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Bokeh

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Bokeh
That is bokeh?
bokeh is the effect of blurring when lights are alined and portrayed in a close distance manner but are not in focus, it is created by not focusing on the specific image but the light points surrounding the image itself. The official term for it is the visual quality of the out-of-fouous areas of a photograph image, especially as rendered by a particular lens. This is a vey effective quality within photography, this is because it makes an image more visually appealing, forcing to focus  our attention on a particular area of interest within an image. The word comes from the meaning ‘bur’ It is almost the quality of being out of quality.
Bokeh is rendered by the lens, not the camera.But different lens will render the outcome differently, due to unique designs apertures also change the effect by making a more pleasant looking bokeh affect.When it is done well it successfully captures our perception on an image an therefore the background blur should appear soft and ‘creamy’


The larger the blades the more rounded and appealing the light itself will looks upping this will achieve a better overall look itself in the image and light.
They do not only have to be nighttime images but daytime with a certain close up focus point and then a bokeh background but different form that of depth of field due to a different softer feel to create a more finished background feel. I took these images again with a higher mm in order to achieve a more crisp circles have two edits to portray how the lighting can change within the image and how this changes the crispness of the image itself.

My experiment with Bokeh

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Shutter Speed

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what is shutter speed?

It is the nominal time for which a shutter is open at a given setting.

Shutter speed is measured in seconds – or in most cases fractions of seconds. The bigger the denominator the faster the speed (ie 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30). Shutter speed is also the time for which the shutter is open in order to portray a certain vision or effect,such as the length of time that a camera could be exposed or open to certain amounts of light.You can also use light to develop shape with a long held shutter speed to create images and twist such as:

This meaning that a fast shutter speed such as the usual 1/60th or some seconds faster will be crisp,and capturing a sufficient movement .

whereas a slower shutter speed is used in order to cause a motion or a blurring effect to the piece itself,this can sometimes be difficult to capture due to the shale of a camera when the shutter is open results in a blur and perhaps not where it is desirable

shutter speed usually doubles in number value within each setting such as going from  1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8 etc. this is handy and accessible due to it being bale to differentiate aperture settings and allow good exposure speeds by increasing or decreasing the settings. for example a slower shutter speed  will allow a more flowing tones such as a waterfall of capturing the movement of a train

I took this image but applying a long shutter speed and getting the person herself to move and sway, this pursues an almost replication of her face and also shows movement, it also works due to the light underneath also highlighting the bottom of the face again exaggerating the movement and blur of the piece.

With this image I wanted to move the light around so that that small bulb would be dragged and cause a blur but there is also a clear movement form side to side with is highly effective.It also has a very interesting composition  to the piece itself.

Finally with the third piece I wanted one specific light and a movement in a repetitive pattern such as above with a very long shutter speed to be able to create thew lines and movement within the time before it is captured. It is very interesting as to how the Ines break apart and how some are thicker and more developed due to the overlapping light hole the photo was being captures, it is very experimental but also works with interesting compositions and lines within the shape.I do prefer how the lighter lines at the bottom create a more free effect to the piece itself, and that would also be effective in the next piece.

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Depth of field

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what is depth of field?

Is the focus or range effectiveness within the range,it is also the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.This portrays the graudal changing as to how much os a specific image you want to be in focus and to what extent you want for a certain area, Traditional debth of field was created in order to suggest that disatnt objects often need to be larger on the film and do not need to be so sharp,the loss of detail in distance is particullarly noticebale with extreme engalrgments so for example this allowed a blur but in order to enchnace a speific direct area of vibrancy within tht eimage that you want to be easuily seen and accessible. Debth of field is important for images within marcro and is a look that can be highly sucessful within the right settings.

within this image you can see the gradual focus point change in order to allow more depth of field and more detail. Whereas the first narrow depth off field shows the widening  of the lens  to create a smaller(narrow) so more detailed image and so less focus  on the suorounding subjects such as in this image:

within he first image you can see it is clearly focused pm the floor in front and the second it is also forcing on the flower behind as well and the red flower itself.

you are also able to focus on different areas still blurring whatever section you want ,or in a shot you are also able to focus on everything in the frame with a large depth of field.

most artists would recommend focusing very close to infinity, and stopping down to make the bollard sharp enough. With this approach, foreground objects cannot always be made perfectly sharp, but the loss of sharpness in near objects may be acceptable if recognizably of distant objects is paramount.

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vocal length

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Focal Length

The focal length of the lens is the distance between the lens and the image sensor when the subject is in focus.This also works in hand with field of debth and is under the same category and both adapt and edit each others overall finish. Focal length is used in order to zoom and create a photo within a certain crop and edit with contiaing only the selected subjects. This can be changed  within the manual zoom within the lens itself.The focal length and distnace within the image sensor and the subject in focus  . This is usually in millimeters (e.g., 28 mm, 50 mm, or 100 mm). In the case of zoom lenses, both the minimum and maximum focal lengths are stated, for example 18–55 mm.This is the basic description of a photography lens,it is also a clauculation of an opticial diatnce from the point where the light rays convey. The focal length of a lens is determined when the lens is focused at infinity.

The zooming also portrays a difference in direction and central attention to the piece itself. Not only in this piece does it zoom but it also redirects a focus to a specific point their in the background or the foreground.

within he next image you can see a clear focus on the city in the distance and not the field in the foreground.

The focal length tells us the angle of view—how much of the scene will be captured—and the magnification—how large individual elements will be. The longer the focal length, the narrower the angle of view and the higher the magnification. The shorter the focal length, the wider the angle of view and the lower the magnification.

This shows how you can have an overall very wide image and then the gradual demising of the piece into the field of view into a more detail specific  area.

Why do we use focal length?
Focal length is used  in order to exaggerate and to focus your detail on one particular section to a photograph. We use it by zooming in automatically on a specific photo, or perhaps manually by the camera but if two use this it will not be enough if it is zooming in to a large depth of field. It focuses by zooming in On a specific sense of direct detail wanting to concentrate the detail within the image.
auto focus differs due to less of a clear view on exactly what effect and subject you are wanting to focus within. But differing manual is able to capture and zoom to a specific area and contain only the stage and part that you are wanting to focus on itself.
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Typologies

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What is typology?

Typologies. Typology is the study of types, and a photographic typology is a suite of images or related forms, shot in a consistent, repetitive manner.

For my new photography project two I will go more in depth about typologies artists . typolog to me is a way of expressing and journalism of many topic project of person you want To discover more about.A technique I see a lot if the gradual movement in order to observe and capture every angle to relate to a person and reflect the person in which they are living themselves.

Many examples are more reflected around line and person of people and differences and development of architecture. Throughout the modern era, photography has been enlisted to classify the world and its people. Driven by a belief in the scientific objectivity of photographic evidence, this is everything that can be captured within typology. The logics utilized to classify photographs-in groups and categories or sequences of identically organized images-also shape our visual consciousness.

Typology is a lesson that is revolved throughout a short series and is designed to encourage consideration of how photography  can be developed and employed.It portrays the cameras ability to make a cultural  human record of gradual development  and accurately demonstrate a visual phenomena that the artist is seeking to portray to the world.It is also a systematic documentary  of journalism of life and how the world develops and changes gradually, the photographer   are used almost as a tool to witness and clarify evidence together in one place within one format. This is typological and a clear interpretation of the things surrounding yourself and others.
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Ansel Adams and development of light and About

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About

Ansel Easton Adams was born in February 20th 1902 and passed on April 22nd 1984,Adams was a highly influential American photogrhper  and also an environmentalist which you can see throughout his very nature based images.He is most famous for his black and white landscapes he would hike and take in the American west, these are now widely produced as calendars and see  through the Internet.Adams is probably most famous for his discovery and invention of ‘the zone system’ this is a way In which to determine proper exposure and how to adjust a contrast of a final print while taking the photo itself. This produces a proper exposure and a clear adjustment and depth within his character filled  photos. His work was primary on a large format camera due to this is contributed towards his sharpness within the final print.

Adams was also a founded photographers  as well known group of fellow photographers who also capture very landscape based pieces of art. Himself and his family were migrants form within England to follow a business of his fathers. He was Laos a lumberjack with is one of the persons that inspired himself to be very indulged in nature itself and preventing it to be cut down of forgotten.

His technique

His work once agin inspired his development of ‘The zone system’ this is photograph  technique to determine the optimal film exposure, it is the basis of the sensitometry  system which develops who a scene should be processed t look in its best manner and come across in the most appealing light and texture.  Adams described the Zone System as “not an invention of mine; it is a codification of the principles of sensitometry ,he is said to provide a relationship between the way a photographer is visual and the subject itself. its ids also applicable to film and also digital cameras of today time. The image below is how the tones are numbered and put into a systematic order of the development of all the colours around the image separately to create an effective composition.

An Example of his work

In this  image you can clearly see his line of frame  and all the difference within colour and tone to achieve all of the very lights to darks and accomplish a successful piece.

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photoshop; tone and contrast

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What is photoshop

This is to alter (a photographic image) digitally using image-editing software.It is done to exaggerate or dramatic change an image to connote and exaggerate a feel that wants to be expressed or brought forward to the audience. 

How I achieved and edited  my images

I achieved my images Using photoshop I wanted to developing deepening tone and texture to exaggeration depth  within the image using layers.

Firstly I started off by inserting the image into photoshop in order to deepen the saturation and develop a more grip feel and not use the colour as a distraction for the image and circulation with patterns and line within the piece itself. Using the Crop tool, you can trim edges, change the shape and size of a photo, and even straighten a crooked line  or the shape within the leaf. Furthermore  Enhanced  the quality and Brighten the photo and make its quality and highlights  pop using adjustment layers.  After layering the image ignorer to edit different aspect to then eventually flatten this image. I went onto a bast in order to move the saturation and so developing the colour to deepen the effect. I wanted to still be able to see sources of colour to not completely inveterate the colour within the leaf.I then costume the colours in a grain setting so would be able to accurately develop the colours and cancel out all the extras vibrancy that I did not want in my image. Finally I Convert color to black and white, add an old-fashioned tinted look, and play with focus using the Tilt-Shift Blur filter.

You can see the tool bars here in which I dimmed the saturation and colour to depth the image but also allowing the tone range from very black inner leaf to a progressive lighter leaf. You can also see the layers through the photo and how the custom levels about to be set to green to develop a deeper tone relevant to the piece.

Before

First Edit

Second edit

Third and Best Edit

Overall this images now more effective as a whole and creates  a better presence and does not direct form the image itself.It create s larger impact overall through the image and displays a larger impact of space and authority.

Tone and Contrast

Contrast is a measure of the difference in brightness between light and dark areas in a scene. This reflects a scene with significant contrast , whereas narrow lens reflect less  contrast and may appear flat or dull. This can be caused by any combination of subject matter and lighting conditions.The is a great importance due to colour will only work effectively due to a good contrast.However countless images have been seen in black and white using this is a tangible element of compostion

Tone may consist of shadings from white-to-gray-to-black, or it may consist of darks against lights with little or no grays. The use of dark areas against light areas is a common method of adding the feeling of a third dimension to a two-dimensional black-and-white picture.This is also highly significant to the tonal range within the tone system 

 

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Tanja Demain And Johnny Briggs Photographer

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Recently there was an exhibition for Johnny Briggs,how work was mainly surrounding the inspiration of his life growing up and the impact fro within his family life and also his fathers voice.So he uses  photography to explore my relationship with deception, the constructed reality of the family, and question the boundaries between his parents and himself , between child/adult, self/other, nature/culture, real/fake in attempt to revive my unconditioned self. He is also inspired by many different effects of war and how in the modern day he can represent an underlining aftermath of the holocaust and how it also effects jerseys history as a whole. In his pieces you can see many mouths and lipstick in order to demonstrate how to be quite and as a metaphor to be shut out.Th lipstick also represents how something designed to enhance beauty and also portrays no speech and a substance that you do not want to touch to cause an impact of smudging of ruining a relationship .Here are some examples of his own work.Within the makings of his work he also likes to produce it relativity rather than using Photoshop to create an almost illusion.

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Tanja Deman’s art is inspired by her interest in the perception of space and her relationship to nature. Demain,is a photographer inspired by many natural works and also how some of these monumental industrial building can fit into other scenarios in order to demonstrate a demand for attention and significance.She explains how she knows where she wants to explore but it is nature and whatever she can develop informant of her that inspires her to make her art.She is also interest in Observing recently built legacy or natural sites her work investigates the sociology of space and reflects dynamics hidden under the surface of both the built and natural environment. Many of her new artworks are inspired by taking them underwater to develop a relationship with the movement of water and lighting and to capture the perfect atmosphere that is also the most uncovered and unexplored part of the world,so inspired her to further look into what she uncover,almost as  a mystery to herself.

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what is exposure

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Achieving the correct exposure is based upon that of the rate o flight is uncontrollable, three factors remain under your control:

1)the cameras(lens) width, 2)the duration you leave it in then(exposed to light),3)and the quantity of light you want to collect.

It is a necessity to make sure you collect the correct amount of light not underexposed but not overexposed levels. This is highly important due to the many different availabilities of width, time and quantity of light you wish to achieve.

For example,less amount go time in the light can work if you’re camera lens expands and is very wide.Alternatively for the same duration with a narrow lens can be used but you Will achieve less light.

EXPOSURE TRIANGLE: APERTURE, ISO & SHUTTER SPEED

exposure triangle

Each setting controls exposure differently:

Aperture: controls the area over which light can enter your camera
Shutter speed: controls the duration of the exposure
ISO speed: controls the sensitivity of your camera’s sensor to a given amount of light

although one section is able to use as many different combinations to achieve s certain style and technique. The key, however, is knowing which trade-offs to make, since each setting also influences other image properties.