Miss Parker had us watching some art videos so we could see the different shots and lighting coordination's of an art video. Bill Viola was the artist/director of all the art videos we watched. The art videos in my opinion were quite intense and loud. They were unusual but very interesting . For homework we then had to watch some more of his videos. I thought the art videos were an interesting topic that I learnt alot from which I didn't already know. These two videos below were the videos I liked the most and I believe will inspire my work.
Friday, 10 September 2010
Technical camera skills (Development of photography)
We learn't about the different parts in a camera :
Lens - It draws the light into the camera and focuses it on the film plane.
Shutter - It open and closes to control the length of time light strikes the film. There are two types of shutters: a leaf shutter, located between or just behind the lens elements, and a focal plane shutter, located in front of the film plane.
Shutter Release - The button that releases or "trips" the shutter mechanism.
Aperture - It dilates and contracts to control the diameter of the hole that the light passes though, to let in more or less light. It is controlled by the f-stop ring.
Viewfinder - The "window" through which you look to frame your picture.
Self-Timer - This mechanism trips the shutter after a short delay - usually 7 to 10 seconds - allowing everyone to be in the photograph.
Iso - film speed.
Lens - It draws the light into the camera and focuses it on the film plane.
Shutter - It open and closes to control the length of time light strikes the film. There are two types of shutters: a leaf shutter, located between or just behind the lens elements, and a focal plane shutter, located in front of the film plane.
Shutter Release - The button that releases or "trips" the shutter mechanism.
Aperture - It dilates and contracts to control the diameter of the hole that the light passes though, to let in more or less light. It is controlled by the f-stop ring.
Viewfinder - The "window" through which you look to frame your picture.
Self-Timer - This mechanism trips the shutter after a short delay - usually 7 to 10 seconds - allowing everyone to be in the photograph.
Iso - film speed.
Photographs taken to test camera functions
We were told to take photographs to test the different types of ISO in a camera :
Photographs taken
These are the images I took :
Styles of Photography
Miss Parker is a professional photographer who came to teach us at chestnut grove school for about 4-5 weeks, on our first lesson with her we learnt about different styles of photography including artistic/creative , fashion and photo journalism photography.
What the different styles of photography mean ?
. Artistic/creative photography is when we can't identify the person within the photograph.
. Fashion photography is when the whole image is highly controlled, the posture, clothes and lighting are clearly picked out and made to perfection.
. Photojournalism (paparazzi) is a type if image you would find in a serious newspaper article, it can be a shot of a serious event e.g. children running away from soldiers covered in mud and blood.
There are also many other different styles of photography which fall under these 3 categories such as :
Portraiture , which is when you get a picture of a person from the waist up or full body , but it is an image mainly concentrated on the person within the shot.
Travel and landscape (scenic) photography is when you capture an image based on the place/landscape for things such as travel leaflets (to persuade people to go somewhere).
Wedding and special occasions photography , which uses a whole variety of different shots, is a huge business and people in the shots are just randomly posing .
Still life photography is used for product advertisements such as e.g. jewellery or food.
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