Camera Work

York City) during the time Benjamin Harrison was president of the USA. He was known for his photography, but nobody knew that he made films as well. Part of his early life was, obviously, he was born October 16, 1890. His parents were of the Bohemian nationality. During his teenage years, he was a student of renowned documentary photographer Lewis Hine at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. While he was attending that school, his class took a field trip to the 291 art gallery, which was operated by Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. The 291 art gallery would be where exhibitions of work by optimist photographers and painters who are also modernists would move Strand to take his photographic hobby more seriously. Stieglitz later promoted Strand’s work to the museum itself, photography publication Camera Work and artwork in Hieninglatzing studio. Examples of photography http://www.clippingdesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Paul-Strand-Photography.jpg Blind, taken in 1917 Young Man, taken in 1951 Paul Strand Wall Street, taken in 1915 The very first film he ever made was called “Manhatta” meaning “New York the Magnificent”, which he made after serving in World War 1. He made the film based off a collaboration between him and Charles Sheeler. He worked his time with that as a freelance movie cameraman.…

directors of these movies had different approaches with their use of camera work. The Graduate used camera work as an obvious element to the movie, whereas Dead Poets Society had more muted shots. The Graduate used different camera shots frequently to express the emotion of the scene, while Dead Poets Society used the shots to enhance the impact of the dramatic scenes. Dead Poets Society uses subtle camera shots throughout the movie, except during dramatic scenes that are crucial to the plot. An…

Name Mr.Engelkes Literacy period: 6/7 12/10/14 The History Behind The Camera There’s a albino chipmunk and it’s something that you can’t forget! So you take out your camera and FLASH! You take a picture and now it’s a new memory! But how did your camera become a camera? How was your camera able to print your picture? Well take a second to think about it and get ready for the information your about to hear! First let’s start with the definition of Camera: A device for recording visual…

they can never be forgotten. These photos will forever be engraved into your mind, they will also be a physical piece of your memory as well. Cameras are a fragment of technology, which can be complicated if not learned how to operate appropriately. Camera’s come in various sizes and shapes. No matter how difficult they seem to be, if you take the time to learn it, anyone can master it. Practice is required to manipulate all the different features that it possesses. Cameras…

Brown was shot and killed by a police officer with no body camera. Officer Darren Wilson was up for trial for the murder of Michael Brown and was found not guilty. The town of Ferguson was out ragged as violent riots and protests broke out because of the ruling. (Buchanan) Many argue that Officer Wilson used excessive force in the altercation however, the court and jury members believed differently. If a body camera was used by the officer, the public would have had video evidence and be…

Before the camera was invented it was really difficult to record an image. You had to stand very still for a long time for the picture to be taken. If you moved just a little bit the picture would turn out blurry. In the year of 1881 George Eastman started making dry plates (Dry plates were round disks that were used instead of film). Then in 1883, George Eastman created a thin strip of paper covered in gelatin emulsion and silver balide, which is what we call film. Finally, he invented the…

the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera.” Daniel J. Boorstin once stated (Quoteland). What is a photographer? A photographer is someone who takes pictures, typically on a camera, to record an event or capture a particular moment as a profession (Photographer). Because images are there when people are absent, photography is a…

help create the modern camera technology several hundred years ago. Although the cameras created weren’t the types of cameras that we know in today’s day, they were still ahead of their time when it came to the technology and materials that they needed too invent a camera. Until 1885 when the modern photograph film technology created by Eastman that jump-started the inventions of cameras and its popularity around the world. Eastman also introduced the first Kodak camera. By inventing the Kodak…

transcribe the reality. The camera was the first object that allowed us to frizz a moment. At that time only art like sculpture and painting were used to frizz and represent a moment in time. Photography was in a way the next step after the painting; it was the art that would really transcribe the reality by capturing what we all see. But what are the facts that gave credibility to the camera and is this credibility justified? Firstly we are going to see how is the camera an instrument of…

What is a camera obscura? What is the principal of optics that makes it work? “A camera obscura, which is literally means ‘darkened room.’ It uses a lens and a sequence of mirrors to project an image of the surrounding landscape onto a viewing surface.” (http://www.scopex.co.za/files/Camera-obscura-ML-1207.pdf) “The principle of optics that makes it work was light travels in a straight line and when some of the rays reflected form a bright subject passes through a small hole in thin material…