Making the Invisible Visible: Shutter Speeds Journal #3

This week we were required to do four different photographs. This was one of the first few that I took. I realized that making shapes with a flash light is way more complicated that it seems. I used a shutter speed of 15 seconds for this picture, an aperture of f/16 and set my aperture to the lowest possible setting. To create this effect, I used a strobe light effect on my phone, and moved it in circles and it makes it look like sparks are flying from the sky. 

The second shot you asked us to take was an action shot. This isn't the most dynamic action shot, but it's very high school musical-esque. I could have tried to take this from a different angle, and make it more appealing to the viewers eye, but I tried to keep it simple so that I could get the hang of it first. I used a shutter speed of 1/60 and an aperture of f/30. Thank you Lilly for being a fab model! 

For the third picture, you wanted us to try panning. This was actually really difficult because the image either came out too blurry or not blurry enough. I learnt that the speed of the moving subject will effect the amount of blurriness. I don't know if taking pictures of people's car's is illegal (I have a feeling it is!) , but this was sadly the only usable image I got from my panning shots. I put my shutter speed to 1/30

For our last picture, we did strobe light photography. This was the clearest image I got. (Thanks for modelling!) I used an aperture of f/16 and an IOS of 100. I also used a shutter speed of 5 seconds. I will make sure to note that slower motions make for better pictures and better ghost looking images!

Here are some random picture's that I thought were cool. 

This was supposed to be an octopus...

the only picture where my named turned out clear..

this effect is actually really cool

Journal #2 Pinhole Camera Pictures

This week's assignment was to take pictures with our pinhole cameras. When I first started this assignment I thought this would be pretty easy, all you need to do is hold your camera still and open the lens cover. Obviously, it's not that simple!





edited version of picture number one



Alright, for my first image I tired to take a picture of the escarpment from the rocks in the smoking area. Since I was in a relatively shady area, I followed the section in the chart that was called Closed Shade. It said around 1-3 minutes. I decided to leave it open for a minute and half because it was facing the sun. My problem was that I left it open too long, and my photo got over exposed. What I don't think I took into consideration was that since my camera was pointing upward, towards the sky, it would be brighter and would need to stay open for a smaller amount of time.



 For my second picture, I decided to take one of the lower gym stairwell. This image turned out under exposed because of the indoor light and the white walls. I left the lens open for 3 and a half minutes because I thought that since the walls were white, they would reflect light and make the over all picture lighter. In the end, the picture was under exposed and did not turn out. I needed to leave to lens open for a longer amount of time so that the light could touch the photographic paper.



edited and unedited versions of the second picture









edited and unedited version of my third picture



For my third picture, I wanted to try something different. I wanted to capture the bike tires at front of the building. I decided to leave the lens open for around 35 seconds because I was in the shade. There was no direct sunlight in my picture at all. The outcome was the an over exposed photograph. I don't really know what happened with that one, because I wasn't in contact with any sunlight. I think that since the light was reflected off the metal frame of the bike, it made my picture over exposed.





If I ever do this again, I will now know to start with a shorter period of time where the lens is open when I am outside, and a longer period for indoor photographs.

Journal #1 - Your Culture



For this weeks assignement, I wanted to caputre myself in each photograph.

saturday - zipper

The first picture is of a popular fair ride, the Zipper. Considering the fact that I live in Beamsville, everyone there doesn't have much to do.That's why when the fair comes to town, it's a huge three day event. With this photo, I really wanted to capture the bright lights at night. I thought it looked amazing! Espically while the ride was running.

sunday - trees,coulds and telephone wires

The second picture is of a rural road. Since living in the Niagara area, I have found that most of the roads are pretty old and sourrounded by acres upon aceres of gorgeous greenary. It's has really made me appreciate the smaller, less materialized things in life.




monday - just a small town girl

 

The third image is pretty self explanitory. I used to live in Brampton, and it has been a huge chage for me. At first I absolutly hated living in a small town without a mall five minutes away from my house. I got over it eventually, haha. I actually now prefer the skyline of the lake than a skyline of buildings!



wednesday - mixed martial arts

 The fourth image is also pretty strightforward. I started kickboxing a year ago and fell in love with it. I'm not a very violent person, which is a bit of a downside but all in all, I love it. I found that it really does make you have an overall sense of well being. I also just recently got my blue belt, which isn't something too big but I was really excited about it!




thursday - rubber duckie you're the one



For my last picture I decided to showcase my ever so embaressing collection of rubber ducks. Yeah.. I have more than any fifteen girl should have. Maybe more than any person should ever have, but they're all so adorable!



Getting To Know Your Style



Antonin Kratchvil, Liv Tyler in Tuscany, Italy (1995)



The picture I chose to describe is one by Antonin Kratochvil, an award winning photojournalist. This photograph is taken from one of his three books in his portfolio. The style of this photo is portrait. What really caught my eye about this picture was how honest it was, the woman in the picture is showing her real emotion and is channelling what her personality is like. From this image I can really get a sense that her personality is light and care free. As you said the first class, a portrait captures people, sometimes at their most vulnerable, when they're being themselves. This image to me, brings out her true self and allows us to experience a bit of what she's feeling or thinking.  Another reason why I really love this image is because the lighting is so unique. It was clearly taken on an older black and white film camera, which gives the finished picture an eye capturing grain. One of the reasons why I really love this image is because of how the sun shines through the fabric she's holding. It also plays on the fact her personality seems very light just like the fabric. I really enjoy the way the light reflects off of  the lens and creates a sun ray. Kratchvil chose a really fabulous location for this shoot because it also adds to the bohemian feel of the picture. This photo emphasizes the evident warm weather, which to me symbolizes happiness and warmth. I think Kratchvil was trying to capture with this photograph. The pure white spaces compared to dark help make this image have a brighter overall feel. His choice to use black and white film was very wise, as it makes for an interesting image. Another reason why I was drawn to this image was because of where the shadow falls on the subject being photographed. Usually, the presence of shadows are something that would be avoided, but since the sun has cast over her body and arm. Usually for more of a dynamic image, the photographer would place his or her model towards the sides or take the picture from an interesting angle. This image is taken only from a slightly downwards angle, but other than that and the natural surrounding, the image is pretty basically shot. Despite the straight forward angle and little to no editing, this image still really stands out to me. 

All photographs taken from Antonin Kratchvil's online gallery, found in Book Two.