Photo Mission 2-- Depth of field

changing aperture and depth of field 

Photo 1 

Aperture set at f/4.5, shutter speed set at 1/1000 , and ISO 400

Photo 2
Aperture set at f/8, shutter speed set at 1/200, and ISO 400

Photo 3
Aperture set at f/22, shutter speed set at 1/50, and ISO 400

I realize this didn't exactly work the way it was suppose to but the setting were all correct.

Shutter speed: fast freezes--- slow shows

Shutter speed is all about capturing motion. To show movement you use a slow shutter speed which will capture the motion and blur it. If your subject is moving and you want to freeze the motion you use a fast shutter speed. The faster something moves the faster your shutter speed must be to freeze it. I think this phrase is very catchy and useful because it is so straight forward and tells you how to show motion in different situations. 

Read and Respond 4--Predicting aperture

I think for photo A the apature is probably somewhere from 16-22 giving it a short depth of field and making the entire depth of field. For photo B I think the photographer used an apature of about 2.8-5 giving him a long depth of field making the background blurry. For both images he probably used an ISO of about 100-200 because it's a bright sunny lit photo. You would need a fast shutter speed for photo A because the whole photo is in focus you need that shutter speed to make it crisp. 

I think which Image is better depends on weather you want a pretty picture (B) or a picture of a ride for information at a carnival (A). For my personal preference I like photo B I think the blurred background is really aesthetic. 

Understanding Apertures and Depth of Field

1. Depth of field is simply the zone of sharp focus. 

2. Apature is how big the opening of your camera lense is. 

3. An apature of f/1.8 will create the shallowest depth of field for this image. An apature of f/22 will make the whole image in focus. 

4. Stop down means to close the apature to f/22 which will make everything in the picture sharp. 

5. To make all three people sharp you must set your camera to an apature of f/22. 

6. As you stop down your shutter speed get slower. 

7. To control your apature you set your camera to Av or apature priority. 

8. A fast lens is a lens with a maximum apature opening. 

9. The apature is an opening controlled by an auto single lense focus.  

Read and Respond 3--Introduction to Apature

1. If you master Apature you you gain real creative control over your camera. 

2. When you move an f/stop to the next smaller number you're doubling the amount of opening in your lense which will let in more light. 

3. When you move from one shutter speed to the next smaller, your camera takes less time or a smaller fraction of a second so the photo will be taken more quickly and will give you a crisper shot. 

4. A large apature will decrease your depth of field while a small apature will give you a longer depth of field. The size of your apature will determine your depth of field. 

5. The best way to get your head around apature is to actually get out your camera and do some experimenting. 

6.  For landscape photography you use a small apature this ensures that the whole photograph, foreground and background are in focus. 

For portrait photography you'd use a large apature to ensure that your subject is in focus and your background is nice a blurry. 

For macro photography you'd use a large apature to make the important elements of their subject is in focus while the rest of the image is completely blurry. 

Photo mission 1

BLACK AND WHITE 

This is my first black and white image, I like this image because it has long depth of field and the light and angle creates texture on the locker. I also like the lines through out the whole photo but especially in the background.  It's not my favorite image because you can't see the locker number and I don't feel it's perticualrly interesting. 

This is my runner up for black and white. I like the subject and the possible story behind it. I think the lockers in the background give it an interesting reverse leading line but the front of the image is very dark and you can't really tell what it is. 

This is my favorite black and white image. I think the subject is interesting and I like how simple the background is behind the busy subject of this knight. I like the angle of the image and I think it works really well in black and white. The only thing I would like to change is the glare from the case the knight was in. 

RULE OF THIRDS 

This is my first rule of thirds. I like the subject matter and the placement of her. I don't perticualrly like the background or this photo in black and white because the subject came out very dark and hard to see. Though I think it's a nice rule of thirds example. 

This is my runner up rule of thirds image. I'm not sure why but I think the bathroom sign is really cool looking and I think the fact that you can see blurred out people in the background makes its more interesting but still keeps the focus on the sign. It also looks like it has three layers to it which is nice. 

This is my favorite rule of thirds image because like  the first image it has people in it but it's not posed. It's natural and you can read the bathroom pass and sort of understand what's happening. Although the subject is obvious and placed in the left third there's still lots of other interesting things to look at. 

MCCALLUM 

This is my first McCallum picture. To me it's a causal picture of Mac and if you were to come here and walk down the hall this is what you would see. I like the depth the lockers create and the movement of the people but to me it's a little crooked. 

This is my runner up McCallum photo. I really like how you can clearly see the his McCallum shirt and how it's almost the focal point of the photo besides him. I like how blurred the background is but not how bright and reflective is. 

This is my favorite McCallum photo. It's a picture of the college admits from the class of 2015. I think this is a really good representation of McCallum because it's the students that have finished high school and now are on to the next chapter of their lives and this was made possible my McCallum. I love the angle of this picture and the 15 and how almost everything is in focus so you can read the information if you want to. The only thing I don't like is the glare are the bottom. 

Read and Respond 2-- Understanding Exposure

M1. The simile the author uses to describe the camera, lens and exposure triangle is that your eyes are the lense and your brain is the camera body. Your vision sees things and your brain records the details. Apature is how wide you open your eyes. Moonglasses are your ISO, you put them on in the dark to see better and your shutter speed is how long you leave your eyes open. 

Q1. If you're shooting in low light you would open your eyes really wide like big eyes. You can see well at night if you squint because there isn't a lot of light so you need a bigger opening to capture all the light that is there. 

Q2. On a super bright day if you open your eyes wide open and they're open for a long time it's so bright you can't see. Just like if it's super bright and you have a slow shutter speed and large apatite your image will be over exposed, there is to much light and you can't see well. 

Q3. To get a crisp shot of someone jumping you need to open your eyes for a quick blink to freeze the shot. 

Q4. At the beach it's very sunny and bright so you would need thin moonglasses. 

F1. You would change your shutter speed because the light and your vision haven't changed, but now your subject moving so you need a faster shutter speed to get a crisp image. 

F2. If you change your shutter speed you then need to change your apature and ISO because they are a triangle and all related. If you change one it off sets the balance. 

Read and Respond 1-- Simplicity in Photography

The main point that photographer Ron Craig is trying to get across is keep it simple. This is so important to photography because a simple image can be the most compelling. He gives a great example saying a close up of the quarterback is a much more interesting and emotionally compelling photograph than one of the whole field. The two best ways to achieve simplicity are is to just get closer to your subject. You don't need the entire subject in the photo for the message to come across. The second way is to simplify the color palette. An image with less complex colors can be more powerful. Some other more complex ways are selective focus and contrast management. I think this is great advice. I think an simple image is much easier to interpret and can come across more powerful like he said. With less to look at I personally think an image is more interesting and more beautiful.  

George Eastman

George Eastman was known as the father of popular photography and the inventor of motion picture film. In 1988 he  invented the kodak camera and roll film