighting it is very hard to get the lighting to look good with the food, and it is very hard to make food that isn't fruits or sweets to look good. 5. Some careers and businesses that use food photography was be restaurants/ fast food chains, advertisements, and overall any business that sells food . 6. I think that in food photography i was successful in making the food look appetizing. I think I would do it again because I love food and I want to share the good food I am eating.
Name Project
Steps to Create in Photoshop The first thing is that my photography class used templates to create these. Since my name is seven letters I used the seven letter template. Once it is open take the first letter from iPhoto and drag it onto the template. When it is on the template it will be bigger then the space it is suppose to be in, to fix that go to Edit>Transform>Scale and scale it to the size it is suppose to be. Once to scale press the check mark to make the scaling permeant. After that drag the next letter onto the template and repeat the steps before and continue to repeat till name is finished. If you need to change an individual letter click in the layer that the letter is on and fix whatever you need to fix. When you are completely finished save as a photoshop file first so if you need to make changes later you can. Then, go to Layer>Merge Visible then you can save as a JPEG onto your desktop.
Reflection Some things that I struggled with in the project was finding certain letters without manipulating anything, an example is the letter 's'. In the creation I was proud that I could easily figure out that once I have the template down it was pretty easy to get the photos to the correct size and to look good. What I like best about my project is that since some of my letters look like the letter they are suppose to be your brain can use inference to figure out the other letters which I think is cool that I created a project that lets your brain do that. To improve my project I could have found a better 's' than I did.
Rainy Day
Aperture: f/9.5, ISO: 400, Shutter Speed: 1/125
Aperture: f/9.5, ISO: 400, Shutter Speed: 1/180
Aperture: f/9.5, ISO: 400, Shutter Speed: 1/180
Aperture: f/9.5, ISO: 400, Shutter Speed: 1/125
The Future Me
In ten years I will be working at a museum after a finish school with my degree in History with a concentration in Africa and/or Asia. I will live in a medium sized city in a two bedroom apartment with the person I will marry. When I am at home I drink tea and either read or book or write my book. The person I am with sits with me doing their own thing. We have adopted one child who is playing in front of us. When I am not at home or work I go to the park or just walk around town.
As a celebrity I am a A-list movie star that mainly does movies that haves to do with situations. I am very nice and try to give back to my community as much as possible. I donate money, help give joy to people, and recycle as much as I can. My hobbies are painting and writing, though I never let people see or read what I create because of insecurities. I am a young single women that is not dating anyone and if I were it wouldn't be in the spotlight. Overall I am a very private, kind person that is very weird.
How I created the photos: 1. First, I found the photos that I wanted to use for the photoshop and opened them both up in photoshop in different tabs.
2. Then, I went to Image Size under the image tab and changed the resolution of both photos to 300. I had to scale my headshot image down because it was huge if you have to do that change the height to be small (try to make it match size of the face you will be covering.)
3. Next, I dragged the headshot off to the side to where it was still in a different tab and pressing on thelasso toolI circled around my head. 4. Click on the move tool and drag the lassoed part over the photo you want to put your face on.
5. Once the face in on the photo I changed the opacity of my head and made it match the size through using the scale and rotation under edit> transform.
6. Once it matches select the mask tool that is at the very bottom of the layer thumbnails (looks like a grey square with a black circle taken out of it.) After clicking on that there should be two thumbnails in the top layer.
7. Now choose the paintbrush tool and have the top color of the two rectangles be black by pressing the tiny arrow keys on the top right of the rectangles. Use the paintbrush like an eraser to take away parts of the top layer with the top rectangle is black but when it is white parts of the top layer can be painted back on. Side note: if you want to make the paintbrush smaller press the left bracket ([) or bigger press right bracket(]) on keyboard.
8. Once I was done I tried to make the skin tone match as much as possible using the tools under image>adjustments.(if there is a definite skin tone difference use the blur tool to blur out the line.
9. When completely done merge the layers by layers> merge visible. Lastly save it as a JPEG and have it on your computer.
HDR Compostion
Leading Line exposure 0.00, ISO 200, shutter speed: 1/250 , Aperture: f/16
Framing exposure 0.00, ISO 200, shutter speed: 1/250, Aperture: f/16
Rule of Thirds exposure 0.00, ISO 200, shutter speed: 1/250, Aperture: f/16
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. 1. To create these photos I took five photos one photo with the exposures at 0.00, -0.50, -1.00, 0.50, 1.00. Make sure to use a tripod so it is the exact same photo just at different exposures. 2. Then you go into photoshop and click File> Automate> Merge to HDR Pro... 3. Hit the browse buttons and choose the photos that you took. 4. Photoshop will align them. (This may take a bit). 5. A box will come up and it will have it where you can change to the presets in the right corner. Change it to made the photo how you want it to look. 6. To make the photos totally aligned press get rid of ghost on the top right side. 7. Press done when it is how you like and save the photo.
This is a photo of two doors at my school. The photo has the principle balance because it is symmetrical on either side of the photo. This photo is successful because it gives a sense of satisfaction in the viewer because it is symmetrical.
Proportion
This is a photo comparing the size of a trash can to the size of the building. This is proportion because it shows how large the building is compared to the trashcan. This photo is successful because it really shows the size that the building is and how big it is.
Rhythm
This is a photo of people walking at my school. This has the element of rhythm because it gives the sense of motion because of the people being caught in motion. This photo is successful because I was able to get it when people were in mid step that really emphasizes the motion of the people.
Emphasis
This is a photo of one of the quads at my school. This photo has the principle emphasis because your eyes are drawn to the mural in the quad. This photo is a success because even with all the other vibrant colors in the photo the viewer's eyes are still drawn to the mural.
Harmony
This is a photo of the entice to my school. This photo has the principle harmony because it has the contrast of the trees with the concrete and buildings but it still manages to flow together and fit. This photo is a success because of how I was able to get the contrast of the school and trees without anyone in the background of the photo.
Variety
This is a photo of a mural on the outside of the weight room at my school. This photo has the element variety because of the variety of shapes and colors in the mural. This photo is a success because the photo really brings out how creative the mural is.
Unity
This is a photo of some plants in the front of my school. This photo has the principle unity because it has flow but also the contrast of types of plants and the wood next to it. This photo is a success because you have the plants that are full of life and then the decaying plant material next to it living in harmony.
Elements of Art
Line
ISO 400, f/9, 1/1600
This photograph is of the gates in the 200s at my school. The element represented in this photo is line with the gate frame creating a vertical line. This makes the photo successful because it brings focus to the the two sides which brings attention to the way that people would be coming and going through the gates.
Color
ISO 400, Aperture f/9, Shutter Speed 1/1600
This is a photo of a bench at my school that has been painted on. The element color is represented in this photo through the blue in the photo. This makes this photo successful because the blue makes up have to look closer at the photo.
Shape
ISO 400, Aperture f/9, Shutter Speed 1/1000
This photo is of a mural that is on a wall at my school. This represents shape because of the two dimensional shapes that are on the mural. This makes the photo successful because it creates interest in the photo.
Form
ISO 400, Aperture f/9, Shutter Speed 1/1600
This is a photo of a snack bar. This photo has the element of form because of the shadows that made the snack bar three dimensional. This makes the photo successful because it makes the dimensions even more clear in the photo.
Texture
ISO 400, Aperture f/9, Shutter Speed 1/160
This is a photo of grass at my school. This photo has the element texture in it because the grass gives the feel of texture. This makes the photo a success because the view can image how the grass feels because of the photo.
Space
ISO 400, Aperture f/9, Shutter Speed 1/400
This is a photo of a girl against a wall. This has the element of space she is there and then there is a lot of head room and lead room. This makes the photo a success because it makes you really focus on the person in the photo because of the amount of space around her and also the contrast in colors.
Value
ISO 400, Aperture f/9, Shutter Speed 1/1000
This is a photo of a fire hydrant that is outside at my school. The element that is displayed in this photo is value because of the range of gray color in the photo. This makes the photo a success because it really brings out the different things of the photo. The fence is distinguishable from the wall and the fire hydrant is the center.
Elements and Principles of Art Through Photography
The elements of art are line, color, shape, form, texture, space, and value.
Line
A line is a one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction,and length that can be horizontal,vertical,or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin . Line also define edges of a form.
Alfred Stieglitz, "Going to the Start", 1904, http://collections.artsmia.org
Line is present in the photograph because of the post the goes vertically and horizantally across the photo. This makes the photo successful because it draws you to the race with the horizontal line. Also it helps split up the action and viewer part of a race with the vertical line.
Color
Three main characteristics: hue (red,yellow, green), value (how dark or light ), and intensity (how bright or dull) and a color is either mostly warm (red,yellow) and cool (blue,green) the types of colors are monochromatic (one color plus its tints and shades), complimentarycolors (colors opposite each other), and analogouscolors (colors next to each other on the color wheel).
Sandy Skoglund, " The Wedding", 1994, https://www.artnet.com
This photograph is an example of color because of it being mostly red. This makes the photo as success because it causes the viewer to have to actually have to interpret the photograph on there own.
Shape
Two dimensional with height and width their are two types of shape organic (a shape made by nature, not completely defined) and inorganic (manmade- such as triangles and rectangles)
Laszlo Moholy- Nagy, "FGM.025 Untitled", 1922, http://moholy-nagy.org
This photograph is an example of shape because of the shapes that are present in the photography. This makes it a success because the shapes create intrigue about the photo.
Form
Three dimensional has height, width, and depth. Photographers emphasize form by the use of highlights and shadows http://anseladams.com/ansel-adams-national-parks/
Ansel Adams, White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, CA ,1942, http://anseladams.com/
This photography is an example of form because of the three dimensional feel that is created through the highlights and shadows. This makes the photo a success because it has a more realist look that really emphasizes how beautiful the area is.
Texture
The surface quality of an object that we sense through touch. In a two dimensional work, texture gives a visual sense of how an object depicted would feel in real life touched.
Elliott Erwitt, USA. Colorado, 1955. https://pro.magnumphotos.com/
This photograph is an example of Texture because of the glass that is broken. This makes the photo a success because the viewer is able to image how it feels which makes the viewer feel connected to the photograph.
Space
Real space is three dimensional and a feeling of depth and three dimensions There is positive space (the space occupied by the primary object) and negative space (the space around the primary object).
Josef Koudelka, FRANCE. Hauts-de-Seine. Parc de Sceaux, 1987, http://pro.magnumphotos.com
This photo is an example of space because there is the positive space, the dog, and the negative space around him, the landscape. This makes the photo a success because the huge contrast between the dark dog and the white snow makes the viewer pay more attention to what is going on around the dog.
Value
The lightness or darkness of a surface. It is frequently used when talking about shading, but is also important in the study of color.
Ben Von Wong, Andrey Das meets Von Wong, , http://www.vonwong.com
This photo is an example of value because of the vibrance of the colors. This makes the photograph successful because it draws the viewer into wanting to know more about the photo and the inspiration behind it.
The principles of art are balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, harmony, variety, and unity.
Balance
Similar to our physical sense of balance. Using opposing forces in a composition that results in visual stability. there is symmetrical (same on both sides) and asymmetrical (not the same on both sides).
This is an example of balance because the photograph has an unequal balance because all of the people are sitting and are more forward on the left side while only one is sitting and they people on the right are farther back. This makes this photo a success because it creates interest and makes you want to look at each person. Proportion
Relative size and scale of the various elements in a design.
Relationship between objects.
Diane Arbus,“Boy above a crowd, N.Y.C., 1957”
This photo is an example of proportion because of how much higher the boy is then everyone around him. This makes the photo a success because
Rhythm
Indicates movement by repetition of elements. Rhythm can make an artwork seems active.
Robert Capa, SPAIN. Barcelona, January 1939, https://pro.magnumphotos.com/
Emphasis
Make one part of an artwork dominant over the other parts. It attracts the viewer’s eye to a place of special importance in an artwork.
Steve McCurry, Peshawar. Pakistan, 2002, https://pro.magnumphotos.com
Harmony
Harmony is the pleasing quality achieved by different elements of a composition interacting to form a whole. Accomplished through repetition of the same or similar characteristics.
Variety
Differences achieved by opposing, contrasting, changing, elaborating, or diversifying elements in a composition to add individualism and interest.
Unity
Bringing the elements of art into a ratio between harmony and variety to achieve a sense of oneness.
The sense that everything works together and everything fits.
Fast Shutter Speed
I took these photographs under shutter speed priority, on ISO 1600 and then on auto focus. Some struggles I faced were not having a fast enough reaction time to take some of the pictures with meant that I missed some photos. I corrected this by having a countdown to when the action would happen instead of just trying to react to the person doing the action. I learned that shutter speed has to do a lot with timing, it allows the person taking the photo to freeze time in a way, and that it is not as hard as it may look it just takes great timing. You could use fast shutter speed for taking pictures of sports, cars that are driving or just people doing something that happens very fast.
Self-Respect
My artwork is about the importance of using your voice correctly. Not only about speak out against things but also about how you speak about yourself. Many people will downgrade themselves when they talk about themselves. If people stopped insulting themselves and only comment on things they think are good about themselves then they would have a much better outlook on themselves. If their voice focuses on the beauty of them versus what they think needs to be changed, their confidence will be higher too. Then next time they look at a model or celebrity they wont have the need to critic themselves and compare themselves to that person. People also need to learn to use their voice earlier stopping anything they feel uncomfortable before anything happens. Many people will let something go on for to long before they say anything but if people are taught and know that they can voice their opinion and opposition early then when they feel uncomfortable they will say something and stop the situation.
Light Painting
We took the photos in a darkened room with a tripod. The camera was on Manual mode with manual focus and a shutter speed of 6 seconds. My partner and I used the app called myLightPaint to make to light painting. Some of the struggles I had with light painting was focusing the camera because since it was dark I only had the little light from the phone to focus to which means some of the pictures came out blurry. One thing I learned was how important talking communication is between you and the person you are taking a picture of. Another thing I learned was how frustrating it was to take picture in the dark. Lastly a thing I learned was how light can make a photo do very interesting things such as making a twin of you. Some things you could do with light painting is write out a message, way to take pictures when you are camping or just in a dark place. You can make a design that is very meaningful or just something silly. You can pretty much do anything with light painting.
Shutter Speed Exercise
Shutter Speed: 1/3 Aperture: f/16 ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/30 Aperture: f/9 ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/60 Aperture: f/7.1 ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/250 Aperture: f/3.2 ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/1000 Aperture: f/2 ISO: 100
To change your camera to shutter speed priority you will turn the dial that is on the top of your camera to the 'S' which is shutter priority. You would want to use shutter speed priority when you are trying to get stop motion photos of people running, jumping, or another stop motion want. Shutter Speed
Shutter speeds are both a technical and aesthetic choice a photographer need to make before releasing the shutter.
The shutter inside your camera controls the duration of time the sensor is exposed to light.
Capturing blur or motion can emphasize movement or add drama.
A fast shutter speed is often utilized to freeze the movement of a subject.
A slower shutter speed can be used to show ,motion and visualize movement
Shutters are expressed as seconds and fractions of seconds.
As a general rule to prevent intentional camera shake you should avoid handling your digital cameras at speeds slower than 1/2x Focal Length.
Using a tripod can help eliminate camera shake when using slower shutter speeds
The visual blur and suggestion of movement occurs because the subject is moving against a static background.
Laying motions of different subjects moving different directions at different speeds can set up interesting dynamics within a photograph.
Fast shutter speeds can make normal subjects appear to freeze in the air.
When photographing people running relatively close to the camera a shutter speed of 1/1000 second or faster should freeze most motion.
The distance the subject id from the camera, the speed of the subject, and the focal length of the lens will affect whether the subject is sharp or blurred.
Slower shutter speeds help convey the idea of motion and movement
Slower shutter speeds along with panning can help isolate the subject from a busy and distraction background.
A tripod combined with a long exposure can capture the firework’s trails.
Water movement can be emphasized with long exposures
Daguerrotype & Cyanotype
Daguerrotype Louis-Jaques-Mandé Daguerre invented daguerrotype and made it worldwide in 1839. Steps
Polishing and smoothing the photographic plate
Sensitizing the photographic plate using iodine and bromine fumes. First it is exposed to chloride of iodine until it turns yellow. Then it is exposed to chloride of iodine and the combination of the two make the silver plate light sensitive.
the plate is placed in a light proof holder and placed into the camera
the subject goes in front of the camera and kept there until the image is captured of the surface of the plate
the picture is developed over a dish of mercury inside a fuming box.
the image is made permanent by bathing it in sodium thiosulphite
(Optional) Strengthen the image by using gold chloride
Wash the plate in distilled water and dry
(Option) color using dry powder pigment after coating it with gum arabic and blowing on it to make it tacky.
Present the portrait that is surrounded by a gilt or brass mat, covered with glass, and bound in a metal fame
Cyanotype John Herschel invented cyanotype 1842. Cyanotype is made from potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate Steps:
Mix the solutions together
Took a paper and soaked it in the solution
Negative is placed on top then using sunlight or uv lamp to image is printed onto the canvas
Process the photo using water and let it dry.
1st photo: Before exposed to sunlight, 2nd photo: During sunlight exposure, 3rd photo: before washing in water, 4th photo: when wet, 5th photo: when dry
The Crazy Friendship
Kelly and her friends Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/640th of a second, ISO 400
Once there were was a teddy bear named Kelly. Now Kelly was very popular at her school. She loved that she was popular because she loved the attention and all of her wonderful friends. Her and her friends always hung out at school, but she always thought that she was better then her friends because she was smart and beautiful.
Kelly and her friends talking
Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/160th of a second, ISO 400
Now Kelly and her friends talk to each other all the time about boys, food, TV shows, and school. Kelly always seemed more excited when they talked about school then her friends were. They would adamantly avoid the topic of school. She never thought that anything was wrong with it just that they were like any other high schooler that didn't like school so didn't want to talk about it.
Their grades Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/160th of a second, ISO 400
What Kelly didn't know is that her friends were only here friends because she was smart. They had always lied to her about how they liked her for her personality. What they didn't know from doing that is that if she ever found out she would be very mad about it. They would always talk about their dislike of her away from her and not at school.
Kelly overhearing her "friends" Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/2500th of a second, ISO 400
One day she overheard her them talking about her saying that if she wasn't smart they would have never even have noticed her and definitely never talked to her. When she heard them she became so angry that she entered into a haze where everything was a dark red. She was wondering what to do to her so called "friends" for lying to her all this time. She went through many plans that would get revenge but she ultimately chose one.
Kelly killing them Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/160th of a second, ISO 400
Kelly decided to kill them. Kelly attacked them and chocked them. She then took them to the forest and buried them. She didn't feel bad about doing it. She justified it as their lies make them deserve death because of how much they hurt her.
Kelly crying about what she did Aperture f/16, Shutter Speed 1/125th of a second, ISO 400
Later though Kelly felt bad about killing them. She knew that she couldn't tell anyone or else she would get in so much trouble. As she was alone because she killed her friends, a cat named Morgan came over and said that she would be her friend. Kelly accepted and they became very great friends; they would hang out all the time and kelly knew that the cat was hanging out with her for her personality and not any other reason.
The cat kills Kelly Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/160th of a second, ISO 400
What Kelly didn't know about Morgan was that Morgan knew what she had done and was determined to get back at her. So Morgan formulated a plan to kill Kelly. Morgan decided to kill Kelly the same way she killed her friends . After the deed was done Morgan was happy that she had avenged another murder.
Aperture Assignment
Aperture f/16, Shutter Speed 1/20th of a second, ISO 200
Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed 1/80th of a second, ISO 200
Aperture f/1.8, Shutter Speed 1/1600th of a second, ISO 200
In the first photo with an aperture f/16 everything is in focus from the white paint to the back box. In the middle photo the back is lightly out of focus because of the smaller aperture that was used. The last photo only has the front box in focus because the aperture used was f/1.8. As we can see with a higher aperture more of the photo is in focus than the ones with the lower aperture. Demonstrates the need for different apertures so that we can get different focuses in the picture.
Aperture sizes are denoted with a f number; the bigger the number smaller the opening. Aperture changes depth of field which guides the viewer's eye to what you want them to focus on. Shorting background is blurred and enlarging everything is in focus Wider aperture shallow depth of field. Portrait would need a wide aperture while a landscape would need a small aperture.
Digital Camera Basics
DSLR “Digital Single Lens Reflex” and it uses mirrors to direct light from lense to viewfinder (the hole you look through).
Exposure- the amount of light collected by the sensor im your camera in a single photo
Exposed to long : washed out
Exposed to short: to dark
Most cameras have light meters which measure the light in the given shot set an ideal exposure
3 primary controls that your camera uses are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
Before you take a picture consider aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
Aperture
A hole within a lens through which light travels into camera body Just like your eyes
Size of Aperture Large versus Small Aperture
Expressed in f-numbers (also know as f-stop) are ways of describing how open or closed the aperture is
Smaller f-stop means large aperture and Larger f-stop means smaller aperture
Aperture Basics
Small aperture increase depth of field brings object and background into focus
Large soften background details
Depth of Field (DOF)- the distance in which objects behind and in front of focal point are in focus.
Shutter Speed
Exposure time stands for the length of time a camera shutter is open to expose light into the camera sensor
If it is fast it can freeze time completely
If shutter speed is slow it can create “motion blur”
Shutter speeds are typically measured in fractions of a second, when they are under a second
For example ¼ means quarter of a second, while 1/250 means one two-hundred-and-fiftieth of a second or four milliseconds
The slowest shutter for handheld photography is 1/60. Anything lower then that should either be on a tripod or on a straight, solid surface
Any slower handheld shutter speed begins to get motion blur and your photography may be out of focus
ISO
The level of sensitivity of your camera to available light
The lower the ISO number, the less sensitive it is to light high more sensitive
To change use “image sensor” or simply “sensor”
With increased sensitivity you can take pictures in low light but it may at grain or “noise” to the picture
General rule of thumb
Bright and sunny, 100 iso
Cloudy, 250 iso
Indoors, 500 iso
Night time without a flash and with tripod, 1600 iso
Modes on DSLR
M- Manual control over aperture and shutter
A- Aperture priority (controls depth of field)
S- Shutter priority (motion most important)
P-Camera sets shutter speed and aperture
How to hold DSLR
Have the camera strap around neck at all times and
Hold the camera by lens and hand grip if possible- treat with care
Camera Obscura
Before there was photography people would draw shadows of others. The only problem was that a shadow was enlarged and hard to shrink down. To solve that problem, people took the things Aristotle learned and created these portable cameras obscuras. This allowed for more realistic drawings because they would trace the shadow that was now proportionate. This started the photography because it was the start of the want of an easy way the get an exact picture that later turned into photography.
Surrealistic Selfie
My image is of half my face because it is suppose to focus on my hair. I used the apps Pixlr and Snapseed to edit this photo. The photo was originally of my whole face but I cropped it for more of an effect and make it easier to focus on the hair. I pixelated the face to show how some people when my hair is down only see the hair and not a person. Which is in relation to people randomly touching my hair. I used the vignette focus on my hair to feel emphasize my hair and blue out everything else. I also changed the contrast and warmth to where my hair really stands out.
I took this photo in my room but the important part is the little portion of a poster in the background you can see. That is a clarinet poster and that is important to me because the clarinets and band kids are some of the only people that see me as a whole person and not just the smart person or quiet person. That is great because they see that I actually have substance and layers and not just a two dimensional person.
This selfie displays that in most situations I don't feel like a real person to people that don't know me because they only see the outside of me. I feel that is a problem because someone's appearance shouldn't stop someone from wanting to find out about the person.