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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

12s Concentration

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11s Aperture


Depth of Field Site
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Define the following, put in your journal:
  1. Aperture/F-stop-
  2. Aperture Priority-
  3. Ambient Light-
  4. Artificial Light-
  5. ASA/ISO/Film Speed-
  6. Bracket-
  7. Depth of Field-
  8. Exposure Triangle-
  9. How to Control Depth of Field-
  10. Light Meter- 
Find examples for your journal label each image and guess the aperture settings used on the camera.

Let's try these together...




including your definitions and found examples of aperture and macro/close-up photos.

11s Aperture/Macro Project

You are to explore the aperture through the camera lens while getting super close to your subject. Your subject is up to you, but you are going to get real close to it. Try a few different angles, and subjects. Try different aperture settings also. Since you are really close, your depth of field, or range of focus will be radically short, so you will have a short-short, medium-short and a longer-short depth of field. I would like to see a bit of a range. In the end, print or post a contact sheet and three of your best photos put in your journal.

Due Jan 17th

Capturing Frost and Ice

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Styles and Types of Photography

Describing Style
Resemblance from the same artist, movement, time period or geographic location. Topics, treatment and the arrangement of subjects, integration of medium.

Function of Photography

Actuality- photography deals with the actual
Factual- photography if tied to the facts of things.
The frame- the photograph is selected, not conceived
Time- photographs are time exposures and describe discrete parcels of time.
Vantage point- photographs provide us new views of the world.






Types of Photography


Scientific/Documentary- medical, identification, X-rays, NASA space exploration, surveillance, reproductions of art works


Real Life Documentary- Explores how things are, teaches you something beyond the face value of the image usually real life situations.


Interpretive/Metaphoric- Usually fictional, dramatic personal interpretations, metaphoric-


Ethical Evaluation- personal interpretations, make ethical judgments-


Aesthetic Evaluation- Visual aesthetic observations and contemplation. Attention to human form or still life.


Theoretical- Comment on issues about the medium art and art making. Critical of itself.



Assignment: Select 1 photo by your "Photographer". Then describe the style and identify the type of photograph it is. Explain why you think it is this type of photo. Put the photo with your observations in your journal/blog, or print out hand in.