Again we were given a brief to go out to Markeaton park in Derby with a list of 10 items to photograph with the question 10 having 2 subjects.
So of we all went on this lovely summers evening and worked through our list, chnging idea's as we went to different parts of the park.
(1)Horizon (2)Landscape (3)Detail (4)Texture (5)Reflection
(6)Near & Far (7)Shadow/Contrast (8)Black/White (9)Long Exposure
(10)Wildlife 1 (10b)Wildlife 2
Final Year Show Photographs 2009
We were given the task to photographh the Final year Art Show at Markeaton Street, ADT in Derby, we first of all we checked out what was on display and what we wanted to shoot. The brief really was just to photograph the show, that was all, so I hope mine have turned out correct.
I choose these final six because they stand out to me, it was heartbreaking to discard a few other photo's which I will put on at the end of this blog.
The main thing I was trying to focus on was composition, how to look at these subjects in a different way. I found this quite hard for this task as it was not my cup of tea, so to speak, but I knuckled down, but took my time and hopefully got the right shots.
I liked the colour of this display and the curved shapes, so I cropped it tight to make it stand out more.
I tried to take a different shot here, as normally I would have taken the shot from the front, but I took it low down from the side on my tripod.
I love this picture, the colour is great, so I took it on an angle and tightly cropped.
I like the whole feeling about this display, I think it was well positioned, so I cropped it tight, showing the main photo's at the top and only half of the one to the left & right.
I wasn't sure whether to take this one from a different angle, but I think I got it where I wanted it, showing the whole display, but again tightly cropped, with your falling onto the bowls at the bottom then leading up to the top.
I like the overall composition of this shot, if I only took a shot of the chair I dont think it would have looked right, I only had to crop it slightly, so I feel that I am learning more on this subject. I think it suits it being in black & white, it gives it more character.
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In this session we were to take photo's of architecture, that is of buildings. We were to choose what to shoot.
First of all we were going to use the old large format 4x5 film camera's, we were shown how it works, such as, how the front folds down and you attach the lens and then this can be moved back and forward to adjust the focus. The front and back can also be tilted forward and backwards, one to change the angle of the shot, but also to get your picture lined up. having a cover of some sort over the viewfinder comes in handy as its hard to see your subject without it. Also the confusing thing is that your picture is upside down and back to front.
The fun part was trying to put the film in the filmslide in the dark room in pitch black, but we did it.
Thn we went of and set up our camera's, this was like the krypton factor, at first we took of the back side completely instead of just folding the lens side down, then we put our lens on and slid the lens out. Then we folded the rear viewfinder down so we could see through the camera at our subject. The camera was put on a tripod and we were ready to choose an area of the ADT building to photograph.
Now we got our spot light meter set it to iso 125 and took a reading of the darkest area, which was the window frame and on f/64 gave us 60 second exposure, then we took one of the wall which was white and at f/64 this gave us a 10 second exposure, so now we choose the lightest area which at first we thought would be the sky outside, but then was informed by Cameron our wonderful tutor that we had a bright reflection in the window of some lights and this is what we should read, at f/64 this was a 2 second exposure, so doing the math for black and white developing which gives us a 4 second stop allowance, this meant that we were 5 stops apart for the 2 second and 60 seconds, so we would have to reduce the developing by 10%. So now we had a 60 second exposure and to find the correct exposure we had to reduce this by 2, which came to 15 seconds(1=30seconds & 2=15 seconds).
so now we have our exposure etc and we are in focus etc we now fold the viewfinder back up , open the door to the viewfinder and place the filmslide with 2 films in and close the door, we attach the shutter release cable, set the exposure dial to B(bulb) take out the filmslide plate and press the shutter release in for 15 seconds then let go. We then turn the filmslide around and repeat.
I have got some great idea's and advice from photography websites, such as, www.digitalphotoguides.com where I found the following advice.
Use lines, curves and patterns to grab attention
The use of lines, curves and patterns can be an instant attention grabber. Lines can also be used to direct the viewer to focus on a certain focal point or aspect of the image. This can be used to great effect, especially with architecture photography.
Diagonal lines are a great way of drawing the viewer into the picture or to lead their focus to your main subject. Play around with different angles and viewpoints to see what works best.
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