Image Bank

I chose this picture of the shoes because I like how simple the shoes are placed in the picture and the fact that at the top of the picture you can see as if the shoes are hanging but we do not know if they actually are.

The author's name is Juha and the picture is from their blog at www.juhavalimaki.com/photography/old-shoes



I chose this photo because the way that the artist has a male on one side and a female on the other the picture is balanced out. I also really like this picture because the basic color of the clothes on the male and the female has a variation of colors on her dress. This photo is from a chanel fashion shoot. The artists name is not given but the picture is a good example of a good fashion shoot.



This image is a hard hat used in construction taken in hard light. This photo caught my attention because the light color of the hat and the dark setting that it is in.

The artist is Ted and he says that photography has been a big part of his life. He says that he has been messing with cameras for a while.

This link gives the artists supplies that he uses to take his photos:
www.photoskiasi.com/index.php?showimage=5

Theory Notes- Shooting in Low and Sun light

Low Light

With low light or night time photography you will get a warm effect with your picture. A good example of a very nice photo with low light is a city skyline just after the sun sets because the sky has a very nice color of red or pink or orange. With low light you have to consider that the photo may come out with very dark parts of the print.



This is an example of a photo taken with low light. As you can see that most of the picture is dark but the middle part which is the most important part of the photo(the focus point)

Other examples of low light photos and extended exposure photos can be found here: http://www.daveltd.com/photo/low-light/concepts/

Sun Light

When taking photos outside using sunlight, the best time is when the sun is low in the sky. It is recommended to try and get the sunlight on the side of your subject. You can use the sun as a back light but you have to be careful not to get the glare of the sun in your lens or that the sun doesn't give too much light on the subject blending the light colors with the sky.



This picture of kids at a playground was taken in midday with the sun low in the sky as suggested.

Many photos with sunlight are shown on this website: http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorial_available_light.php

Dairy Entry Fashion Photography

Lately I haven't had any problems in the dark room. Everything is going along pretty smoothly. The only set back that I have is that my negatives do not have good contrast so when developing I have to have a lot of time on my enlarger. Right now I have reached the highest time that I need for one print. I am having to expose the paper for 73 seconds under the enlarger. The highest time that I have ever had to use up until now was maybe 45 seconds. Hopefully my next roll of film will have good contrast after I process it. In every other way the project is going along pretty good.

Printing Composition

Print 1

This is the first contact sheet that I had printed for the portrait photos. 

Aperture-4 Time-12,14,16,18

This was my first try at this final print nothing went wrong with this one. The aperture is 4and the time that I used was 18 seconds.

Print 2

Aperture-4  Time 12,14,16,18

This print was the one that gave me the most trouble in getting done. I first exposed the whole print at 16 seconds then burned the wall in with an additional 10 seconds. 

This is my second contact sheet and this is where i got my still life prints. 

Print 3

Aperture-5.6 Time-24,26,28 Filter- 2

This print was very quick to produce. Aperture-5.6 Time-28 Filter-2

Print 4

There was no need for me to do a test strip for this print because the same time was able to be used with the print before this one, so the aperture-5.6, time-28 and the filter-2

This is my third and last contact sheet that I got my landscape photos from. 

Print 5

Aperture-4, Time-16,18,22,24

This print was a pretty much first try. Aperture-4 Time-19

Print 6

This print taught me what happens when you take the picture out of the chemicals too early, The sky turned from a yellowish color to a dark gray. Aperture-4 Time-8,10,12,14.

This print was another one that took me a couple tries. The tree were too dark a few times but this time I got the right time. Aperture-4 Time-10

Image Bank

I chose this picture by Daniel J. Watkins because I really like the lighting on the kids face. The side closest to the camera is very dark by the use of hard lighting. On the othere side of the kids face you can see the brighter light which gives good contrast to the photo.

Daniel J. Watkins is a photographer that blogs about his experiences just as our photography class is doing and he gives advice to people on how to improve there photography.

I chose this photo because I really like the contrast between the whiteness of the brides dress and the dark shades of the floor. This photo is an example of soft light. The settings of the photographers camera are, Balanced light with Diffuser. Canon 1DMKII @ 1/25th, ISO 200, 16mm @ f/2.8, 550EX on ETTL @ +1 Compensation.

The photographer is unknown except for the settings he/she used.




This photo that I have chosen is an example of classic three-point lighting. This picture is really nice becuase the left side of the boy's face is very bright because of the fill light and the outline of the boy is really enforced by the help of the back light.

The photographer has taken a lot of his time to make a huge project about lighting. He has done many types of lighting, hard, soft and three-point.

Theory Notes

Soft light

When using soft light, it creates a "wrap" effecto on the object. The light creates a shodow casting from the object and also creates a soft outline of the object. There are a few factors that make the light softer:

• The distance of the light, the closer the softer.


• The size of the light, the larger the softer.


• The angle of the light, the bigger the angle the softer.
  

The uses of Soft Light:

• To make the object look nicer, to reduce the wrinkles that a person has.
  


• To have light without creating a shawdow.
  

This is a soft light studio and as youcan see the photographetr uses white sheets to abosorb some of the light from the side of the focused area.

Hard Light

Hard light creates a shadow over an object and the appearence of the shadow depends on the type of light source you use. Some lighting can create a nice crisp shadow over the object and some other lighting can create a very heavy shadow around the object. If you angle the hard light in an appropriate way you will be able to really see the texture of the object. This is done by creating a heavy shadow at an angle .

This is a way you can make hard light just with the flash of your camera and a piece of paper. Just bend the paper and put one end in front of the flash and the light will reflect and create hard light.

Three-point Lighting

This lighting is the most common used method in film and photography. If a photographer decides to use this method then they have complete control of how they want to light up their object. While the photographer is lighting the object with this method they have to remember to watch the shadow that they are creating. The three lights that are used in this method are The key light, the back light and the fill light.

The Key light is the light that is directly focused on the object. When indoors the key light is usually a special light or the camera's flash but when outdoors the sun usually acts as the key light. If the photographer dicides to shoot outside they now cannot move the key light to fight around the subject they now have to move the subject to fit in the position of the key light, the sun.

The fill light is positioned to the side of the subject but lower than the key light. This balances out the shadow on the subject. The fill light is usually softer than the key light.

The backlight is placed to focus on the back of the subject. This creates a rim for the subject. This back light is also used to separate the subject from the background.

This is a model of the most common method of three-point lighting. It looks very simple to set up, you just need to know the settings of the lights.

Diary Entry

So far this year the dark room has been pretty easy. the black has been pretty easy. I have only had a little trying to burn in one of my pictures. I think that I have almost got it and then the picture comes out and the outline of the person is white. There is a white boarder of where my hand stays. I know burn the picture in with my hand closer to the enlarger. This is only my first print, hopefully the rest of my prints wont be this difficult. I have both my portrait pictures for the picture so far and now i just need the landscape and still life pictures. So far this project has been coming along smoothly except for the first picture where it took me two classes to get the print done. The black room is becoming a lot easier, so is the dark room. A few classes ago i even found out that my new enlarger has a safety light which is very useful.