Thursday, May 12, 2016

shutter speeds

Slow Shutter Speed
1 or Bulb because the cloud has moved significantly and to capture the movement, you need a really slow shutter. Also the photographer might have used a tripod, and a neutral density filter....

Monday, May 9, 2016

9 Shutter Assignment


1/30 Blur Movement
1/4 Blurry Story
The Assignment- You are to take a series of photographs where you capture movement with your camera by controlling the shutter. You are to try the 6 different shutter speed techniques (see above) but try at least 5+ for each to make sure you practice and get a good example capturing movement.  

The Contact Sheet -Arrange your images in a contact sheet of 30 shutter photos (try several shots for each experiment) and label them with the shutter speed that you tried and the experiment title. Contact label each experiment with the shutter speed that you used.

Post- your 6 best shutter images (one from each experiment) to your blog label with the experiment title and shutter speed that you used.
  1. Blur Movement
  2. Freeze Frame Movement
  3. Panning Fast- Blur background, clear movement.
  4. Panning with Slow Shutter Speed
  5. A Blurry Story
  6. Experimental

Monday, May 2, 2016

Solargraphy Reflections

SCAN each image directly out of the pin hole camera in subdued light.
**DO NOT PUT THE PHOTOS IN THE DEVELOPER**
Post to your blog and comment on your Solargraphy results for each of the three different scenes:
  1. Explain briefly what you did.
  2. Describe the location where you placed the pin hole camera?
  3. Record the length of each exposure: ie. Camera 1: 7 Days, Camera 2: 14 Days.
  4. Note the weather conditions during the time it was open.
  5. Describe the visible information from your solar-print, what do you see, what did not record?

Friday, April 22, 2016

Sunday is World Pinhole Day!!!

Perfect timing! Let's test the cameras today and take some pinhole photos on Sunday.
http://www.pinholeday.org/

Anyone, anywhere in the world, who makes a pinhole photograph on the last Sunday in April, can scan it and upload it to this website where it will become part of the annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day celebration's online gallery.

Pinhole Day April 24, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Photo 9 Check List

  See specific blog posts relating to each assignment for details and instructions:
  1. Summer photo and reflection.
  2. Ashli Akins/Mosqoy- Response/Reflection
  3. Elements of Design- LINE: Contact sheet 20+, 1 best, and reflection. 
  4. Elements of Design- SHAPE: Contact sheet 20+ photos, best, and reflection. 
  5. Elements of Design- FORM/PORTRAITS: Contact sheet 10+ best, and reflection.
  6. Elements of Design- TEXTURE: Contact sheet 20+, 1 best, and reflection. 
  7. Elements of Design- COLOUR: Contact sheet 20+, 3 bests warm/cool/mixed, definition, and reflection. 
  8. Cherry Blossoms (Could be included for Colour assignment).
  9. Cartoon Portrait- posted to blog.
  10. Pin Hole Camera research.

Photo 10 Check List

  1. Summer photo and reflection
  2. Elements of Design- contact sheet, bests, identification and reflection
  3. Breaking the Rules of Horizons- contact sheet, bests, identification and reflection
  4. Cartoon Portrait- posted
  5. Solarography research and 1st example posted to your blog. 
  6.  Cherry Blossoms