Unit 5 Activity 5

In landscape you get a sense of depth from the objects in the photograph. As you can see in this photograph the river goes beyond what the viewers can see giving off a sense of depth. Also, the bushes along the river help with the sense of depth of field because they to go beyond what the viewers can see. Lastly, the mountains in the background help bring a sense of depth to the photograph.

Unit 5 Activity 4

 Closed

Open 

Open and Closed landscape are totally two different concepts. Above are two images one of open landscape and the other of closed landscape. In the example of open landscape the sky and much more is included the picture so the viewers can see the entire scene. With the open landscape the viewers interpretation is different then it would be with a closed. With open landscape the viewers will interpret the image as they see it in front of them, but with a closed landscape the interpertation and focus is on the less obvious items. With landscape in general the depth of field sense is hard to interpret. But when you compare the open and closed you can sense that the closed image has a shorter depth of field then the open.

    

Unit 5 Activity 3

The two images above are examples of landscape. The top example is a painting while the other is a photograph. Both are examples of landscape where the expressive possibilities are on going. For painting the artist can decide what he or she would like to take away or add in the painting. In the example above the artist could have taken away or added tress and plants or they could have made the path go in a different direction or changed the width of the path. As far as photography goes the photographer cant just eliminate objects in the picture unless they go into a photo edit on the computer and get ride of it. So the photographer must carefully pick what he or she wants in the photographs that will express the photographer. You can find more examples and the examples I posted at the two links below.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Painting: http://www.sinoorigin.com/modern-landscape-painting.html
Landscape: http://www.madma.org/landscape-nature.htm

Unit 5 Activity 2

The two images above are examples of photographers questioning social values. These images question social values in that the pollution is an example of the over consumption of non recyclable items. The communication is obviously clear when it comes to the images above, on polluting the waters. This is because the main focus is on all the non recyclable items in the water. You can find these images as well as many other examples at the website http://coastalcare.org/2009/11/plastic-pollution/

Landscape Activity 1

The image captured by Walker Evans is  a landscape image. The objective analysis (what you can actually see in the image) are objects like the cemetery stones, some buildings, electricity poles. etc. I personally think this image is about a message of life. Although people die life still goes on. Poeple build around the ones that others have lost. This image can be considered art due to the fact that it is a photograph of realism. Realism is choosing an everyday subject matter that helps prompt photography as a aesthetic medium. This image could also be considered art because you can tell Evans has put thought into this photograph. He though about the subject matter(s), the style wanted to propose and he put his expression into the photograph.

Unit 4 Activity 5

In this activity I was required to capture pictures with a mixture of still and motion objects. Anyone can tell the still objects are the objects that are in perfect clarity. While, the objects in motion are blurred. This activity was surprisingly difficult. I had to set the proper shutter speed to make the moving object blurred and I had to hold the camera very still so the objects that are not in motion stay in perfect clarity.

Unit 4 Activity 3

 Shutter Speed: 1/1000

 Shutter Speed 1/16000

Shutter Speed: 1/2000

 Shutter Speed: 1/300
The four images above are photographs that I took using a fast shutter speed. The fast shutter speed allows the image to have complete clarity and with no blurrieness of the subject or background. For the technique, I positioned myself to a spot where I could easily hold the camera without moving it to insure no blurriness would come to my photograph. I also, changed the shutter speed to a fast shutter speed, the faster my subject was moving the higher I put my shutter speed. Thus, the subject (in this case my dear friend Jessica) looks like she froze. This technque is also known as stop motion.

Shutter Speed: 1/15

 Shutter Speed: 1/25

 Shutter Speed: 1/25

Shutter Speed: 1/25
For the Four images above I used a slow shutter speed while capturing my subject as she was moving. The slow shutter speed is used to show that movement is occurring while the picture is taken. The first three examples are a technique called panning. In this technique I put my shutter speed to 1/15 and 1/25 and followed my subject with the camera as she was running. The outcome was a nice blurred picture the easily shows the girl was running. For the last photograph I used a shutter speed of 1/25 but instead of following the subject with the camera, I held the camera still while I took the picture. This technique made the background clear and made the object that was moving blurred.

Unit 4 Activity 4

This image captured by Tyler Durden, while using a show shutter speed, is an image of a ferris wheel. In this image the ferris wheel looks almost blurred with circular lines of red and blue light and the background is completely black to ensure the focus is on the ferris wheel. The photographer could have encountered many difficulties while shooting this image. One difficulty is keeping the camera still because the camera takes time capturing the moving object (in this case a ferris wheel).To fix this problem the photographer could easily put the camera on a stand, like a tripod, to ensure the camera will stay still and the image will not be blurred. As you can see in this image, the ferris wheel gives off the feel of movement due to the lines of colors; which can conclude that the object was in motion while the image was shot. The depth of field is great depth of field. In this picture it is hard to tell the depth of field because the black background gives off no sense of depth of field.

Unit 4 Activity 2

This photograph is an example of capturing a moving object using a fast shutter speed. You can find this photograph, as well as many other examples, at http://pelfind.com/photos/7405. The subject matter is a strawberry being dropped into a bowl of green liquid. In the photograph, the background is simple to ensure the focus is on the main subject and the picture is not too busy. Using a fast shutter speed to capture an object in motion can be difficult because of the many problems a photographer can encounter. For example, in regards to the timing, the photographer must capture his/her image at the right time of the strawberry hitting the liquid in the bowl. If it captures the image too early or too late the image looses its quality. To overcome this, there are several things you can do. One thing is to take several pictures to ensure the photographer captured the image at the right time. Although the image may look frozen, it gives a feeling of movement because the liquid was in motion when the image was captured. The depth of field in this image would be shallow but with the white background it is hard to tell what depth of field it is.

Unit 4 Activity 1

This image captured by Henri Cartier Bresson is titled as The Man, The image and The World. A Retrospective. I believe that capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture's quality due to timing the picture was taken at. In this picture you can notice that the image was taken as a man was about to walk into a lake of water. But this image was captured before the man fell into the water,  making the man appear that he could almost be walking on the water bringing quality to the image. You can also see the reflection of the man with the misty background bringing more quality and interest to the image. Henri Carter not only used great timing in his photographs but also used composition like the rule of thirds bringing even more quality to the image.

Unit 3 Activity 4

The images above are examples of shallow depth of field.  The photographer's use of the aperture focuses on the main subject in a close-up and detail manner. The first image above, showing the weed captured by Jonathan Eger, really focuses on the detail and soft colors of the weed or dandelion. The other image of the flower, by Greg Jordan, focuses on the soft colored purple petals, the orange of the pollen, and the blurred background to put even more focus on the main subject.

 

 

Large depth of field is taken to make the viewer believe they are actually standing and looking at the scenery of the ocean or the field of hay, which is displayed in the images above. The first image,  captured by Ben Weston, is a wonderful example of large depth of field because the sky, the forest, and the path seem to go on with no end. This lets the viewer think they are seeing everything possible in the image. The second image, captured by Simon Mackie, is another example of great depth of field. It allows the viewer's mind to wonder what could be on the other side of the island and past the forest while also showing a great deal of the ocean and land.

 

 

Unit 3 Activity 3

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http://www.pxleyes.com/photography-picture/4b78964080b4d/1.html

These photographs above are images that were taken of the light source.  These photographs could have been taken by many different light meters. I believe the photographer, for the image with the candle, used a reflected metering. A reflected metering reads the intensity of light reflecting off the object and may vary according to the variances in tonality, color, contrast, background, surface, or shape. Also. I think the photographer, for the image with the hand, used a color measurement of ambient light meter. ambient light refers to a continuous source of light falling on the subject, such as day light. When the light consists of a single color temperature the meter is generally held facing the main light source and as close to the source as possible. Both of these examples are perfect when referring to pictures catering the light source and using meters in various ways.

Unit 3 Activity 2

 



This picture captured by Alex Betonio is an example of a single light source. The light is hitting the child's face approximately at a 45 degree angle giving a shadow on a small portion of the child's face. Becuase of this, the single light source gives a sense of depth and emotion to the picuture.

 

 

 

This picture captured by Josh Lynn is an example of a multiple light source. As you can see, there are numerous areas of light around the picture. The different light sources include the dimming sun in the background, the lights on the car, and the light shining on the newly-weds. These various light sources focuses your attention and interest to the photograph as well as adds depth.
 

Unit 3 Activity 1: Lighting

Unit 3 Activity 1
Examples of hard lighting...
 
The pictures above are examples of hard light photography. Hard lighting is casted to bring shadows and form to the picture. It sharpens the shadows and emphasizes the texture in the photograph. It also dramatizes all the details in the photograph giving off a strong emotion or meaning. The picture on the left by Jim Harmer shows the intensity between the man and the women and accentuates all the details in the photograph including small, strangling strains of the women's hair. The picture on the right by Gabriele Caretti displays great contrast in the photograph; although it's not a natural hard lighitng like the sun, it is an artificial lighting by the structure.

Examples of soft lighting...

The pictures above, one by Matthew Graham (picture on the left) and one by Little Sprout Photography (picture on the right), are examples of soft lighting. Soft lighting is used in artificial lighting and natural lighting. Unlike hard lighting it gives a soft, delicate look. The details are not as strong and the texture appears more smooth and almost belended. The emotion of the soft lighting is more comfortible and fragile. In addition, the form subject in soft lighting is less intense and appears more silky.

Unit 2 Activity 4

 This photograph of two birds in the ocean by Scott Bourne is an example of  symmetrical balance. The main focus is off centered of the picture yet it still retains a for of balance. This is because the two birds are mirroring each other.

The photograph above of a glass chess board is an example of asymmetrical balance. Selsey captured this photograph by putting the main focus off center and having smaller chess pieces off to the side making it asymmetrical and interesting. 

My examples:

Asymmetrical Balance- This photograph that I took is a example of Asymmetrical Balance because the pieces of bread are a different "weight" than the knife and the other piece of bread on the right side.







Fill in the Frame- This is an example of Fill in the Frame. The main subjects (the marbles) fill the picture up and has a simple background making the marbles stand out.

The Rule of Thirds- This picture is an example of the Rule of Thirds because the main focus point (the cat) is in the bottom left corner of the picture. The cat is off centered and if you were to divide the picture into a tic- tac toe form the cat would fall on the interesting point.

The Rule of Thirds- This is yet another example of Rule of Thirds. Except in this example the main focus is in the upper right hand corner. This photograph, like the one above, is asymmetrical balance because main focus is off centered and there is nothing else in the photograph to balance the main focus out. If the photograph was to be split up in to nine equal squares the flower would fall in the intersection of the nine equal parts.  

Unit 2 Activity 3

1) The two photographs above are examples of the composition "Rule of Thirds." This composition is used by dividing the camera frame into nine equal parts ( like tic-tac-toe) and placing the main focus on a point of where the lines intersect. The picture of the flower (by Admin) and the other picture above (by Matt) are both example of the composition of the "Rule of Thirds."

2) The pictures above are pictures that do not represent the "Rule of Thirds." Both Pictures do not have the main subject on a third of there picture. They represent another type of compostion called "Stop Motion." The way this compostion works is the photoagrapher, in this case Richard Dumoulin (photograph with the lemons) and James Neeley (photograph with the light bulb), took pictures of an object(s) in motion making them look "frozen" in place.  

Unit 2 Activity 2

‘To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer’s craft. His central problem is a simple one: what shall he include, what shall he reject? The line of decision between in and out is the picture’s edge. While the draughtsman starts with the middle of the sheet, the photographer starts with the frame. The photograph’s edge defines content. It isolates unexpected juxtapositions. By surrounding two facts, it creates a relationship. e edge of the photograph dissects familiar forms, and shows their unfamiliar fragment. It creates the shapes that surround objects. The photographer edits the meanings and the patterns of the world through an imaginary frame. This frame is the beginning of his picture’s geometry. It is to the photograph as the cushion is to the billiard table.’
- John Szarkowski

1) When John Szarkowski says "out of context" he means that his picture is not showing the entire story and is only showing part of it, which can be very misleading. Like in the photograph above many people believe this picture is of people boarding the Titanic, when in fact its a picture called The Steerage of a ship leaving for Europe. 

1) Above is a photograph by Degas from the end of the last century of a women drying her hair. His Paintings 


were shocking to the public because paintings were never of just what the artist saw and they never showed as 


much as his paintings did. 

Unit 2 Activity 1

This Picture captured by Niklas Morbrg represents an example of "fill the frame." The picture is zoomed in and focused on the lit candle wick and has a simple background. This helps to keep the focus on the candle wick while also eliminating any distracting backgrounds making the picture seem dramatic.


This picture captured by Roger Carr is another example of the technique "fill the frame." The adorable little boy is very up close and has a simple background ensuring that nothing distracting is in the photograph. This helps make the photograph vivid while also emphasizing the little boy.