Brief

Brief

• My intentions
• Style of images 
• How many images you want to produce

My intentions are to capture images of objects. I'm interested in this because it captures the detail of objects close up and that is the objective. For example food and drinks such as coffee and also natural objects like rocks and seeds.

The style of images will be varied to capture the emotion through colors, contrast and sharpness.This I believe will help to tell a story, therefor the person watching will then be able see and imagine a story with the object in the tense of past present and future.

On average I essential will want about six to ten images out of a number of a large amount of images.

Lee Friedlander

The composistion of Lee Friedlander's wok

This image shows composition as there are 3 layers to the image including the grass bush and trees. The image is also taken in black and white to resemble his work.

This image shows the reflection of the sun in the puddles. It also shows cars to identify that Lee Friedlander worked taking images in cars.





This image shows a fence which shows repetition as the fence is continous in the same shapes. It also shows three layers of boxes.

rule of thirds - rule of gaze - black & white - meaning (reflector and homeless/helper moving it) - shadow on the reflector - 
In this image the rule of thirds is used to structure the image by using guidelines and points which level out it by dividing in a 3 by 3 square format. Also the rule of gaze is used as apart from the man and the reflector, there is space with nothing else standing out. The black and white in the image is very common with the work of Lee Friedlander which helps the story telling in the image. The shadow on the reflector is interesting as it gives a negative effect which suggests the man could be homeless or an assistant.

 

Exposure

What is the exposure?
Exposure is the amount of light that is let in for an image. If its over exposed the the image is too bright, but if its under exposed then it is too dark.

How does ISO, Shutter speed and aperture work together to create a 'good exposure'
Exposure triangle

Depending on how high ISO and aperture is and shutter speed is taken, the amount of light let into the camera creates a picture that works well with the pixels.

(include an well exposed image using manual mode)

(include an underexposed image that is JPEG,and brightened up in Photoshop using levels/brightness)

Explain why getting a correct exposure is vital in photography
Getting a correct exposure is vital in photography because for example in the left image above, the apple is clearly visible and able to see. The image above on the right is underexposed and too dark to make out. Therefor exposure is vital for capturing an image like you would see with your eye.

Mode Dials

What is the mode dial?
The mode dial allows you to change the settings for how you want the image to be taken.

The green box (automatic) essentially does all the work for you to get the best possible image.
P (program) is similar to automatic but is for the sub functions. This includes the metering mode and picture styles.
TV (Time Value/shutter priority) lets you control the shutter speed and lets the camera take care of everything else.
AV (Aperture Value) lets you control the aperture and lets the camera take care of everything else.
Manual lets you control all of the settings.

Portrait focuses on shutter speed and aperture to create the best possible portrait image.
Landscape also focuses on shutter speed and aperture to create the best possible landscape image.
Macro helps to focus on things such as plants and insects.
Sport helps to capture sporting activities for example when someone is running.  

ISO

What is ISO?
ISO (International Standards Organisation) is the measurement of the sensitivity of film being exposed to light.

How does it work?
Historically camera film had different ISO speeds which would effect how sensitive the film was to light. In the present day ISO has been digitized and now allows users to change the ISO whenever required.

(include two images, one at 100 ISO and one at 3200 ISO)

what are the differences? what happens at a high ISO?
If the ISO is pushed too high then the image is considered a noisy image because the pixels have been pushed. If the ISO is lower then the image is considered clean with there being less grain. ISO can be used at night to compensate the lack of light.

Aperture

- What is aperture?
Aperture is essentialy the blades within a lens. Aperture controls how much light is coming into the camera.
It also controls depth of field


As the camera lets less light and the blades create a smaller hole in then the depth of field is larger creating a sharper image. If the more light is let in and the hole is bigger the depth of field is smaller creating a more blurred image.


The depth of field is different as a larger depth of field and smaller lens has been used on the padlock to create a sharper image as it concentrates on it more. A larger depth of field has been used on the desert to create a sharper look on the landscape. For the landscape image you would want to use either f11 or f16.

Shutter Speeds

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed is the time in which it takes for a cameras shutter to close in the process of taking a picture. When the time it takes for the shutter to close is faster the detail is sharper on a focused object. When the shutter time is slower, for example a case in which you would take a picture of a landscape, the distance picture will be more blurred and less sharp unless using a tripod to keep the camera steady. 

The fastest that a shutter speed can go is 1/4000th of a second. In comparison the slowest a shutter speed can go is 30 seconds.

As you can see in this image a fast shutter speed has the capability of freezing movement whilst a slow shutter speed blurs a subject.

Sebastaio Salgado Image Task

- Upload three selected images 


sealion's head (and structure of body - wrinkles) - height of the image - allowing you to see penguins - rule of thirds (fore, mid, back) - portray cold, mountains in background - the use of sunlight in the image.

In this image Salgado has taken the image to show the sea lion as the center of attention as it stares into the camera. The sea lions body structure is shown with its wrinkles giving an effect that is quite lazy. The height of the image and rule of thirds is used to show the large crowd of penguins in the background. With the penguins and mountains being in the picture, and it being black and white, this portrays The weather is cold. The time of day looks to be later in the day as light is shown on the front of the penguins and a shadow behind them.



Placement of Salgado himself (where he took the image) - what is happening in the background. - old image, B&W (hint of sepia - vintage?) - rule of thirds for background and intersecting point for the gun -

In this image, Salgado places himself at the bottom of the hill which suggests he is on the side of the miners who are on strike for little pay. We get a sense of sympathy for the miners because the main focus of the image is the miner grabbing the gun off the soldier. In the background there is a crowd of people that are miners who are looking down on the situation. The image looks vintage as the color is not completely black and white. The rule of thirds is used and an intersecting point lies where the gun is.

- Compare and contrast them against Salgado's imagery (style, composition and meaning)