Shutter Speed

Picture taken in slow shutter speed

I think I would have to shoot in fast shutter speed because there isnt much going on during the events. Not alot of action. If there was something going on on stage then I would have to go to slow shutter speed. 

a.) the dunking booth- slow
b.) the food eating contest- fast
c.) the rock climbing wall- slow
d.) someone working at a booth- slow
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- slow
f.) the Diamonds performance.- fast

a.) the dunking booth- fast
b.) the food eating contest- slow
c.) the rock climbing wall- slow
d.) someone working at a booth- slow
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- slow
f.) the Diamonds performance.- fast

Set camera in shutter priority where it automatically selects the aperture , set camera into manual where you set shutter speed and aperture manually , and aperture priority where you set the lens aperture when it is already automatically set to a shutter speed.

Aperture

Photo taken with an F.28 setting 

Photo taken with an F16 camera

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? The human eyes.
2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the larger the F number, the higher the Aperture the smaller the F number.
3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field? A small aperture for a large F-number would mean the background and foreground would both be in focus but a large aperture with a small F-number would make the foreground in focus but the background would be blurry.

F3.5, F4.0, F4.5, F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8.0, F9.0, F10,F11, F13, F14, F16, F18, F20,  F22, F25, F29, F32, F36

Photographs by NIck Brandt

This is my favorite photo by Nick Brandt

Nick Brandt took these photos to record a visually poetic last testament to the wild animals and places there before they are gone at the hands of man.

He used a Pentax 67 with 2 fixed lenses.

Africa Black and White

The Africa Black and White power point was very amazing. Very good pictures taken with lots of details. Some really spoke to me and made we think of certain stories to go along with it. There were some that had meaning to it making you think. Power point was very inspirational. 

My favorite photo was the one with the lion cub staring out in the the field. It showed meaning and a story behind. Like as if he was staring into his future or the road he will soon take in his future. 

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?
Had to move around and make sure other objects werent in the pictures.

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.


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


4. What things would you do the same?


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


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


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

Balance

This picture is centered and there isnt alot going on. Seems very balance and focused

simplicity

In this picture the ketchup stands out the most showing a lot of simplicity because it is the first thing your eye catches

Avoiding mergers

The boy in the black and red shorts makes it seem like the guy diagonal from him in the blue to be coming out of him. As if they are merged together as one.

Rule of thirds

From this angle the student in the black are in the bottom right corner working his way up. Showing movement

Lines

Here you can see the lines on the side of the desk all going one direction.

framing

Frankie Torres is being framed by the wall between her.

Most interesting

In this picture I have no clue on what is going on at all but they do seem to do something very unique. Looks like they are welding something together. There is a lot going on and it isn't a boring picture to look at. This picture makes me wonder.

Action/Emotion

This picture shows a lot of action. Water is flying everywhere. These girls faces show an emotion of shock but are having a lot of fun at the same time. Shows a lot going on at the time.

The Best Story

This pictures tells the story of a young girl studying as much as she can to reach her goals in life. Telling the fact that her education will get her to the top if she just works hard. This picture tells the best story.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. The angle of the camera, certain objects in the background, and try to make it look creative were some challenges i had to face when I did my prompts.

2. I think focus was the most technical aspect I focused on the most. I tried to get it focused as possible and make sure you could actually see what is going on in the picture rather than just a blurry. 

3. I would take time to frame certain pictures that I would take. I'd also try to make certain pictures as if they are moving or if you could tell they were moving by using the rule of thirds.

4. Keeping the camera in focus is what I would do the same. I feel that is a big thing when taking photographs and I feel I did a good job at that. 

5.I honestly did not have any rules of composition in my pictures and it something I will need to work on with my next shoot. 

6. Yes I am interested in shooting prompts again because I feel I did a good job and that I would be able to be more creative than I was before and they were very easy prompts.

Avoiding Mergers

In this picture the man in the gray has his hand behind the lady in the black making it seem like it is coming out of the lady in black back. This is a merge.

Framing

The bridge in this picture is setting up a frame by cutting off some off the back ground. Its a like a 5 sided frame.

Balance

This picture looks balanced to me. It shows lots of symmetry with the shapes it makes like a triangle.

Lines

This picture shows alot of lines in the background. It catches your eye. One of the first things that you pay attention to until you see the guy jumping.

The rule of thirds

 This picture shows the rule of thirds because it gives the biker plenty of room to ride his bike during the crisis. Lots of time and room .

Simplicity

 

This photo catches my eye. It shows simplicity because there isnt alot going in the picture. Brings it out and theres a nice background to go along with it.

Red, Metal , Grumpy

Grumpy

 Red

Frankie wearing Black and Red Bulls Snap Back

Metal

Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt lived in Brooklyn, New york. Helen was born on August 31, 1913 and died March 29, 2009. She was an American photographer. She dropped out of high school and taught herself how to do photography. She did classes teaching children art while becoming intrigued with chalk drawings that was part of New York children's street culture.
            She worked with Walker Evans for a year and enjoyed her early success with her photography. In the late 1940s, Levitt made two documentary films with Janice Loeb and James Agee called in the Street and The Quiet One.

1 that killed many

This photo caused the most impact on me. Seeing how out of control this fire has gotten in Bastrop and how much disaster it has caused is a very sad thing. Peoples homes are being destroyed and it is very depressing.

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The Camera

Diaphragm: Is what controls the diameter of the aperture.
Camera obscura: an early mechanism for projecting images
Visible spectrum: is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.
Shutter button: the still camera takes one photo each time the user presses.

aperture : A space through which light passes in
shutter : A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.
exposure : the perture and brightnesss controls the amount of light that enter the camera, while the shutter controls the length of time the light goes through.
depth of field : The amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects.
F-stop : A camera lens aperture setting that corresponds to an f-number.
focal length : The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.


Inside of SLR Camera


Back of T-3 camera