Sim Cam

F2.8 - 1/125: background is very blurry
F4 - 1/250: background is barely showing, still blurry
F5.6 - 1/60: background is semi-visible
F8 - 1/125: background is a little clearer but still a little blurry
F11 - 1/60: background is visible but tiny tiny blurry
F16 - 1/30: background is visible
F22 - 1/15: background is super clear and visible.
 1. What is happening to the people themselves at slow Shutter Speeds?
      The people is blurry due to the slow Shutter Speed.
 2.What could the photographer do to help combat this problem?
      He could've measured the people shutter speed if their movement is slower or higher than one second.
 3.What is the lowest Shutter Speed do you think a photographer can hand-hold the camera?
     1/4 sec. is the lowest Shutter Speed.

ISO

Photo taken at ISO 200

Photo taken at ISO 3600

Photo taken at ISO 6400

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game? It capture the image quicker and freezes the motion of the players. 

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO? When there is plenty light, use the lowest ISO to capture the highest image quality. Only use low in some dim  or dark places if you're mounted on a tripod or sitting the camera flat.
3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO? Increase ISO when there's not enough light for the camera to capture the image. Increase to higher ISO if you need to freeze the motion and capture a very quick image.
4. At the camera near you, please tell me what ISO's are available on your camera?

  100, 200, 400. 800, 1600

Shutter Space

Slow Shutter Speed

High Shutter Speed

1. At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light 

     a.) the dunking booth (Slow)
     b.) the food eating contest (Slow)
     c.) the rock climbing wall (High)
     d.) someone working at a booth (High)
     e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle (Slow)

     f.) the Diamonds performance (High)

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.
     a.) the dunking booth ( High)
     b.) the food eating contest (High)
     c.) the rock climbing wall (Slow)
     d.) someone working at a booth (High)
     e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle (Slow)
     f.) the Diamonds performance. (High)

2.

    Aperture Priority - In auto mode, the camera calculate and sets the shutter speed for you while you change the aperture.

    Shutter Priotity - In Manual mode, you sets the shutter speed and the camera set the aperture.

    Manual - In Manual mode, aperture and shutter speed is set by you.

3. Shutter Speed on camera:
    1/13
    1/20
    1/30
    1/50
    1/80
    1/125
    1/200 
    1/320
    1/500
    1/800
    1/1000
    1/1600
    1/2000
    1/3200
    1/4000

Aperture

Aperture F2.8

Aperture F16

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

     The Pupil

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture , The larger the f-number, the higher the Aperture, the smaller the f-number.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?

     By changing the aperture to a larger f-number, it will bring the surrounding and background objects in focus. While changing the aperture to a smaller f-number, it will seperate the main subject from the background by making the main subject sharp and clear while the background is blurry.

4. With the camera near you - tell me the F stops available on the lens currently attached.
     F5.6

Africa: Black and White

My favorite photo in the Africa Powerpoint was the one with a male and female lion with their heads against each other. To me, if I look closely, they both are in love from the way the male lion put his heads against the female lion.

a. He uses a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses on medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses.

b. His reason was to show the world glimpses of the wild and its animal before it vanishes.

c. Nick hope to capture his feelings about and love for animals on films and show everyone the natural world that he loves and photographs.

d. One of his saying was "You wouldn't take a portait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close." 



Academics Shoot Reflection

1. It was hard to think of a subject for the photo. I had a hard time taking the picture at a certain point to match up the techniques.

2. It was hard to frame certain part of the photo and focusing it for the quality. What I did was hold the camera close and focus on the subject slowly.

3. If i can do the assignment again, I would take many photos of the subjects at different angle for a better photo of the techniques.

4. I would still choose similar subjects for my photos.

5. Out of all the techniques, Rules of Third is the easiest for me.

6. The hardest to shoot for me was Balance

7. I'm still a little unclear on balance. I can find out more by looking at a different balance photos.

Academics Shoot

How well did you follow the rule?
What is the subject (be very very specific)?
Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?
If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

Lines
 I think i did well capturing the lines in this picture to make the subject stands out.
 The subject is the men in this photo looking down.
 Yes my subject is very clear.
 I could've change my angle shot so that the lines would be a little diagonal.

Rules of Third

 The subject is into the exact point of the rules of third.

 The guy with the red shirt and camera.

Yes my subject is very visible.

 I wouldn't change anything.

Framing

 I capture my suject in a frame.

My subject is the man reaching up.

 In this picture, my subject isn't very clear because of different surrounding subjects.

I could've gotten my camera closer so i can get a clear shot of the subject.

Avoiding Mergers

The subjects is being cut off.

 There is two subject in this picture, both man walking down.

 People might questions which is the subject but there are two in this picture.

 I could've taken only one subject instead of two to confuse the people.

Balance

 The two young ladies balance each other out.

The subject is the two young ladies.

The two subjects is very clear, no other surroundings.

 I could've avoid the merger that cuts parts of their body off.

Simplicity

I capture a specific subject that stands out in the photo.

 The subject is the eagle

 It is very clear because there is no other subject can be pointed out in the picture.

 I could've taken the eagle from a different point of view to show it and a more empty background.

Filling the Frame

In this picture, the students are doing a lab or experiment on making something glow. This picture "fill the frame" because of the luminous light and how that light caught people attention just by looking right at the picture. It's interesting because it makes us wonder how did they make it glow in the first place?

Action and Emotion

By looking at this picture, the young girl is very focus because her eyes are glued on to her work. It seem like she is sniffing the powder and writting down her observation in the lab room. This photo shows determination and hard work from the way she's working on her lab.

The Story

I think this picture have a meanningful message. The young students in this pictures are helping a hand out by giving the homeless elderly some food. This shows some respect and considerations that as our young generation, we still care for those are in need of help. The story that this picture try to express is that each little things you do will contribute to a person that are in need.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. When I was taking the Red,Metal,Grumpy pictures. It was really hard to pick which one because there are alot of choices and meanning for each words. The most hardest prompt to take a picture of was Grumpy, to capture an emotion was difficult to do, because you can't just force your emotion into a picture.

2. Holding the camera and focusing was a little hard for me. I kept thinking about how to hold it right and using the lens for focusing and was afraid of droping the camera. I managed to focus in and out by turning the lens little by little to get my photo on good pixels. Also I hold the camera in a tighter firm of grip and wearing the camera so it wouldn't drop when I take the photos.

3. I would find a clear background to make my subject stands out more and give it a different feelings. Also I would things that makes my subject look un-normal (ex. something growing out of it) and try different view point to get a better photo.

4. I would still focus the camera little by little to get the detail of the photo and keep it simple.

5. Metal: I end up with Lines, different kinds of diagonals and patterns are visible in the pictures, making it a dynamic feelings. Red: Avoiding Mergers, nothing strange was sticking out of the photo from my subject, though the picture got cut a little at the end. Grumpy: Simplicity: My subject stands out in the background even if it's not a clear background.

6. Yes I am interested in shooting these prompts again. Each prompts challenge me to take photos to define their meanning.

This photo shows that a man is not afraid to see his own death. It capture the message; be brave and embrace your situation no matter what. This man know that he was falling, he had the will power to face it by diving strong like a missile. He didn't define gravity. This picture is very significant to the American history, it's a simple message to show the American not to give up hope and freedom even if a disaster appear.

The Name Of Technique

Rules of Third

Our subject in this photo is the women on the upper right. She is located in the points for the rules of third.

Avoiding Mergers
The vines of the tree makes it seem that the soldier in the white is eatting it making him and the tree merge together. This can be avoid if the photographer look for a plain background.

Simplicity
By moving in closer, the photographer have simplified the photo by choosing a main object. The subject is also bright red, making it stands out in the background.

Lines
Each colors of the flags are forming lines leading down into each person. This gives the photo a dynamic feel because the lines are diagonal.

Avoiding Mergers
The wheels on our subject, the bus is cut off. Usually our visions makes us want to see the whole bus. This photo cuts off our subject details.

Balance

Each of the buildings have different kind of shapes, this captures people attention making them compare if the buildings have the same shape. The two building on the sides balance the middle one out.

Framing

This photo center the subject in the middle also have different names in the foreground

Red, Metal, Grumpy

Metal: Lines

Red: Avoiding Mergers

Grumpy: Simplicity



Great Black and White Photographer Part II

Harry Callahan was born in October 22, 1912; Detroit, Michigan and died March 15,1999; Atlanta Georgia. He was not a formal photographer and hobbyist until 1941 when he was inspire by a landscape photographer, Ansel Adams. He then start to develop his own style of photos and was best known as a teacher. He was the head of the photography department at the Chicago Institute of Design from 1949-1961 and made his own photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design (1961-1976). In 1945-1980, two of his work was established; Water's Edge and Harry Callahan: Color. His work have includes landscape, cityscapes, and unconventional portrait of his wife and his daughter.

Harry Callahan Series

George Eastman House

Bastrop Fire, 2011

This picture shows that many firefighter are trying their best to control the fire. You can also see that the fire is very huge due to the picture bright color. In the back of the photo, you can see the fire growing big and bigger.

Single-lens reflex camera

Visible Spectrum: The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.

Aperture: a hole or an opening through which light travels

Shutter: controls the length of time that the light hits the recording surface.

Exposure: presentation to view

Depth Of Field:  the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph.

F-Stop: The measurement of the aperture setting in a camera lens.

Focal Length: The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.

Harry Callahan

William Klein

Robert Adams

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