Focal Length

Focal Length
Today in photography class we learnt about focal length. Here are a few pictures of different focal lengths!!

1. Your Camera's Lens
The focal length range of my camera's optical zoom lens is 5.0-20.0mm.

2.Angle of View

This picture is a telephoto picture of my group. Using the telephoto zoom, you can see the people very clearly. The color of the picture is also a little shadier.

This picture is a wide photo of my group. Using no zoom and just moving closer to the group, I am able to get the image of my group from the waist up. Not using zoom allows us to see the proper colors of the people.








3. Compression

This picture is a telephoto of my group. I lined them all up in order of height in order to compress them.You are able to tell that the picture is zoomed in because you only have their faces in the image.

This picture is a wide photo. They are lined up in order of height that way they can be compressed. You can tell that the picture is not zoomed in because you see most of the building behind the people.








For the telephoto picture, it looks like the people are closer together and for the wide photo it looks like they are a lot further apart.
For the telephoto everyone's heads in the picture looks the same size but in the wide photo, the girls head in the front looks a lot bigger then the boys head in the back.

4. Lens Choice

 This photo is a telephoto.

This photo is a wide photo.












Between the two pictures, I find the telephoto photo to be more flattering. With the wide photo, you see a lot more detail of the face and since it is a straight on picture not all features look nice.

Considering what I have observed in the 6 images, for a portrait, I find the telephoto focal length better because you can see the persons features nicely. For a landscape photo, wide photo focal length would be better because you are able to get everything that you might want and more.

How My Camera Sees Color in Light

In this blog, we're going to see how the camera sees color in light.
In the link below, there are photos that I took during my class and each caption explains what the the scenario is and what the camera does.
The caption explains the type of light in the scene, the camera's white balance setting, my observation of the result in terms of color balance and why I think these results came about.

The pictures are taken under four different types of light:
Daylight setting is Neutral
Tungsten setting is a blue setting
Fluorescent setting is a green setting
Auto White Balance is taking a guess at what to fix.

Check out our pictures here

Mixing Color In Light

Today in class we mixed color in light.

The three colors we used were magenta, cyan and yellow.

Magenta+Yellow= Red

Yellow+Cyan=Blue

Cyan+Magenta= Green

Magenta+Yellow+Cyan= Neutral Tone

How to Paint with Light

Today in class, we learnt how to paint with light. I've always wanted to know how to do it and now that I do I will teach you!
To paint with light you need to take your camera and switch the mode to either TV or S. This will allow you to change the speed of your shutter.
The next thing you have to do is find a really dark room and get a few people to stand with their phones and have the light on and make a shape. If you want to be in the picture use a tripod!
The shutter delay will allow you to make the design before the picture is taken. A good time for this would be either 2 seconds or 4 seconds.
My group decided to try and make an eye. It was kind of creepy looking so we changed our design and made two eyes.

This is the first one which I find looks like Mike Wazowski from Monster Inc.

The second one we took is two eyes.

And the third one we took looks like two crazy eyes!

Histograms

View my Histogram photos here

How to Make a Photogram

Hey guys!
For the past few weeks my photography class has been focussing on making photograms.

What is a Photogram?
A photogram is a picture produced without using a camera.You can create a photogram by placing objects on a light-sensitive paper and exposing the objects to light.

Steps to Making a Photogram
Before actually starting the photogram, you have to purchase photo paper and get the chemicals you need in order to develop the pictures. The three chemicals are the developer, the stop bath and the fix bath. Then choose the objects you want to be photogramed.
Find a room with no windows to use as your dark room. You will only need one red light on so you can have some light. (All actual lights have to be turned off in order for this to work).
Make sure you have your chemicals in three seperate containers and tongs to use to switch the photo paper from one chemical to the other. Have an empty container under the table to use after.
Turn off all lights.
Place your objects on your photo paper and then expose the objects with light for 5-10 seconds.
Turn off your exposing light and remove your objects from the photo paper.

Slide your photo paper into the developer solution. Use the tong to keep your paper from floating to the top and agitate the container that way the chemicals get all over the paper. Keep the paper in the container for 1 minute. The purpose of the developing chemicals is to develop the picture.
With the tongs, remove the photo paper from the developer container and hold it that way it is diagonal and all the chemicals will drip off.

Next, slide your photo paper into the stop bath. Keep the paper in there for 1 minute. Use the tongs to hold the paper down and agitate the container to get the stop chemicals all over the paper. The purpose of the stop bath is to stop the developing chemicals from working.
With the tongs, remove the photo paper from the stop bath and hold it that way it is diagonal and all the chemicals will drip off.

The last chemical you put your photo paper in is the fix bath. Put the paper in and agitate in the darkness for 1 minute and then continue to agitate for another minute in the light.  With the tongs, remove the photo paper from the developer container and hold it that way it is diagonal and all the chemicals will drip off. The purpose of the fix bath is to fix all the chemicals on the paper.

Place your photo paper in the empty container. Bring your photo to a sink and wash off all the chemicals for fiteen minutes in cold water.

After the fifteen minutes, bring your photo paper to a dryer. Insert you paper into the dryer and it will come out all dry.

What to do when a Photogram is too Light or too Dark?
If your photogram is too light it means your light exposure was not bright enough. To have your photogram black except your objectsm you need the light to hit the paper directly. You can do this by having a bright light or an average light close to your paper.

This was my third photogram and my favorite because everything except the objects was black.



!!Class Photograms!!