Video Assignment

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Assignment #7

Nightshift

Assignment 6

Jerry Uelsman

Around 10% of Jerry Uelsmann's pictures are developped correctly and the rest of the 90% are left for scraps. He has eight enlargers that he uses to merge images with, but he rarely uses all of them for a single image. His images are often taken with a white background or a light table to enable him to print certain elements in those light areas. He places his images on an easel and sometimes tape them to the baseboard of the enlarger to have proper alignment.

http://pdngallery.com/legends/uelsmann/

Humayunn N A Peerzaada

Peerzaada does not deal with multiple images as often, however he did merge two photos together to form a new photo with more meaning. He took two pictures at the same location and on the same time to create the image above. He is still new to this type of image, but with practice he can get a lot better considering the photo is one of his first pictures that experimented with that involved the merging of two images.

will be many symphonies of waves around Marine Drive and Worli Sea Face.

Assignment 5B - Portraits

For most of my pictures, I used lightings from the ceiling lights, the sun and occasionally lamps. The pictures were generally taken indoors because I was able to control the lighting any way I wanted to. Also it was hard finding the right time of the day to find a perfect lighting for my photos. I set my ISO to around 400-800 while taking the pictures. It was generally a fun exercise for me to understand how lightings work and how they can drastically change the context of the picture. I was quite satisfied with the majority of my pictures, however I did feel that I was able to do better at some parts, such as the focus and the angle. Overall, I think I was successful in capturing pictures that shows the good side of my "models".

Portraits

Assignment 5A - Portaits

I generally set my ISO to around 1600 and 400 for the most part and left my white-balance to automatic, which was sufficient in getting the pictures I took. Although some of my pictures came out just a bit blurry from the movements of the mode(s) and myself. We generally had two lights pointng directly in the middle of the background with a 40 degree angle. We then became quite creative with all the props we had (a doll, the recycling bin, the fire extinguisher, etc.). I found the creative poses with our props were much better and more enjoyable to look at than the ones without them. In all, I am quite satisfied with the pictures I have taken.

Portraits

Assignment 4

This assignment was quite challenging in terms of the technical aspect. It was difficult finding a location indoors with nice lighting, even harder trying to find lighting outside during the evening. However, I find it was best shooting outdoors with natural lighting during the day. The majority of my pictures were taken during the daytime because it was much easier working with the lighting I had. It was difficult doing stop motion shots indoors due to poor lighting, but it was simpler, in my opinion, to shoot blurred pictures indoors. I did not have a tripod with me so it was hard doing blurred pictures, but I managed somehow, although it would have been much better in terms of quality. It was also easier doing stop motion indoors while using flash, although the quality weren't so great. Panning I had some difficulty in, but once I got used to panning, it became more simple for me.

Stop Motion
Blurred

Assignment 3

The two most effective effects were the sepia and black and white colour change. It made the picture looked more meaningful in terms of reminiscence, as if someone is remembering about his/her past. It also changes the entire vibe the image gives off. The sepia effect gave it an "ancient" feeling while the black and white gave it a more "intense" feeling. I also loved how I was able to blur out the surrounding area of the picture because it makes the viewers focus onto the picture. It also gives off a "teary" feeling, as if the person is about to cry, or is crying. Also, the black and white focal point gave it a feeling of hope, and optimism on the picture, while the area around it is colourless and bleak. However, the best effects that were most helpful was the highlights and shadows. They were able to make the image a lot more sharper and dramatic.

The effects that did NOT work for me were the saturations and the warmify effects. They did not work well with the given colour in the image and it made it look very artificial and edited. I also did not like to use the filter for my image. It just did not do well and any other colour would have made it look out of place. Tinting was also not a helpful tool because it did not provide the image with any pros that may help improve the image itself.

Assignment #2

Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander is an American photographer that specializes in street images, flowers, trees, gardens, landscapes, nudes, the industrial and post- industrial environment, portraits, self-portraits. He shot primarily with a Leica M series 35mm camera until the early 1990's at which point he switched to a medium format Hasselblad Superwide.

 1. what kind of photographs do they make?

- Initially, he began photographing musicians, mainly jazz musicians, then began photographing artists for album covers. Today, his photos mostly consists of portraits and "social landscapes".
2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
- Lee would often use shadows of figures (usually himself) and other subjects overlap in the photographic image. Also, he frames his shots with fences, posters and signs quite often.

3. What do the pictures look like? black and white, vertical/horrizontal

- A majority, if not all, of his pictures are colourless and are usually in black and white. They're generally either horizontally stretched or they're squared.
4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
-  The projected outline of Friedlander’s body as within the picture frame implies the notion that the photographer can be both behind the camera and in front of it. Interpreted further, Friedlander’s shadow can be taken to represent the imposition of the photographer upon his world and his subject.

http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/leefriedlander/leefriedlander.shtml
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tbio?tperson=6514&type=a
http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/friedlander_lee.php


Walker Evans


Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. He took pictures of poor people and cityscapes during the Great Depression.

1. what kind of photographs do they make?
- Walker takes pictures that are "literate, authoritative and transcendent".
2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
- His photos are often taken with natural lighting and his subjects are usually centered on the photo or they are used to frame both sides of the picture.
3. What do the pictures look like? black and white, vertical/horrizontal
- His pictures are usually photos of people struggling in the Great Depression and landscapes of cities in its grim state.
4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
 - Evans was influenced by the French photographer Eugène Atget who photographs architecture and street scenes of Paris.

 http://www.metmuseum.org/special/walkerevans/learn.htm
http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo8/walkerevans.htm
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/evans/evans_articles1.html

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Assignment #1B

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Assignment #1A

Q: What kind of camera do you use?

A: I use a Canon Rebel XS.

Q: What is the resolution? (ie. 4megapixels)

A: The resolution is 10.1MP.

Q: What kind of media storage does it have?

A: It uses an SDHC card.

Q: How do you download images to the computer?

A: I use a USB cable.

Q: What is the name of the cord connecting the camera to the computer?
A: USB Interface Cable IFC-200U

Q: How many low res images can you store on your disk?
A: 5632 images

Q: How many high res images can you store on your disk?
A: 1028 images

Q:What kind of image (file format) is stored on disk?

A: The file formats are JPEG's

Q: Do you have a camera manual? Have you read it?

A: Yes I do, and I have read through it twice.