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The uses of Apertures

As you can see i took this picture in different shutter speeds as an example of what shutter speed does. The different in depth of field determines how in focus a picture really is, as you can see the f1.8 only focus on the front leafs but the f5.0 focus just not on the front but also gets some of the back ones in focus too. A shallow depth of field focus on a primarily near object and a large depth of field focus on the background. The depth of field is basically how much will be in focus and how much will not be in focus.

The different uses of shutter speed

A slower shutter speed will give a lot more detail into a photograph.


For different kinds of photographs it is required a different set of shutter speeds. The shutter speed is how long that the photo gets exposed to the elements. A short and faster shutter speed. For example 1/100th of a second will produc a still photo for example bellow you can see all the free flowing of the ocean hitting the stones and make a bigger splash.

With this photo i changed from RGB to CMYK then the colours have been balanced with an increase in the brightness and a colour saturation to give a more aesthetically pleasing photo.

As you can see in the example above a much slower shutter speed was used and it this photo had about 1/5th of a second and  it shoes a lot more flowing in the water. This image was shot at 1/5 a second shutter speed.

Uses of Aperture/Shutter speed/Lighting in location and studio photography shots.

Throughout this blog i will analyse ten photographs that were taken by me in which 4 will be monochrome, 2 were shot inside the studio at Middlesbrough college and 2 was shot in a field trip to Whitby.

I will look into different shutter speeds, lighting and any after effects used in Photoshop and the composition of objects to see how the photograph can draw the eyes attention.

In preparation to take the photos i had to make a big research to find out what would be my theme for this assignment and with that research i came up with a Nature theme. I looked into websites such as www.landscapephotographymagazine.com and www.anseladams.com to get some ideas and advice on how to shoot landscapes and effective colour usage both for black and white and colour photographs.

Prologue- Heath and sagety considerations

The first thing to consider to reduce hazards in the studio. In camera shoots, especially when using tripods, trip hazards are a big main risk. In order to reduce this hazard all the cables had to be taped down and the tripods would only be used if necessary. Also the camera its wireless, so the cables that needed to be taped down was the lighting cables. It reduced the risk of the operator falling.
Overall the operator and the public must remain alert during any photo shooting and common sense should prevail in all situations.

Photograph 1

Its a standart photo for cloth websites but using a manequin instead of a person. The dark background was an attempt to enhance mood in the photo. The backlight that were timed to flash with the camera using a device called Flash meter. This ensured a darker background but not too dark.

Photograph 2

In this photo i catch this dogs having some sort of conversation maybe, and i thought it looked really cool so i decided to take a photo of it in a specific angle to try to caught some sort of emotion between then.

I didn't use any Photoshop on this image since i didn't have time to edit all of my photographs due to the deadline.

Photograph 3

The photo was taken in the studio using mannequins as my subjects. This photo was based took on F8 aperture and 1/125 shutter speed. Later in Photoshop i changed the photo to a monochrome photo(black and white) and increased the therehold. This created this sin city effect into the photograph.

Photograph 4

In this photo the a side light was used to enhance mood and i was experimenting in trying to focus on the mannequin at the front and tried to take the mannequin at the back out of focus. It didn't work as well as i expected but i think it looks pretty cool. It has much harsher shadows similar to many family portraits or actor publicity photos.

Photograph 5

In this photo i experimented with using a close up aperture and standard shutter speed to create a similar photo to the wide range of seagull photos that i saw in my research. This photo didn't require any editing since i really liked the original piece.

Photograph 6

Since i was looking for nature subjects, when i saw this horse i didn't hesitate to get a photo of it. I tried to use a faster shutter speed since he was moving around and i didn't want to be bluer. Later on in Photoshop i cropped the photo and took a bit of light of.

Photograph 7

For this image i used the Landscape mode and the i changed the image to a Black and White photography of the sear port in Whitby. I also adjusted a bit of the levels of the photo which made the photo stand out to the eye. Shot in a standard apertures, ISO and shutter speed.

Photograph 8

This photograph was also shot in landscape mode using a standard aperture,ISO and shutter speed. Then i used some photo shop in this photo to make a perceptive crop to make align the way i thought would suit it better. and i also added a small amount of contrast to it.

Photograph 9

This was a close-up shot into the flowers in order to get as much detail as i could, i sued a very fast shutter speed since was very windy and the flowers was shacking around. In Photoshop i added a bit of light and contrast to it so the flowers would stand out more.

Photograph 10

For this final photo i was experimenting in showing some moody between the mannequins and i used a sidelight with a flashlight to give that soft outline and very dark scenario. Then i used the clone stamp tool quite a lot to clear some scratch marks that were on the mannequins. I took some contrast out the image and increased the brightness which really made the main mannequin standout. I also used the curves application on Photoshop to position where the light would bounce from.

Conclusion

In conclusion i used different settings on the camera which i learned a lot from and it made a huge different on my work because before this assignment i didn't have a clue how to enhance mood by using light. I learned how the different shutter speeds can make a photo change its complete concept.  I feel that i done a really great job since even my tutor told me that my photos that were taken in the studio was the best photos done there by the whole group which made me really pleased with my self. In the future shooting i will make sure improvements will be made such as lighting and different shutter speeds. Overall i feel i made a very good job for my first every time trying to make something like this. In the future i will try to use a few more stiles in relation to in camera work and changing camera settings in the studio work as well as on location.

Data Storage Devides

Data Storage Devices

Data storage device is what  allows you to store your information(data) into a portable device or online.
If you a photographer or a filmmaker you will definitely need a storage devices or multiple storage devices to keep all of your data. Each device has its own advantages of costs, availability, ease of uses and storage space and size.

USB 

This is the most commonly used data storage in nowadays, a USB stick is cheap and portable and it can be used in any computer the only problem with USB sticks is that data can be low with only 2-6GB, and you could present a problem if your files a sized bigger that the USB stick.

External Hard Drive 

External hard drive is the best storage data device about, it has a massive storage space and is available, the only problem is the cost that can cost as low as £40 pounds. This devices are available in a range of sizes such as 500GB-1TB which is enormous.

iCloud 

iCloud is a great form of data storage its similar to hard drives but you don't need a device with you in order to access your data, and it has a much bigger storage space than USB sticks, CD's or even most portable hard drives and unlike Facebook or any other social media you will be able to set a privacy to your documents and move them to other storage at your convenience. However you will only be able to access you data if you have a internet connection.

CD

The CD is the most cheaper way of data storage, it can cost up to £1 for a pack with 20 CDs in it, its a very big advantage for people with low budget, however the storage of a CD is only up to 4.8GB at the most which could be a big issue for most photographers and film makers. And if the cd scratchs it can be unreadable and that could be a big problem since you wont be able to access your data.

Critical and Historical Awareness

Early History of Photography

Photography has be around for over 200 years now since the first invention of the photographic camera, and in the following post i will be explaining a bit more about the history of photography from the grey scale photos of yesterday to the full 4k full colors  digital photographs of today.

Around 1800 Thomas Wedgwood made the first reliably documented, even know was unsuccessful attempt it was the breakthrough that got were we are today and 20 years after Nicephore Niepce finally succeeded but the camera was required to be several days in exposure and the early results was very rough.
Letters to his sister in law back in 1814 shows that he succeeded in capturing small images on silver nitrate after a lot of experimenting but the images were capture in negative so he started to make experiments with substances that could be affected by light (M.Stokstad, et al(2005))
This is the world's earliest surviving camera photograph, 1826 or 1827 Its a view from the window at Le Gras  this photograph was taken to Francis BGauer shortly before Nicephore's death in 1833.
In 1839 John Herschel made the first negative glass, the the process was far to difficult to reproduce. Janez Puhar invented the first process for making photographs on glass in 1841 and his invention got recognized June 17, 1852 in Paris by the Academie Nationale Agricol, and in 1847 Nicephores Niepce's cousin the chemist Niepce St.Victor, published the invention of making glass plates with albumen emulsion.
Later in time this was replaced by the Collidion process and photographic emulsion processes that would use wet plates that changed the exposure time from 2 hours to only 15 minutes but it was required for the film to still be wet which made portable darkrooms a big necessity until the development of tannic acid.

The Transition to a colour photography

Louis Ducos du Hauron and Charles Cros were two french inventors that developed the method for producing a coulour photograph in 1869 by taking 3 different photographs in red, green and blue and with those photographs they were allowed to produce a full colour print out on paper. And from this method created by the french inventors  autochrome plates were developed and commercially introduced in 1907 by the Lumiere brothers, instead of using three separate photographs you would only need to take one ove a mosaic of colour filters ovelaid on a emulsion.

A new era was began with the invention of a Kodachrome film, and was available for 16 mm home made movies in 1935 and 35 mm slides in 1936.

It was very time consuming and expensive  and it could only be done with still photography or landscape photographs 

Different applications of photography

• Sports Photography
• Advertising Photography
• Photo Journalism

Sports Photography

Sports photography its a genre in the photography industry that covers all kind of sports.

In majority of the cases the sports photography is mainly used for magazines or for editorial purposes.

The photography is also used in sports websites for e.g BBC sport or sky sports.

The photographer goes to a football game or it could be a F1 race and he will take many pictures of the players/drivers and of course also pictures of the crowd, stadium/track, of the staff and other things that will be related to its article.

The main skills that are involved in been able to shoot in a sports big event, the photographers needs to be able to capture the action of the event and take action shots and be able to show the emotional in the players facial expressions.

Sports photography is about timing, you need to know enough about the sport genre that you will be taking part as a photographer, because you need to be able to determine when the peak of action will occur, you need to be able to predict when the exiting and magic moments that will excite the fans will occur. The sports photographer needs to learn who the starts and they main people are because this may help you to have a great reaction.

The photographer needs to get as close to the action as possible, of course no sport is going to allow anyone to be on the pitch that's occurring the sport, however you will need to sit near as possible of the sideline or goal-line at some events, some places it may be restricted to the stands so its very important to get the early in order to have the best opportunity.

Advertising Photography

Advertising photographers they are the people that need to produce images that will support a marketing idea that will answer to the client brief given to the photographers.

The photographer till take photographs that will help describe and sell the product or idea that they are photographing. 

Photography became a vital part of the advertising industry, and its mainly used to advertise a product in billboards on side of buses, bus stops etc.

Its a very powerful way of advertising a product, because usually is one of the first things someone sees when they see an advertisement. The photographers have to be very clear with the message they are tying to send when photographing the images for an advertisement, they have to be able to tell exactly what the company wants, they got be able to make a photo that will help to sell the clients product. Unlike in TV adverts, the client only have one image to try to sell their product so the photographer has to be very good to be able to make that one image that will help to sell the product.

Photo Journalism

Albert Einstein, by Lucien Aigner, Princeton University 1941, Museum no. E.267-2003, Given by John and Judith Hillelson © Lucien Aigner Trust

Photojournalism first came into prominence in the late 1920s and early 1930s. They used pictures that was spontaneous, in topic and fast. It became a lot easier to be a photojornalism since the Ermanox and the Leica,  small hand-held cameras. When those cameras came to market it enabled the photographer to catch the movements of their subject off-guard and that made it real and spontaneous. And then was the rise of illustrated magazines. Picture Post,Vu and Life they were all established at this same period and with that new professions were involved, not just photojournalist but also the picture editor and agent.
Henri Cartier Bresson is held my some to be the father of modern photojournalist, although this tittle has been also applied for other photographers such as Erich Salomon, whose candid pictures of political figures were novel in the 1930s

Photoshop and Digital photography

In 1975 Steven Sasson developed the first digital camera using new CCD image sensor chips, he was a engineer at Eastman Kodak. The chips were developed over two years prior by Fairchild. Based on the old Mars Flyby spacecraft cameras it took 23 seconds to capture its first image with a resolution of only 0.01 megapixels.

In 1990 the first commercial digital camera was introduced and it was called Logitech Fotoman or The Dycam model 1, the digital camera stored pictures digitally and it could be connect to a computer in order to download the pictures.
 With the ability for photographs to be stored and loaded into a computer it became so much easier to manipulate. It allowed to edit photos and the ability to undo changes and make many copies without increasing the costs. It was needed a program to alter the photos which lead to the development of photo editing software, the most commonly used was the Adobe Photoshop, not just back then but in nowadays still the most common used software to manipulate photos.
Photoshop was developed by Thomas Knoll in 1987 and distrusted by the Apple computers in 1990 and was a cheaper alternative for photo editing software such as Scitex which costed several hundreds of pounds just to use for an hour, so it was only used by professional companies due to its cost. The photoshop allowed people to edit, to correct colour, crop the image to size and undo the changes, but it was very time consuming.