After importing my images from my documents I flagged the pictures that I would like to use for my editing.
My selected images, after flagging them and deciding which images I wanted to keep (p to keep and x to delete).
We compared two images using compare view. You can zoom in and out using the magnifying glass. Helping to choose the better image.
Experimenting by using develop mode, editing my image changing the exposure and contrast.
Using other tools on the develop mode, on a different lighted image.
This shows me exporting my edited image and editing the image size to save into my folder. Creating a folder in my media drive where all of my edited images will be saved to.
The aperture controls how much light enters the camera. It also controls the depth of field. Aperture is the adjustable lens opening that controls the amount of light allowed into the camera. Learning to properly adjust these three settings based on your location and subject is essential for capturing good exposures.
We tested using the aperture by taking pictures of things we collected from the beach, rocks, shells, flip flops, and other objects. Using two types of set up, first was an infinity table which gives the illusion of white space in the background of the image. We placed coloured jell sheets in front of the lights changing the colour of the images. Our second set up was using more natural light, with a white backdrop.
Images from the photoshoot.
What is depth of Field?
Depth of field is the distance between the nearest and furthest objects giving a focused object that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image captured with a camera. The lower the depth of field, the closer you are to your subject.
Here is an example of different depth of field where on the right the background of the image is out of focus and the flower is in focus.
Shutter speed is the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes. A fast shutter speed creates a shorter exposure, the amount of light the camera takes in, and a slow shutter speed gives the photographer a longer exposure .The faster the shutter is set, the better your chance to snap a great action shot and get it looking clear. However, the faster the shutter is set, the less light will come in.
For Example
The Lower the shutter speed the higher resolution image you will get
Photo -games
In the photoshoot, we explored the shutter speed by playing a boxing game. Capturing boxing actions, changing and playing around with the shutter speed . Some created sharp photographs some created blurry images, due to the use of the shutter speed, the amount of light being let into the camera.
Ball games
Here are our attempts to recreating John Baldessaris work, by throwing 3 balls into the air and capturing them on a low shutter speed to capture a sharp image.
John Baldessari
John Anthony Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Initially a painter, Baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his canvases in the mid-1960s.
Man Ray uses techniques such as “rayographs”without a camera by placing objects such as the thumbtacks,coil of wires, and other circular forms used here-directly on a sheet of photosensitized paper and exposing it to light. Not having any colour allows the viewer to add their own colour into the image, making it somewhat more personal and more their own. The formal elements which are quite important in this piece of work is definitely shape, because it tells you what exactly the image is of, and because there is no colour the photogram technique relays a lot on shape. Rays unique approaches to photography and his ability to explore the unconscious with everyday items. He was also influenced by many people such as Francis Picabia,Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Robert Henri.
Photoshoot plan
Concept – Taking Portraits of someone who has a relation to Jersey
Location – Jersey, Trinity
Equipment – DSLR Camera, Model
Shot Type – Straight on, Portrait
Lighting – Natural, Soft
Contact Sheet – Person
I took a range of images of my Dad in his spear fishing kit, in different areas to create a selection of images to choose from. From these images I narrowed it down to 3 images to Edit.
Image Selection
I choose these images as I felt they are in focus and the facial expressions show how much he enjoys fishing in Jersey.
Photoshoot Plan
Concept – Images of still objets with relation to the portrait
Location – St Helier Harbour
Equipment – I-Phone Camera
Shot type – high
Pieter Claesz
He painted with tangible detail and carefully observed light effects, and sought to enhance the illusion of reality by arranging objects on the table so that they appear to recede in space. Between 1630 and 1640 Claesz adopted a more subdued, monochromatic palette.His images reflect a dark somber mood, his use of lighting creates this feel.The style of still life was called Vanitas. It shows worldly things are worthless when you die. This was a depressing view on the world. Pieter Claesz was influenced by the artist movement ‘Vanitas’.
In my attempt of recreating still life, I photographed small boats.
Contact Sheet – Object
For my objects I took images of small boats in the harbour, which links to the idea of my Dads passion of fishing in the jersey waters. Also creating an abstract feel to the photographs. Many of the small boats have lots of colour making the pictures interesting.
Image Selection
Experimenting changing my images into black and white
Final 3 images
These 3 images link to the theme of my jersey as my Dad has been passionate about fishing and spearing fishing all his life. Taking part in many local competitions round the island, his love for fishing carries on through the family encouraging my younger brother to also take part. Some of his favourite places to fish is down at Boyley Bay and Portlet. Growing up around the beaches on the island the sea is home for my Dad and our family. Many of our family memories were made on the beaches and on boats.
Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography?
The word photography means drawing with light, the word was first coined by the British scientist Sir John Herschel in 1839 from the Greek words phos, meaning “light”, and graphê meaning drawing or writing.
Q2: What year was the first photograph made in camera?
1826 French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, took that photograph, titled View from the Window at Le Gras, at his family’s country home.
Q3: When did the first photograph of a human appear?
Taken in 1838, Louis Daguerre’s photograph of a Paris street scene shows a man standing along the Boulevard du Temple getting his shoes shined. It is widely believed to be the earliest extant photograph of human figures.
Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’?
It was conceived in 1994 by Sasaki Miho, inspired by the popularity of girl photo culture and photo stickers in 1990s Japan. She worked for a game company, Atlus, where she suggested the idea, but it was initially rejected by her male bosses.
Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear?
The first colour photograph made by the three-color method suggested by James Clerk Maxwell in 1855, taken in 1861 by Thomas Sutton. The subject is a coloured ribbon, usually described as a tartan ribbon.
Q6: What do we mean by the word genre?
A style or category of art
Q7: What do we mean by the genre of still-life?
An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world.
Q8: What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement?
To affirm photography as an art form
Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?
An interpretation of reality as witnessed by the photographer.
Q10: What is exposure in photography?
The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor. Exposure is the amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor, creating visual data over a period of time. That time period could be fractions of a second or entire hours. The right exposure is a balancing act.
Q11: What controls exposure on your camera?
Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.
Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects?
Shutter
Q13: How do we explain depth of field?
How much of your image is in focus.
Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field?
Lens aperture, distance from camera to subject, and lens focal length.
Q15: What is composition in photography?
The arrangement of visual elements within the frame. What is photo composition? Photo composition is how a photographer arranges visual elements within their frame
Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?
It is subjective and in the eye of the beholder.
Q17: What are contextual studies in photography?
To provide historial, cultural and theoterical understanding of images.
Q18: How many images are captured on average every day worldwide?
4.7 Billion
Q19: Which portrait is the most reproduced in the world?
