Warhol Images

Photoshop

Copy/Paste

Blended

Little Toy

Landscape

Architecture

Fish Eye

Chapter 9 Notes

• Ansel Adams took many pictures of Yosemite in black and white
• composition is a huge part of landscape photography
• in composition, there is supposed to be a balance between unity and variety to make other parts of the image stand out
• variety is all the different parts of an image, but there cannot be complete variety in an image
• in landscape photography, people use wide lenses
• landscape photographers often take pictures of the sky with clouds or sunsets
• 

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born February 20, 1902 and died April 22, 1984.  He was a conservationist who was born in San Francisco.  His photos were inspired by a trip he took to Yosemite when he was a boy.  He took photographs of Yosemite and other landscapes.  He took many black and white photographs.   




This photo is in black and white and uses the rule of thirds.  It also has texture and proportion in it.

Chapter 8 Notes

• Architecture pictures can be formal or informal
• Charles Negre was an artist and a painter
• Frederick H Evans was one of the best architecture photographers who used light to depict emotions
• Photographing the Built Environment
• Focus on details of buildings
•  Almost every image has pattern
• The Big View
• For a two dimensional view, stand in front while shooting
• For a three dimensional view with textures, forms, and shadows, stand slightly to the side
• Shadows
• Focus on the lines, shapes, and values of shadows

Architecture notes

• architectural photographs are indirect portraits
• early films were notoriously slow and needed hours of exposure for one image- architecture was a perfect subject

Frederick H. Evans

• one of the greatest architecture photographers in the history of architectural photography
• large part of work focused on cathedrals in London
• depicted emotion with the use of light
• his advice to photographers: "Try for a record of emotion rather than a piece photography."
• worked primarily in platinum papers
• during WWI, platinum was used exclusively for making bombs and munitions
• rather than switching developing processes or changing papers, he gave up photography forever

Ezra Stoller (1915-2004)

• influential architectural photographer

Thinking Artistically

• you can focus on the full-view of the space and the emotions connected to it, like a portrait
• or focus on the details of a building, as an exploration of abstract images

Patterns

• in architectural photography, patterns are very important

Video Notes

• "The Daily News" is the oldest newspaper in the United States
• big pictures are used on newspapers to attract attention and get people to buy them
• people knew that drawings could lie, but photographs were true in advertising
• people would buy things because they were attracted to the photographs in the advertisements
• a camera can elevate any object into something magnificent
• a cigarette lighter could be turned into an object of desire
• people are moved by pictures of celebrities
• 20th century astronomy would be unthinkable without the photograph
• astronomers used to look through telescopes and draw what they saw
• photography allows us to see things in the univers that the naked eye cannot see

Thanksgiving

Baraka

The film we watched in class portrayed many different photographic elements. It taught me about how different people around the world are based on their culture and where they are from.  In one disturbing part of the film, people were killing chicks as if they were like flies.  These innocent creatures were suffering as their wings were getting ripped off.  The photographic element in which a small object looks as if it is large was used in this portion of the film by showing a close-up view of the chicks; however, the chicks looked a lot smaller when they were all going through the machines.  As soon as I saw the first chick’s wings get torn off, I closed my eyes because I could not handle watching such cruelty.  I could not believe that people in other countries treat animals in such a terrible way. I noticed that some people from other cultures do not see animal cruelty the same way I do, which led me to wonder if I would be able to rip off a chick’s wings if I were from some other country.  That portion of the film caught my attention the most, but it was not the only part that concerned me; I was intrigued by the world poverty that was portrayed.  This film frequently presented poverty by showing images of poor people along with their diverse culture.    

After watching most of this film, I began to wonder what other issues people around the world are constantly dealing with.  Although the movie only consisted of short random clips with no dialogue, it still really opened my eyes and made me think about subjects that would not have crossed my mind otherwise.  If this entire film had been shot from with little variations of photographic elements, it certainly would not have had as strong of an effect on me.   

Shadow Shots

Fall Sports

Video Notes

• the brownie camera was the first camera
• it was $1, so many people had them
• people barely ever took pictures before the brownie
• photography became a democratic art
• photos of foreigners showed America how the rest of the world was (Africa)
• Edward Curtis photographed Indians
• Gilberth used science for photography
• photos were used to try to end child labor
• people were moved and outraged by these pictures
• this led to the outlaw of child labor
• the modernist movement was called straight photography, which took things the way they were with no manipulations
• these photos were abstract and used a lot of shadows
• in World War 1, there were never pictures of dead American soldiers

Walk around school

Notes:114-125

Shoot a Formal Portrait

• be prepared for the shoot in advance
• have someone there to assist you

1. place background close to wall, put a stool in front of the background for the subject to sit on
2. place the light about 45 degrees to the right of the subject
3. set the camera anywhere from 6-10 feet in front or your subect

• camera settings:
• shoot with a wide-open aperture to make the background out of focus
• this increases the shutter speed
• lighting:
• indoors: place one light at about a 45 degree angle on one side of subject and use a reflector on the opposite side
• outdoors: shoot in open shade

The Candid Portrait

• candid portraits capture a person going about everyday life and activities
• background gives context and meaning
• camera settings:
• choose a fast shutter speed to freeze action; 1/250 and higher

The Environment Portrait

• environment portraits use a subect's surroundings to help tell that person's story
• combination of a formal portrait and photojournalism
• camera settings:
• wide angle lenses

The Self Portrait

• in a self portrait you become your own subject
• can reveal as much or as little as you want about yourself