ISO

 ISO 200

 ISO 3200

ISO 6400

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game? You can capture the moment when the person scores no matter how fast because it will freeze the motion.
2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO? When there is a lot of light then use low ISO so you can capture the most detail.
3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO? Use high ISO when there isn't much light so you can freeze the motion.
4. At the camera near you, please tell me what ISO's are available on your camera? Auto, ISO 100- 6400

Shutter Speed

Fast Shutter Speed

Slow Shutter Speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Blue and Gold night, which will be next month, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light
a.) the dunking booth- 250 to 350
b.) the food eating contest- 200 to275
c.) the rock climbing wall- 250 to 350
d.) someone working at a booth- 250 to 300
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- 250 to 350
f.) the Diamonds performance- 250 to 350

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.
a.) the dunking booth- 150-200
b.) the food eating contest- 150-200
c.) the rock climbing wall- 150-200
d.) someone working at a booth- 150-200
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- 150-200
f.) the Diamonds performance- 150-200
2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. Explain how each works - DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, use your own words.
Aperture- Makes a certain area of the photo sharper than the others.
ISO- Helps obtain the correct amount of exposure.
3. With the camera near you, what are the shutter speeds available to you on that camera? You will have to turn the camera on to determine this - hopefully you can figure out what setting to put the camera on to determine the answer to this question. 1/4000 to 1/60 sec., X-sync at 1/200 sec. 1/4000 to 30 sec., Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.) Settable in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments.

Aperture, how do they all work?

F/2.8

F/16

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? The Eye

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? It makes the area of the image sharp.

4. With the camera near you - tell me the F stops available on the lens currently attached. F5.0

Nick Brandt

I thought the photos that the photographer took were amazing! The amount of focus that photographer used and the simplicty on the pictures was just fantastic.

My favorite photo was when the little baby elephant was under his moms belly as they were walking, because it showed how nature works and how the mother is very protective of her kids.
a.     What kind of camera did he use? The camera he used was the Pentax6X7.

b.     What is his reason for taking the photos? The reason he took the pictures is because he loves animals and likes being around them.

c.     What is his hope by taking these types of photos? "His goals being to record a visually poetic last testament to the wild animals and places there before they are gone at the hands of man."

d.     Find something he has to say about Africa and post the quote on your blog. "I'm not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild. What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist. This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us. To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes."

Africa

I thought the photos that the photographer took were amazing! The amount of focus that photographer used and the simplicty on the pictures was just fantastic. My favorite photo was when the little baby elephant was under his moms belly as they were walking, because it showed how nature works and how the mother is very protective of her kids.

Academic Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? I couldn't find good pictures for the rules.


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. I found myself thinking about the focus, but i didn't get the focus very well.


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


4. What things would you do the same? I would hold the camer the same.


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


6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture? I believe "Rule Of Thirds" is the hardest rule to capture.


7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is? The rule I'm not really clear on is the "Rule of Thirds", and i could figure out what it is by researching it and practicing.

Academic Shoot

 Balance

How well did you follow the rule? I followed the rule pretty well.
What is the subject (be very very specific)? The equation in the photograph is the subject.
Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? Yes, because it is the only object in the photo.
If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I could have focused on if there are objects on both sides of the picture.

Merger 

How well did you follow the rule? I followed the rule well.
What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is the person being cut off.
Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? It is some what clear to the people looking at the photograph.
If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I could have gotten better focus on the object.

Lines

How well did you follow the rule? Some what, but the lines aren't very visible.
What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subect are the lines on the paper that the boy is writing on.
Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? It is visible if you were to look for it.
If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I could have gotten more focus on the lines.

Academics shoot preview

The Story- I think the volunteers are trying to give people a warm meal.

They are feeding the unfortuante that don't have much.

Action/Emotion- It shows the laughter and the excitement that they have in doing the lab.

Interesting- There are people touching this odd object, that everybody is gathered around.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Grumpy? I was having trouble getting a good photo of someone grumpy.

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. I found myself thinking about focus the most.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy? I would take pictures of framing and simplicity.

4. What things would you do the same?
I would get the same amount of focus.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, grumpy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?
Yes, simplicity and balance.
6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why? I thought it was really fun exploring the school looking for different senarios.

Composition 9/11 - learning the basics

 Simplicity
In this photo you are mainly focused building burning instead of the buildings around it, and because there isn't anything in the background.

 Rule of thirds
You are mainly focused on what is in the upper left of the picture instead of what is around it.

 Lines
When you look at the photograph it makes you wonder when the lines end and where they begin.

 Balance
 There are subjects on both sides of the picture instead of one main focus.

 Framing
In this photo the bridge, water, and smoke all frame the buring tower.

Merger
In this photo the pole looks like it is coming from the mans head and everybody is partcially cut off.

Red, Metal, Grumpy

 Red

 Grumpy
Simplicity

Metal
Balance

Warm-Up

I chose this picture because you see all the tragedy the people that lived here have to go through. It's so sad to lose your home. The home that they lived in held all there memories. that could have been their first home and it's sad to see everything fade away.

The Camera

Back Of Camera

Top Of Camera

 

 

Inside A Camera

Definitions:

1)Rangefinder- any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.

2)Parallax- the difference between the view of an object as seen through the picture-taking lens of a camera and the view as seen through a separate viewfinder.

3)Pentaprism- a prism  that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.

4)Pellicle- a thin, partially reflective coating, as on a beam splitter or pellicle mirror.

5) Aperture- an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

6)Shutter- a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.

7)Exposure- the fact or state of being exposed.

8)Depth of field- the range of distances along the axis of an optical instrument, usually a camera lens, through which an object will produce a relatively distinct image.

9)F-stop- the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.

10)Focal length- the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane.