Wednesday 10 December 2014

Final Evaluation


Final Evaluation

Throughout this project I aimed to capture the essence of movement.
The compositional aspects of my images throughout this project were based on capturing movement.
My project was aimed at capturing movement of people, animals or transport.
I think I need to improve the way I time for how long the shutter is going to be open for.
Next time I will try to time how long to keep the shutter open for. 

Final Pictures


Final Pictures

Walking through the park image.
For this image I set the appiture to 5.8 and exposed my image for 30 seconds and had the settings set on grade 3.
I like this image because of the contract in the picture works well, but if I was going to do it again, I'd try get the leg that's lifted up to be more viable.

Duck in lake image.
For this image I set the appiture to 5.8 and exposed my image for 25 seconds and had the settings set on grade 3.
I like how the duck in this picture stands out and how there's different contract in the lake.
If I was going to take this picture again, I would keep the shutter open longer to catch more movement of the duck.

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Artist Who Uses Darkrooms



Artist Who Uses Darkrooms

Alison Rossiter - Born 1953 in Jackson, MS

Alison's image is created by using a dark room, I think this image has good contract and the colours work really well together, also I think the black part could have got darker as it goes down.

Darkroom Painting Timeline


Darkroom Printing Timeline 

Cut negatives into strips of 6, Set Cyan and Magenta to grade 3, Make sure the easel is reading 9½ across the top and 7½ down the side, Set aperture to 5.8, place film in the film holder, place a piece of photographic paper on the easel, glossy side up and expose the image  onto the paper.
Then after talk the paper to the developer and leave it in for a minute, after a minute using tongs move the paper to the fixer for 30 seconds, when 30 seconds is up using a different pair of tongs move the image into the fixer for 30 seconds, after the 30 second using a different pair of tongs move the image into the cold water and leave for 10 minutes.





Darkroom Research

Darkroom Research


A darkroom is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of light sensitive photographic materials, including photographic film and photographic paper.
Darkrooms have been created and used since the inception of photography in the early 19th century.
Darkrooms have many various manifestations, from the elaborate space used by Ansel Adams to a retooled ambulance wagon used by Timothy H. O'Sullivan.
From the initial development to the creation of prints, the darkroom process allows complete control over the medium. 

Flip Book


Flip Book

                                                    

A flip book or flick book is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change.


I'm going to take picture of moving flowers and for my next idea I'll do an Panorama view maybe in the media museum


Media Museum Kodak Gallery Quiz

Kodak Gallery Quiz

Go to the Media Museum’s Kodak Gallery and follow the history of photography from the beginning to the present day answering these questions as you go.

1. What is ‘Camera Obscura? Light tight camera
2. What chemical changes when exposed to light making it so important to photography? Silver salts
3. Who made the first permanent photographic image? Joseph Nicéphore
4. When was it made? 1826
5. Where was it made? France
6. How old is the ‘oldest surviving negative?’ 179 (1935)
7. Who created the Daguerreotype? Louis Daguerre
8. When did this person produce their first successful photograph? 1837
9. Take a Photograph of a ‘Daylight Studio’
10. In what era did it become popular to display photographs? Victorian
11. When did it become a requirement to photograph all arrested criminals? 1871
12. Take a photograph of a ‘Darkroom’
13. In the ‘Darkroom’ set at the Media Museum, what does it say ‘Plates’ are sensitive to? Blue light and Ultra Violet
14. In what date was the ‘Beginning of Cinema’? 1895
15. Who invented the name KODAK? George Eastman
16. Take a Photograph of a KODAK camera from 1900.
17. Where was the Flower Fairy’ story based?
18. The Box ………………… was the name of a popular camera in the early 20th Century?
19. In 1933 the photographic market was dominated by 3 firms…KODAK, Ensign and what?
20. Where is the spider? In the bath
21. Where is a popular place for a Darkroom? Under the stairs
22. When did ‘Stereoscopic Photography’ become popular? 1850's
23. When was flash fixed on/built into ‘Snapshot’ cameras? 1950's
24. Where can cameras be hidden? Name one of the hidden cameras available to see in the Museum? Lighter, Cig packet, Lipstick ect.
25. Name one of the popular cameras to give instant prints. Polaroid
26. Photograph the ‘Spice Cam’
27. What is used to ensure you get the correct exposure when photographing?
28. When did colour photography become popular? 1978/ 1950
29. In 1984 how many photographs were estimated to have been taken in Britain? 1 million
30. Who made the first prototype digital camera? Steve Sasson
31. When was this made? 1975
32. When did KODAK stop making film cameras? 2004

Printing With Light Research


Painting With Light Research


Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or to shine a point of light directly at the camera. Light painting can also describe works where the camera itself is moved during exposure.
Painting with a point of light on a long exposure goes back to 1889, and was used in Frank Gilbreth's work with his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth in 1914. Man Ray, in his 1935 series "Space Writing," was the first known art photographer to use the technique. 

Painting with light contract print


Painting with light




Painting with light


Painting With Light



This image is created by using a torch and moving it in circular motions. I found that my camera settings wasn't on the right shutter speed, therefore I had to give my shutter speed more time to capture the light.


This image went wrong so next time, if I was wanting to do this effect, I'd probably go closer to the camera so the lines looked like there was more of a gap between them and so the image was brighter and possibly set the shutter speed longer to capture more.



I created this picture by using a glow stick and moving it in different motions, I'm quite happy with the outcome of this picture, although next time, I'd move so that the fire exit sign and other peoples lights aren't in the background.


This picture didn't go too plan as much as I would have liked it to, as where I had used the glow sticks, it wasn't as bright as I was wanting it to be, therefore next time I'd use more glow sticks to make the circles so that they'd stand out more.

For this image I used the torch on my phone to create a painting with light image. I like the outcome of this picture so I wouldn't change anything about it if I had the chance to do it again.



This image was also created with the torch on my phone, as I attempted to make a heart.
If I was to attempt it again, I would make sure that the top of the heart is more rounded at each side so that it'll look more like a heart.

I created this image by mistake, I pressed the shutter before I realised that I hadn't turned the light off but because I'd already pressed the shutter, it'd started filming when the light was on so it's still worked and still picked up the painting with light, it's just that it's given it the effect with the light on. 
If I'd have left the light on any longer than I did it would have overexposed my picture and would have turned out as just a white image.



I like this image because of the effect it's given, I like how the white light is really bright and in your face as the red light is just in the background but I think that the red light makes the painting with light more interesting as you are just drawn in by a white light because the red gives you something else to look at.














Aperture Quiz

The Aperture Quiz

Conventional Cameras


What does an aperture do?

  Controls the amount of light passing through the lens.

What happens to the amount of light let into the camera when we open up the aperture by one stop?

 
Write down the standard f-numbers (apertures) from f/2.8 to f/16 that are found on a lens.

  f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11

Is f/16 a small or large aperture?

What size aperture has been used to create this shot?

  f/5.6






Now you have worked out what size aperture has been used, what
f-number would you see on the camera lens?


What do we call the effect (seen in the picture above) created by using different apertures?


What is the advantage of using the effect shown in the image above?

Shutter Speed Quiz

The Shutter Speed Quiz

Digital Cameras


What do Shutter Speeds do?
   
Control the duration of exposure.

Why do we change the shutter speed?

  Put camera on to Manual mode.

Write down the shutter speeds between 1 second and 1/500 second?

  1/10 s, 1/25 s, 1/50 s, 1/100 s, 1/200

What is the slowest shutter speed we can usually get away with using, hand holding the camera before we need to use a tripod?
(circle 1 answer)

a) 1/8 b) 1/15 c) 1/30 d) 1/60

Has a fast or slow shutter speed been used to create this shot?










If you open an aperture by one stop what do you have to do to the shutter speed to get the correct exposure again?

Task 1b


Task 1B


Picture Name - DSCF6808
Aperture - 3.1
Shutter Speed - 1/4

For this image I was inspired by how the colours blended into each other so I thought it'd be a good idea to capture it.
If I was going to try take this picture again and analogise it, I'd probably take more pictures so then I'd be able to compare the images.








Picture Name - DSCF6784
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter Speed - 1/15

I like this image because of how it's captured the flower and made the flower the main focus on and behind blurry, also I like how you can see another flower in the background moving.













Picture Name - DSCF6791
Aperture - 5.3
Shutter Speed - 1/10

I like this picture because of how some flowers are moving and some are still, although if I was going to shoot this picture again, I would try get closer to the flower to make it look neater and try get the messiness in the background out of the way.




Picture Name - DSCF6779
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter Speed - 1/25

I like this picture of how the main focus is near the middle and then around it is blurry, also I think that the greenery makes the picture look better and makes the flowers stand out a bit more. 







Picture Name - DSCF6770
Aperture - 4.0
Shutter Speed - 1/80

For this picture, I set my camera up on the wall and took pictures of moving cars and people walking.
Next time, I'd set my camera on a longer shutter speed so that I'd capture more action on the road.















Task 1B contract print


Task 1B Contract Print




Task 1a Research


Research

Library 1

This image is called Uetliberg, Zurich, Switzerland.
I think that this image was taken on a long exposure and is a single image, it was taken on a conventional, black and white camera.
This image was created by setting a camera up and leaving the shutter open for a while, to capture the moving water, so that it gives it a foggy effect and therefore makes it look like there's fog moving across the mountains.
This image was created in 1937.




Library 2


This image is called Cameron Douglas - Central Park, New York City.
It was created by a single image and was more than likely taken on a digital camera on a black and white setting.
This image was created by one single shot to capture no movement.
This image was created in 2002.







Internet 1



This image is called Étienne-Jules Marey and Georges Demeny: Light Painting.
The image was created on a long exposure and on a black and white conventional camera.
This effect was created by painting with light, it was done by putting lights to the joints of a person. 
This image was created in 1889. 





Internet 2

This image was created on a long exposure set on a digital colour camera.
This picture was created underwater by someone moving a small section of the sea bed so that the sand would move and create a cloudy effect.