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AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Unit 1 Abstract

Focusing on Focus

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Different types of lenses can give you a different range of zoom and focus. A portrait lens (wide lens) has no zoom only, this means you have to physically move close to what you are capturing, you can then adjust the focus manually. You also have have telephoto lens, which has an extreme zoom on it up to 200mm, from where you are standing, you can also use manual focus on this as well.

In this experiment these are the 3 types of lenses I used, a portrait lens, a regular lens and a telephoto lens. I used them all on a manual setting, so I could adjust the focus alone, to get certain parts of the photo in focus and sharp and the surrounding blurred out. 

I started with a telephoto lens, in these images I focused on blurring out mainly the background. By using text in an image it really shows the blurred background as the text is sharp and readable. Text just makes the sharpness more obvious.  I also worked on depth of field with this camera, giving the images a deeper look, making it look like there’s more there than there actually is, by blurring out the closer objects are the whole background. By blurring out the background it make sit look like the scenery behind goes on for longer than it actually does.

I then moved onto the portrait lens. This lens was difficult to work with, but has become one of my favorite lenses. It was difficult because you had to physically move closer towards what you were capturing, but if you went to close or too far away the whole image would be in focus. This lens produces extremely sharp images, as the blurred surroundings is distinct.

I then experimented with the regular lens, this lens was okay and could easily capture the images I wanted but the focusing wasn’t as sharp as the other lenses could make it. And the sharpness of the focused object is important as it can make the photo.

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Unit 1 Abstract

ISO

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ISO stands for International Standard Organisation.

ISO is a number that indicates how sensitive your camera is to the available light.  The ISO ratings are auto,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400. The ISO setting is directly set up with your shutter speed and aperture setting, to make the photos properly exposed. When the ISO rate is higher less light would be needed to obtain enough exposure. Over all changing the ISO settings on the camera increases or decreases the sensitivity and light gathering ability 

ISO 400

ISO 800

ISO 1600

ISO 200

ISO 100

ISO Auto

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Unit 1 Abstract

White Balance

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White balance is a camera setting where you are able to choose the best colour setting for taking pictures in your location so you are able to get the colour in your pictures as accurate as possible.  On my specific camera there were 5 different options; Auto, Tungsten, florescent, daylight, cloudy and flash.

Auto is the automatic mode where the camera will decide which mode is the best based on where you are shooting. Tungsten is mostly used to shoot indoors under household lighting, as it  usually cools down a picture. I noticed that the florescent mode warmed up my images. Daylight mode makes your images have a fairly normal white type of filter. The cloudy mode made my images look similar, except it warmed it up slightly more.  Usually when you take pictures using flash, it can make your images turn out quite white and washed out. The flash white balance warms your images up a bit more to reverse this.

When taking images using certain WB settings, its important to have the correct shutter speed. If its too slow, your images turn out too overexposed. This happened while i was experimenting with my images, as you are able to see from my contact sheet.

 

Here is a video which further explains White Balance:

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Unit 1 Abstract

6. ISO:

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What is ISO?

The ISO on a digital camera allows the user to control how light sensitive the camera is.

The lower the ISO, the less light sensitive the camera is.

The higher the ISO, the more light sensitive the camera is.

Advantages:

The ISO allows the user to take photos in bright areas with a low ISO and in darker areas with an increased ISO.

Disadvantages:

When the ISO is increased, the quality of the images will be poorer. The images become grainy, less sharp and will have decreased amounts of detail.

Examples:

  • 1/200
  • F5.6

ISO 100

ISO 400

ISO 1600

ISO 6400

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ISO

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By changing the IOS level I found I had to change my shutter speed so my image wasn’t overwhelmed with light or lacking light. I did notice a change in my images. The ones with the lower IOS were sharper and less grainy and less noisy.

I decided to use the same subject in the majority of my images because I wanted to show the difference between the IOS levels and how it affects the camera.

The rule is as you increase IOS, decrease shutter speed. (eg. From 1/25 to 1/120)

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Component 1 Personal Investigation

Homework 3 – Albert Renger Patzsch research and response

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Renger-Patzsch was born in Wurzburg on June 22, 1897 and passed away on September 27, 1966. He began making photographs by the age of twelve.  After military service in WW1 he studied chemistry at Dresden Technical College. In the 1920’s he started working for the Chicago Tribune as a press photographer. He  then left, and in 1925 he published his first book ‘The choir stalls of Cappenberg’. He had his first museum exhibition in 1927.

He released a second book in 1928 called ‘Die Welt ist Schon’. This is his best-known book, its a collection of one hundred of his photographs in which natural forms, industrial subjects and mass-produced objects are presented with the clarity of scientific illustrations (a visual approach to a scientific concept in a precise, clear and objective way).  He believed that the value of photography was in its ability to reproduce the texture of reality. His archives were destroyed during WW2, and in 1944 he moved to Wamel, Mohnesee, where he lived the rest of his life.

These are my favourite photos by Albert Renger-Patzsch. I like the photos in particular because they all have strong shapes within them. They’re also not overpowered by objects other than the subject of the photo (e.g. the flasks in the photo don’t have anything inside of them, there also aren’t any other items on the table).

My response:

In these photos I tried to to capture bold shapes like Albert Renger-Patzsch. I made all of them black them black and white to match the style, I also increased the contrast and decreased the brightness on some of the photos to bring out the shadows more which makes the shapes bolder. I also cropped the 1st and 3rd photos a lot as I wasn’t interested in the majority of the frame (e.g. I removed all of the empty sky from the drill photo).

 

 

 

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Camera Skills: Focal Length

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MACRO/CLOSE UP:

In this image I experimented with using the macro setting on my camera in order to capture the great deal of detail within the hands. Whilst on this setting, I continued to use auto focus as it allowed me to take many photos at once without the hassle of adjusting the focus every time the hands moved or shifted in position.

DEPTH OF FIELD:

In this photo I experimented with depth of field by using manual focus on my camera. Instead of focusing on the leafs closest to the camera, it is focused on  a different part of the photo. I found that this technique allowed me to create images that were quite different and unique.

FOCAL LENGTH:

In this image, I tried to play around with the focal point and what effects I can achieve with this. The flower, as seen in the photo, was quite far away from me and the camera. I zoomed in and used the macro setting in order to capture the delicate details of the flower and the plant. It was quite difficult to capture this photo as zooming in meant having a very steady hand and using auto focus that the macro setting provided for me.

MF/AF FOCUS:

In this photo I used a conjunction of manual focus and the macro setting on my camera. It was very difficult to get the correct focus on my camera whilst using the macro setting with auto focus therefore i switched over to manual focus to help me correct this issue.

CONTACT SHEETS:

In this photo shoot, I focused a lot on plants and flowers in order to experiment with different settings such as macro and AF and MF focus, resulting in very vibrant, and colourful contact sheets.

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Camera Skills

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Focal Length

In order to take this photo I used the macro setting on the camera. The flower was a good focal point for focal length experimentation as the detail could be captured clearly in addition to the bright natural lighting.  I tried to zoom in as far as the camera possibly could to create as much definition to the flower and capture all the shades of purple.

AF/MF and Focus Points

In the first photo I used auto focus to take the photo of the plant, it  focused on the pepper, why was what i intended to do. Whereas in the second photo I used manual focus which focused on the background resulting in an unsuccessful photo. Personally in this particular shoot auto focus worked better for me, as i couldn’t get the camera to focus in on the pepper with manual focus, but this can be improved with practice.

Depth Of Field

In this photo the tree is the sharpest point, the more you move away from the tree the more out of focus everything else becomes. I ensured that the camera had a small aperture in order to create a deep depth of field.