My Environmental Portrait Photoshoot

As you can see above I took 50 images from the camera of my sister and my mum. I took lots so I could experiment and pick my best photos and the one I wanted to use for my final piece. I then continued to take many of photos of my sister and my mum with many different camera settings and different lighting conditions to achieve the ideal result I wanted.

Photos I didn’t like

I didn’t like this photo due to lots of visual noise that has been taking part and will give the photo a degraded quality. This photo was taken at an ISO of 400. It also has a wide aperture of 7.1 and has a shutter speed of 1/6.

I also didn’t like this photo due to how dark it is and you can also barley see it. This is what happens when you don’t have enough light in your room, in the camera or in the photo. It gives no proper final image. It was also taken at a shutter speed of 1/80.

Lastly, I also didn’t like this photo due to extra light from the flash it has made the photo go extra fuzzy and made it to create a degrading quality. It also didn’t match the theme is was going for.

Selection Process

As you can see above I pressed P to keep the images I wanted to use for my final photos. I used X to get rid of the images i didn’t wanted to use for the future. Then I gave a rating for the images, they all had a rating out of 5.The images with 4 and 5 stars are the images I wanted to use for my final photos. The photos I didn’t like I rated 1-3 stars. Finally I gave them the colour yellow or green, green being the best and yellow being average . Red was for very bad photos. I will edit the images so I can present final photos.

Editing My Best Images

These are my three best images that have been edited.

This image started with more negative space on the left than on the right. To create a more balanced outcome, I cropped the image as above.

When cropping, I made sure to maintain an equal photo

For this image I also wanted to enhance the contrast and tone, to exaggerate the texture.

This image had lots of negative space on the left rather than the right. For the image to be more balanced I had to crop it to get the best result.

When cropping I mad sure that the photo was balanced on both sides, so the photo would look aesthetically pleasing to the eye and make people want ton look at it .

Also, I enhanced clarity and the dehaze setting on Lightroom to get the image to look like this.

In this image I had to get rid of most of the negative space on the left side on the photo rather than the right. I also got rid of negative space at the top and the bottom of the photo. To get the best result this photo need to be cropped.

As I was cropping this photo I need to make sure that the photo was balanced and proportional , so the photo looks pleasing to the eye.

For this image I also had to enhance the contrast and tone, to exaggerate the texture. I also enhanced the shutter speed.

Black and White Final Images

These are my final images edited

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being balanced . If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually appealing to look at.

For this image I also had to enhance the dehaze, clarity and the texture setting to achieve this type of image.

For the filter I used the style; Cinematic to create this type of photo.

This isn’t a white photo but i managed to brighten it up since it was dark. To brighten it up is used two filters called BW7 and F6 these filters are from Lightroom.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing and nice to look at.

For this image I also had to enhance the contrast, exposure ,dehaze, clarity and tone to exaggerate the texture.

This isn’t a white photo but I managed to brighten it up since it was dark. To brighten it up is used three filters called BW07,FT06 and SP05 these filters are from Lightroom.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing and nice to look at.

For this image I also had to enhance the exposure ,dehaze, clarity and tone to exaggerate the texture.

Editing Photos into a Black Filter

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing and nice to look at.

For this image I also had to enhance the dehaze, clarity and tone to exaggerate the texture.

In this photo I used the filter called BW11 this filter darkened the photo a bit, this is what a aimed for.

In this photo I used a black and white filter called BW09, this darkened my photo, this is what I achieved due to using this filter.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing and nice to look at.

For this image I also had to enhance the highlights and the shadows to enhance the clarity on this photo.

In this photo I used a filter called BW11, this has made this image both light and dark, this has balanced out the highlights and shadows, so it means that the foreground is more in focus.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

For this image I also had to enhance the highlights and the shadows to enhance the clarity on this photo.

My Final 4 Photos With Analysis

These are my final 4 photos due to a mixture of a light and dark tone. By having a light tone it makes the photo produced have a sharp with a strong contrast. By having a dark tone many photographs seem to have less impact and less visual vibration. By having some straight lines in the photos it means these lines have geometric quality and also have centre of attention. . The images that I took had lots of negative space around it so I had to crop it to make the photos balanced on each side.

Arnold Abner Newman was an American photographer, known for his “environmental portraits” of artists and politicians. He was also known for his composed abstract and still life images. Newman was born : March 3, 1918,  New York , United States and Died: June 6, 2006 (age 88 years), New York, United States.

Photo Analysis

Visual

The person is the main focal point. Krupp is in-between the concrete pillars which create a cold and outdated effect, he is placed in the centre so the photo will create a line of symmetry. Krupp is leaning forward with hands which are interlocked in-between each other. Interlocking hands means that Krupp is connected to the place in the photo. Krupp shows lots of eye contact which creates a feeling of intimidation towards us, which also makes us scared and not want to go near him. Eye contact also shows a high level of confidence. The background of this photo is in an industrial environment, which shows that Krupp is in charge or owns the environment that he is in. Leading lines make the photo look balanced and proportional and position Krupp very central due where the lines start and finish.

Technical

The lighting may be artificial due to many different light that may be used and also due to the intensity of the light. Also the lights will create a powerful contrast on the sitters face. Which will make him more mysterious and darkening his gaze. The aperture is placed at a medium due to the amount of light the will want in the photo. This ha a very sharp foreground due to having a low ISO which makes the image look a lot clearer. Is placed at a medium aperture- very sharp foreground, slightly softer background . Able to identify environmental details, which means that easy to see. The Shutter speed- is quite a fast because Newman wanted to capture a very specific moment while the subject is in focus and also creates a balanced exposure. The angle is exactly eye level with the sitter which means we are immediately drawn tot him and also feels like we are extremely close to him.

Contextual

Alfred Krupp is the only subject in this photo which means he’s the main character. An Industrialist who ran war factories manufactured arms for the Nazi assault on Europe. Using slave labour from the concentration camps, is where the prisoners of war were literarily worked to death. The majority of the men and boys who perished were Jewish and Krupp holds a particular grudge amongst there people.​Arnold Newman was Jewish of origin. Krupp was reluctant to agree for the photo to be taken but he eventually agreed. He didn’t want the photo taken by Newman due to him being Jewish, Krupp disliked the Jews. When deciding what to do with the shot , Newman asked Krupp to lean forward slightly, when he did he interlocked his fingers together tightly under his chin. The light hit the face completely and when Newman saw this effect he said ‘That he felt the hair stand up on the back of his neck’. This image became one of the most famous images of Newman’s Career.

Conceptual

When Krupp saw the picture he was said to have been furious due to the artist being Jewish. For Newman this was a little bit of revenge for him. The photo captures Krupp in a serious, sincere and a menacing light. The flow of the photo brought Krupp out from the shadows and allowed Newman to share his envy for his man with the world.

August Sander

August Sander (1876–1964) was a German photographer , which was well known for his work documenting and capturing German community in the early 20th century.

August Sander’s photography is powerful for its organised approach to gathering people and securing a wide range of individuals from different parts of life in Germany, often attention on class, occupation, and social role.

Social and Class Structures: Sander’s portraits weren’t just about capturing the physical appearance of his subjects. They were important roles that people played within the larger framework of a community . He saw his work as a way to show the complexities of class, identity, and occupation, often seeing how social status and profession were reflected in a person’s appearance and lifestyle.

He gave respect to the people he photographed, regardless of their social standing and state . His photography gives a message that a sense of equality among the subjects in the photographs. He wanted to truly show the reality of life in Germany, from lower class life to high class.

Legacy

Sander’s most memorable series was , People of the 20th Century, was never fully accomplished in his lifetime, and much of his work remained unpublished during his career. However, the project has since been regarded as one of the most important photographic tasks of the 20th century.

Typologies

A photographic typology is a study of “types”. That is, a photographic series that prioritizes “collecting” rather than single or one image. It’s a powerful method of photography that can be used to reshape the way we see the world around us.

The concept of Photographic Typologies gets its origins from August Sander’s 1929 portrait series  from Face of Our Time, which captured the diverse social fabric of Germany between the two World Wars. Sander’s intent was to capture a cross-section of a community in Germany —its various types, classes, and the relationships that are linked them. He recognized that displaying his portraits as a collective series revealed much more meaning than displaying them individually. Unfortunately, his photography had such significance and power that just four years after its creation, the Nazi regime had the photographic plates which were demolished and then the book was banned.

A typology in photography is a study of “types” , which is a collection of images put together to gather a meaning, rather than individual and isolated shots. This approach shifts the focus to “collecting” and categorizing, and has become a method for reshaping and how we think about the world around us . The term “typology” itself gotten exposure in photography in 1959, when the German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher began documenting the industrial architecture of Germany that was disappearing quickly . The Becher’s described their subjects as buildings where anonymity is the new style. Their objective was to document a fading landscape, and in doing so, typologies not only captured a moment in time but also invited viewers to reflect on the photographs in the broader context of history and community of Germany.

August Sanders Photography Analysis

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

Due to the black and white format and filter on this photograph , it is hard to see what lighting was used. However, upon further inspection I can able to conclude that the source of light could be natural, coming from a window in the middle of the day , This is because if you look into the metal bowl grasped by the chef, the lighting seems to be in the shape of a distorted rectangle, which closely comes from a window. Additionally , due to the lighting being softly diffused, and not having a hard tone and definition within the subject/ where the projection is giving heavy and contrasting shadows upon the subjects body and face ( Similar to how artificial light would create a hard light with little diffusion) It is fair to say that the lighting is natural due to it having very similar characteristics to it. Finally, due to the angle of the reflection on his head compared to the angle of the light on the bowl, we can also conclude that there many windows positioned to the right of the subject and in the foreground of the photo ( due many light sources within the reflections) , all working together to make the scene of lighting and the atmosphere.

The tonal range in this shot (the range of tones in-between the darkest and brightest areas of an image that are caught by your camera.) which is wide as they are clearly many points within the image with pure black and pure white , along with lots of shades of grey in-between, This in return creates a lot of contrast within the image which will highlight the key features of the subjects body and outline. Additionally its easy to tell that this image is perfectly exposed, because the detail is still clear and nothing is too dark or too bright, cutting out the glare within the shot, from reflections.

APERTURE

The Aperture Used to create this shot is most likely quite low in the ranges of f2-4.He used a low aperture to capture a great shallow depth of field. Low apertures are ideal foe capturing portraits , as seen in the photograph with the chef, the subject (chef) is in focus which is the foreground, whereas his background is out of focus.

SHUTTER SPEED

With the Low aperture , I predicted there will be a fast shutter speed that was in use in order to capture the amount of light being let in through the lens. ( at least 1/200th of a second handheld or 1/15th of a second on a tripod.)A tripod was used to keep the camera still while in use . What supports my prediction is that there is no minimal motion blur, Meaning either the subject stood very still or at a  high shutter speed was used to capture the moment in time without any blur.

ISO

The ISO used to take this photo was most likely quite low, as there is no visible grain or a degrading quality present in the photo and the image is very clear , additionally the image itself is extremely dark meaning a low ISO must have been used, which makes sense as the low aperture already lets in plenty of light into the camera , meaning that the light sensitivity of the camera wouldn’t need to be high, around 100-200 was probably used.

My Plan For My Photoshoot

Environments

Subjects – I will take photos of my sister and my mum in the same environments.

For this I will take photos of my mum and my sister so both of them will feel connected.

Mum- Holding a ukulele

Sister – Kicking a ball, reading a book and roller-skating.

Poses

Will be quite natural and will be of their type of hobby. They will pose with a natural and stern face.

Gaze

I intend of all of my subjects to be look at the camera.

composition

I will experiment to with lots of different types of composition such as the rule of thirds .

Aperture

I will use most of the aperture numbers on the camera to get a wide range of experimentation and photos to show.

Framing

I will be using full body,1/2 and some headshot photos and I will crop but I wont use a tighter crop because I want the environment behind to have a visible picture. Examples are shown below.

Oriental

In my environmental portraits I will make a majority of landscape phots so is able to capture the environment and i will also incorporate some portrait photos.

Portrait environmental Portait

Landscape environmental portrait

Francis Bruguière

Francis Joseph Bruguière was an American photographer. He was born on  October 15, 1879, San Francisco, California, United States and he died on May 8, 1945 (age 65 years),  Middleton Cheney, United Kingdom.

Photos of his work.

My Paper Photoshoot

Contact Sheet

As you can see above I took 24 images from the camera of some different angles and shape of the paper until I found the one that I wanted to use, I then continued to take many of photos of one one type of paper style I liked with different camera settings and different lighting conditions to achieve the ideal result I wanted.

Photos I Didn’t Like

I didn’t like this photo due too lots of darkness, with having lots of darkness means it wont attract people to look at them and like them. It also gives no proper final image. This photo taken with a shutter speed of 1/800 of a second and an aperture of 4.

I didn’t like this photo due the balance of the photo on both sides. the left side has more negative space rather than the right side. There is no rule of 3rds present in this photo. This photo has a shutter speed of 1/100.

Lastly, I didn’t like this photo because of due to being blurry, which also gives it a degrading quality. This photo had an aperture of 25 which means not a lot of light has been let through to create a perfect image. It also had a shutter speed of 1/5, which is low.

Selection Process

As you can see above I pressed P to keep the images I wanted to use for my final photos. I used X to get rid of the images i didn’t wanted to use for the future. Then I gave a rating for the images, they all had a rating out of 5. With a rating of 5/5 means they are my best images that I love. The images with 4 and 5 stars are the images I wanted to use for my final photos. The photos I didn’t like I rated 1-3 stars. With a rating 1-3/5 means these where the photos I hated. Finally I gave them the colour yellow or green, green being the best and yellow being average . Red was for very bad photos. I will edit the images so I can present final photos.

Editing my Best Images

These are my three best images that have been edited.

This photo had to get rid of some of the negative space due to be being unbalanced on the foreground and the in the background. This means the photo is not equally distributed on each side that is the reason I had to crop it. I originally started with lots of negative space in background, rather than the foreground.

When cropping, I made sure the photo was balanced on each side from the background to the foreground.

I put the texture on this photo 100 to enhance the material of the paper.

In this image I had to crop a bit of the photo due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the left side side of the photo rather than the right side of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing.

The space in the photo appeared very big to begin with but after I cropped it the space has decreased, so you can’t see the whole of the photo.

In this photo I had to crop lots of it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional and not being balanced enough. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the left side rather than the right side of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more aesthetically pleasing and good to look at.

For this image it had two main textures which is the black card underneath to being smooth and the white paper being rough due to being cut out.

Photos Edited Into A White Filter

My Edited Photos into a White Filter.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the background of the photo.

The space in the photo appeared very big to begin with but after I cropped it the space has decreased, so you can’t see the whole of the photo.

The image appears to have a range of textures from the black card underneath to being smooth and the white paper being rough due to being cut out.

This photo had to be slightly cropped it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional and balanced . If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the background and the foreground of the photo.

The space in the photo appeared very big to begin with but after I cropped it the space has decreased, so you can’t see the whole of the photo.

The image appears to have a texture of the white paper being rough due to being cut out. Another texture in this photo is white card underneath which is smooth to touch.

This photo had to be slightly cropped it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional and balanced . If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the background and the foreground of the photo.

The image appears to have a texture of the white paper being rough due to being cut out. Another texture in this photo is white card underneath which is smooth to touch.

The white filter I used on this photo is BW09 which is on Lightroom. In this photo is also enhanced shadows and the texture.

Photos Edited Into A Black Filter

My Edited Photos into Black

This photo had to be slightly cropped it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional and balanced . If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the background and the foreground of the photo.

The space in the photo appeared very big to begin with but after I cropped it the space has decreased, so you can’t see the whole of the photo.

The image appears to have a texture of the white paper being rough due to being cut out. Another texture in this photo is white card underneath which is smooth to touch. Also on this photo the paper appears to have a bit of a fuzzy texture due to +100 on the dehaze setting on Lightroom, this makes it have an interesting texture.

This photo had to be slightly cropped it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional and balanced . If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the background and the foreground of the photo.

The space in the photo appeared very big to begin with but after I cropped it the space has decreased, so you can’t see the whole of the photo.

The black filter I used on this photo is BW12 which is on Lightroom. In this photo is also enhanced shadows and the texture. It has also made the paper shadows pop out more and to be more present.

This photo had to be slightly cropped it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional and balanced . If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative space on the background and the foreground of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing.

The space in the photo appeared very big to begin with but after I cropped it the space has decreased, so you can’t see the whole of the photo.

The black filter on Lightroom I used on this photo is BW11 which is located on Lightroom. In this photo is also enhanced shadows and the texture. It has also made the paper shadows pop out more and to be more present.

My Final 6 Photos

These photos are my favourite 6 photos, I have created. At the start I started with 12 photos then narrowed it down to 6 final photos. These photos have a mix of colour and black and white. By having colourful photos artists will use the desired mood and it will enhance their feelings. Also by using black and white the photographer will find it a way of concentrating on the viewer’s attention of a particular subject and also the photographer will feel it is more emotive. By having some straight lines in the photos it means these lines have geometric quality and also have centre of attention. The texture on all of these photos means that the paper looks quite rough to touch and feel. The images that I took had lots of negative space around it so I had to crop it to make the photos balanced on each side.

Art Steps Photos

I think Art Steps is a great way to showcase your photos on a display.

Texture

Texture in photography means the visual quality of the surface of an object, disclosed through variances in shape, tone and colour depth.

Edward Weston

As you can see above I took 147 images from the camera of some objects until I found the one that I wanted to use, I then continued to take many of photos of one object with different camera settings and different lighting conditions to achieve the ideal result I wanted.

Photos I didn’t like

I didn’t like this photo due to some visual noise that was taking part which gives this photo a degraded quality. This photo was taken at an ISO of 400. It also has a wide aperture of 3.5.

I didn’t like this photo due too much visual noise and really bad degrading quality. Taken at an ISO of 6400. It also didn’t match the theme is was going for.

Lastly, I also didn’t liken this photo due too being too dark. This is what happens when you don’t have enough light in your room, in the camera or in the photo. It gives no proper final image.

Selection Process

As you can see above I pressed P to keep the images I wanted to use for my final photos. I used X to get rid of the images i didn’t wanted to use for the future. Then I gave a rating for the images, they all had a rating out of 5.The images with 4 and 5 stars are the images I wanted to use for my final photos. The photos I didn’t like I rated 1-3 stars. Finally I gave them the colour yellow or green, green being the best and yellow being average . Red was for very bad photos. I will edit the images so I can present final photos.

Editing My Best Images:

This photo had to get rid of some of the negative space due to be being unbalanced either side. This means the photo is not equally distributed on each side that is the reason I had to crop it. I originally started with negative space left than on the right.

When cropping, I made sure to keep the line that runs from the bottom left corner of the photo, to the top right.

I enhanced texture to see the material on the coat.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the foreground of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing.

For this image I also had to enhance the contrast and tone, to exaggerate the texture.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing.

For this image I also had to enhance the contrast and tone, to exaggerate the texture.

Photos Edited Into A White Filter

Edited Photos

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing.

For this image I also had to enhance the contrast and tone, to exaggerate the texture.

This image is in white, so it has no proper colour. This photo has been edited with a white filter on adobe Lightroom.

In this photo I had to slightly crop it due to the sides of the photo not being proportional. If I hadn’t cropped the photo, the photo would look unbalanced and there would be too much negative on the background of the photo.

After being cropped the photo looks more visually pleasing and nice to look at.

For this image I also had to enhance the contrast, exposure ,dehaze, clarity and tone to exaggerate the texture.

As you can see above there are 6 photos edited on Adobe Lightroom. They are both edited in Black and White with a filter . By using black and white it influenced me to chose an Artist like Edward Weston. By doing this it made me think that the most simple colours in the world can make very interesting photos. I think I did this task successfully by these photos being abstract and aesthetically pleasing.

My Final 6 Photos

These are my final 6 photos due to a mixture of a light and dark tone. By having a light tone it makes the photo produced have a sharp with a strong contrast. By having a dark tone many photographs seem to have less impact and less visual vibration. By having some straight lines in the photos it means these lines have geometric quality and also have centre of attention. The texture on all of these photos means that the coat looks quite rough to touch and feel. The images that I took had lots of negative space around it so I had to crop it to make the photos balanced on each side.

What Is ISO?

ISO is a number that represents how sensitive your camera sensor is to light. ​Also controls the amount of light your camera lets in, and therefore how dark or light your photos will be. ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization.

How Does It Affect Your Camera?

Controls the amount of light your camera will let in, and therefore your photos will be light or dark.

What does a low/high ISO mean?

A lower ISO value means less sensitivity to light, and the more light you will need to take the photo. While a higher ISO means more sensitivity, and the less light you need to take a picture.​It’s one of the element in the photography’s exposure triangle — along with aperture and shutter speed — and plays an important role in the quality of your photos.

If you use a High ISO  it can  degraded image quality and cause your photos to be grainy or “noisy.”​

High VS Low ISO

It’s good to be on a low ISO to avoid noise and a degrading quality in the image.

ISO chart

Low Light Situations

In low light situations, it is often crucial to raise the ISO in order to get a clear picture. The huge problem with raising the ISO, though, is that it introduces ‘noise’ into the image , which can make it appear grainy.​

If you are taking a picture in excellent light conditions, you will want to keep the ISO low in order to dodge introducing noise into the image.

How to Adjust ISO On A Camera

To adjust ISO on the camera you will need to press the ISO button and will you need to use the swivel at the top to rotate it so it will go into a lower ISO or a higher ISO.

Edward Weston

Edward Henry Weston was an American photographer. He has been called “one of the most inventive and dominant American photographers” and “one of the masters of 20th century photography.” Weston was inventive due to the types of photos he would take. Weston was born in March 24th 1886 and died  January 1, 1958. He was 71 years old.

Cabbage Leaf 1931 which is pictured below.

My work of High ISO VS low ISO

High ISO Photos

Above is the information of the photo that has been taken at a high ISO. The ISO was set to 6400, it was set to this so I could achieve a grainy and degrading effect to show the difference between a High ISO an A Low ISO.

Another High ISO Photo

Above is the information of the photo that was taken at a High ISO. The ISO was set too 6400 it was set to this so I could achieve a noisy and grainy effect, like it is above.

Low ISO Photos

Above is the information of a photo taken at a Low ISO. The ISO was set to 200 it was set like this to achieve a clear picture that you can see properly without lots of noise produced.

Another Low ISO Photo

Above is the information about the photo that was taken at a Low ISO. The ISO was set too 200 to achieve a crystal clear image that is easy to see rather than being made with a degrading quality.

Adobe Lightroom is to import and export photos, create, edit, and share photos across all devices. This allows people to quickly and easily edit their photographs with tools to alter contrast, balance colour, and change brightness on mobile devices immediately after taking the picture.

I imported 31 photos into Lightroom. I then made a subfolder or collection as its called in the app of all my best and favourite photos. I had 14 favourite photos, which I then rated out of 5 stars, this app was really useful to help arrange my photos into groups and get them all sorted so they are not cluttered everywhere.

This is collections. This shows how many collections there are. Below there is a plus button to get access to your collections and photos. It also tell you how many photos are stored. To do this, I clicked the plus sign next to collections to create a new collection, titled it photos for photography and put it then imported it into a collection.

By doing this, I can sort my huge gallery of photographs into smaller groups. E.G, instead of having all my photographs in one area it would make it difficult to differentiate and classify them I can split them into particular collections (e.g. photographs for photography and aperture etc.)

Where It Is Stored On The Computer

Functions

I then had the choice to select and rate my images in distinctive ways – one thing you can do is flag your images as good or bad using either the P key (for excellent ) or the X key (for poor), allowing you to then filter out which images you want to see using the flagged filter which you can eliminate, the images you marked as poor from view. You can also rate your pictures from 1-5 stars and then filter them by these star ratings. 1 is poor and 5 is excellent.

An array of images flagged as excellent, with the ones flagged as poor filtered out. Star ratings are also shown under each image.

Develop Mode

After learning how to import images, create collections and rate/filter images in library mode I then learnt how to use develop mode. This mode is used when you need to do large amounts of editing on one single image at a time (similar to Photoshop), unlike library mode which can be used to make small quick adjustments to many images at the same time .

Develop mode has many pre-sets which can be used to make quick edits of your images, or you can make lots of improvements manually to really convert the image into one you really like. I spent a while using the manual developing features, and then formed an edited version of my image which I am happy with.

What Are Contact Sheets?

Contact Sheet

A contact sheet is a type of photographic paper that displays a collection of small images. These images are taken from a reel of film that the photographer has put into several strips. The photographer then puts these negatives on the sheet to see all the images side by side, making it easier to match them together.

William Klein

William Klein (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022) was a photographer and filmmaker who was born in the United States of America. He later became a French citizen. He was known for his unique and ironic style in both photography and filmmaking, often using unconventional techniques in photojournalism and fashion photography. Klein was recognized as the 25th most influential photographer by Professional Photographer magazine in their list of the top 100 photographers.

William Klein’s Contact Sheet

What is Shutter Speed?

Shutter Speed– The length of time your cameras shutter stays open, and therefore how long the sensor is exposed to the light. The longer its on the more light can enter the image. If its open less, the darker the image due to there not being enough light. Shutter speed is part of the exposure triangle.

Example of Slow Shutter Speed.

This photo was taken by Francesca Woodman. She puts the shutter speed at 1\6, so she can make the photo blurred and she can make it in a spot of no light, so you are able to achieve this image.

Example of Medium Shutter Speed.

An example of Medium shutter is to blur a running child to give impressions of a fast movement. The shutter speed used is 1/250 to 1/30 sec. So you can achieve this type of image.

Example of Fast Shutter speed.

An example of Fast shutter speed is to freeze an image in action. The fast shutter speed will create a short exposure .The shutter speed used is 1/2000th second or faster. The image below is an image of a bubble being popped in action.

Shutter Speed Chart

Eadweard Muybridge– Use of Fast Shutter Speeds

Eadweard Muybridge is known for   his pioneering photographic studies of motion, which ultimately led to the development of cinema. He was hired to photograph a horse’s movement to prove that a horse’s hooves are all lifted off the floor. Muybridge is known for his pioneering chronphotography of animals between 1878 and 1886, which used multiple cameras to capture the different positions in a stride.

Harold Edgerton– Fast Shutter Speed

Harold Edgerton is famous for  revolutionized photography, science, military surveillance, Hollywood filmmaking, and the media through his invention of the strobe light in the early 1930s, which influenced his work.

These photos where taken with a fast shutter speed. Fast shutter speeds of 1/500th are used for capturing fast moving objects, such as freezing a bicycle when moving at top speed. Fast shutter speed will allow you to capture crucial moments.  The fast shutter speed allowed me to expose for the bright light.

Francesca Woodman- Slow Shutter speed

Francesca Woodman’s family spent all of their summers at her parents’ farmhouse in the countryside near Florence in Italy and many of her photographs were taken there. She was heavily influenced by European culture due to being in Italy and had a massive impact on her life. She was influenced by surrealist art, particularly the pictures of Man Ray and Claude Cahun can be seen in the style of her work. She developed her ideas and skills as a student at Rhode Island School of Design.

She was born on 3rd of April in 1958 and died on the 19th of January 1981. She was very important as an innovator , particularly in the context of the 1970s when the status of photography was still regarded as less important than painting and doing a sculpture. She led the way for later American artists who used photography to explore themes relating to identity such as Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin.

Hiroshi Sugimoto– Slow Shutter Speed

Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese photographer and architect. He leads the Tokyo-based architectural firm New Material Research Laboratory. Hiroshi Sugimoto is well known for black and white photographs of particular subjects that he has observed in depth for many years: Images of natural-history dioramas, wax-figure installations, amazing seascapes, and ornate movie theatre interiors.

My Work of a Slow Shutter Speed

This is one of my photos taken with a slow shutter speed. As you can see the two of the leaves are in a midground focus. The slow shutter has made the camera focus on two of the leaves and made them have texture with having leading lines. This was taken at a shutter speed of 1/30, since it has a slight blur.

My Work of Fast Shutter Speed

This is one of my photos taken with a fast shutter speed. As you can on the table there are water droplets running down the side of the table, by doing this with fast shutter speed it will create a short exposure and will make the water droplets become more focused.

A Class Photoshoot

I have done to represent the difference between fast shutter speed and slow shutter speed.

Photos from the studio Fast Shutter Speed

This photo has been taken on a fast shutter because the photo is in focus ,by using a filter called black and white. Black and white creates a gloomy emotion.

Photos of the Studio of Slow Shutter Speed

This photo was taken at a fast shutter speed because the photo is blurred. Fast shutter speed allows you to capture crucial moments in a photo and allows you to freeze an image.

Auto Focus- Will adjust the cameras lens to obtain a focus in the lens. For general use.

Manual Focus- Is the process of adjusting the depth of field of the camera lens to bring the image into focus without relying on the auto focus. Used for finer details.

Focal Length

Focal Length- Is the optical distance (measured in MM) from the centre of a lensand it’s focus. Point of convergence of your lens and the sensor or film recording the image.

Aperture

Aperture-Aperture is how wide the hole in the back of the lens is, and it controls how much light is let in. It is measured in f-stops and the lower the number, the more light is let in

Depth of Field-DOF is what’s in focus in front of or behind the main subject of the photo. Lower aperture (f2.8-f4) gives a shallow DOF (minimal focus) , higher aperture (f16-f22) gives a greater DOF (broader focus)

In picture 1 there is a shallow depth of field, which has an aperture of 8, a shutter speed of 1/60 for good exposure and an ISO setting of 1600.

In picture 2, there is a very small depth of field, which has an aperture of 2.8 which means the opening on the camera lens is big. The shutter speed is 1/60 for good exposure and so you can focus on the plane and the ISO setting is at 200.

In picture 3, there is a very wide depth of field, which has an aperture of 22 which means the lens has a tiny hole in it where no light can get through. The shutter speed is 1/1 for good exposure and the ISO setting is at 100.

Artist Research

Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Ralph Eugene Meatyard made his living as an optician, born in 1925 and died in 1976. Meatyard was born in Normal, which is in Illinois. He was a member on the Lexington Camera club and pursued his passion for photography outside the mainstream. He experimented with many strategies such as multiple exposures, motion blur, and other methods of photographic abstraction. Two of his series included depth of field and focus.

 

Meatyard used a wide aperture which has a small F stop and this also has a small depth of field. which means his photos have a background with a soft focus and the foreground has a sharp focus.

Photos that I used that are inspired by his work.