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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.

Typologies Homework Task Week 4

Typologies

Typologies by definition are a classification according to general type. So in photography they are collections of similar ‘things’ compiled together to produce a visually similar set of photographs.

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Photographic typologies produced from my photo-shoot

Guitar Pedals
Door Numbers
Washers
Plectrums
Heart Shaped Stones
Switches

Keys
Manholes
Coloured card
Pottery
Drill Parts
Pebbles

Photographer Research One (Jeff Brouws)

Photographer Research Two (Bernd & Hilla Becher)

 

 

Bokeh

Bokeh is the effect made when lights are out of focus, this can be accidental or on purpose to make aesthetic background. By setting the camera to the largest aperture the camera will blur anything which is not being focused on.  We can also use manual focus to change which parts of the light are blurred, the more out of focus the larger the Bokeh light circles will be. The circle shapes which we see in Bokeh photos is simply the shape of the hole in the lens. This shape can be changed to a hexagon depending on the aperture, we can also make caps to go on our lenses which creat other shapes such as hearts. I used my 55-250mm lens to create a bokeh effect using fairy lights, I made a trail from the camera and up the wall to show what they look like at different focal lengths.

With the whole frame out of focus the light circles become larger and the whole image looks blurred.  When the image is slightly more in focus only the lights which are close to the lens make a bigger circle. Some of the wires in the mid ground are more in focus this is because the focus point was in the center of the frame.

Homework Assignment 3

Planning:

Task – Produce 100-200 images that show a response to abstract art and photography

Locations – Car park,  street

Subjects – Josh, cars, lights

Lighting – flash in the car park, natural lighting outside.

Camera settings – Low shutter speed (0.8 seconds) for blurred effect, ISO 800 due to dark settings, deep depth of field so high aperture.

Concept – capture and manipulate movement of light

Ernst Haas

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Image result for Ernst Haas photographerErnst Haas (1921-1986) was born in Vienna and took up photography after the war.

In 1953, LIFE magazine published his 24 page colour photo essay on New York city.

He received the Hasselblad award on the year of his death.He was a photojournalist and a pioneering colour photographer.

His book ‘The Creation’ was one of the most successful photography books ever.

My favourite Ernst Haas photo:

This is my favourite photo by Ernst Haas because of the contrast and mystery behind it.

The yellow of the car contrasts very well with the dark, almost colourless, image. The shadows and silhouettes create a sinister and mysterious setting along with the smoke.

This could just be a photo he took in the middle of New York city but the shadows and smoke make it a very interesting and dramatic image.

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Lazlo Moholy-Nagy

 

Image result for moholy nagy photographyImage result for moholy nagy photographyMoholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer.

He was highly influenced by constructivism and helped to integrate technology and industry into the arts.

He believed that humanity could only defeat the experience of modernity if it harnessed the full potential of new technologies. He thought that artists should turn into designers.

My favourite Moholy-Nagy photo:

I like this photo because of the way he has used angles to create an image which the viewer has to figure out. At first the viewer is unsure what they are looking at when they see the contrasting white circles but after seeing the cleverly placed other worker, they realise what the image is showing.

This image shows well what Moholy-Nagy does – he integrates shapes and industrial work into his photographs. There are lots of different shapes in this photo which almost make it seem abstract.

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My Photos:

  

My Favourite Photos

All of the below photographs were taken with a shutter speed of 1 second. In the first two photos I told the model to simply walk around to create movement but in the bottom three photos I moved the camera around in order to capture an abstract photograph.

In these photos I like how the black clothing of the blurred model almost blends into the background in places to create a more interesting image.

The below images create a gloomy and mysterious setting due to the contrast between the bright lights and the dark car park. To create an appealing image in the first photograph I have cropped it so that it fits the rule of thirds.

The abstractness of these images make them stand out to me because they look so out of the ordinary.

Color Overlay/Editing

What is color overlay?

Color overlay in this case is adding an extra layer of color on top of the black and white image taken within an editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop, and adding an effect to that picture by messing with opacity etc. For instance adding color to a single specific object in a black and white photo, to make the viewer's attention draw to that singular thing as seen below, it would allow you to draw a viewers attention to a specific object.

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From this idea I decided to implement this method into my own photos taken from home, with these being the results from it:

 My aim whilst doing this was to only re-color the parts of the image that I believed stood out from the rest of the picture itself, for example the peg, eye and tubing. From this it would allow the viewers point of interest to drift towards what I want them to mainly focus on, allowing for a greater effect.

Zone System

The zone system is a technique formulated in the 1930s.

  • Capturing a correct exposure every time, even in the trickiest light or scene situations.
  • Having a precise evaluation of your scene’s tones and dynamic range prior to even making a shot.
  • Knowing when you need to use graduated neutral density filters.
  • Knowing exactly how far apart to take exposure bracketed shots for later blending.
  • Determining the situations where you need to use a fill flash to get a correct exposure.

Taking inspiration off of Ansel Adams, I tried to I incorporate all the different tones, from the darkest to the lightest, to make the photograph more interesting. The darkest point of the photograph is the middle towards the front of the photograph, showing black, whereas the lightest point is the top of the creased paper facing the natural light.

Typologies

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.

Ansel Adams and development of light and About

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.

photoshop; tone and contrast

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