Camera Work

to have someone take pictures of my half naked body. It is interesting because I will go swimming in a bikini which can be more revealing than undergarments, but it’s so much more uncomfortable when you have to pose in a sexy manner in front of a camera. My fiancé says I am beautiful, and I choose to believe him. I do think I can be pretty, but I don’t know how to look sexy for a photo. It is so unnatural to try and be someone you generally are not. It may be easy for some people, but my…

Photographers who photograph landscapes must also often “wait for the right light to capture that perfect moment” (shawacademy.com). If the lighting is too bright and harsh, the image can appear washed out, overexposed, and dull and lifeless in color. If the lighting is softer, as often found during the “golden hour,” most colors have more contrast and appear vibrant and alive. The “golden hour” occurs just after sunset or sunrise, when the colors in the sky appear redder and the sun’s lighting…

the viewer closer. Her eyebrows furrowed and her lips pulled tight, there is a sense of desperation displayed by her expression. Candid, this photo is an honest portrayal of the subject. She has no control of the camera lending to the mood of vulnerability. does not have control of the camera, giving a sense of vulnerability. The confounding variables leading up to the capturing of this photograph. Multiple compounding variables led to the capture of this photograph. Evans had no control over…

Visual research” When we worked on photography history Garry Winogrand was one of the photographers that inspired me with my “Street People” assignment. My work is nothing like his but the free expression that I found in his work even though underneath some of his work you can see the different expressins in people this made me relise that you can express anything within a photo. Simon Garnier said: “I was too timid to get close to strangers to get intimate with them and tell their…

Selfie’s a Fad or a Part of our Lives for the Long Haul? Smile! Selfies have exploded over the past 10 years because of the technology of camera phones, the availability of the internet and our basic need to communicate with others. By simply taking a picture of yourself and posting it on any form of social media, you are participating in this new age fad. Camera phones, social media sites, and instant messaging abilities are helping to keep this fad alive and continuing into the next decade…

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. Photography is the ability to freeze time without disturbing life. What is meant by that phrase is that when a photo is taken, that precise moment is forever captured to be revisited at the viewer’s leisure. When a photographer takes an image it is very different than when a friend tells you, “ Lets take a selfie!” Although, both a photographer and one capture that moment in time, a photographer tries to tell a story or a message as to look who I’m with;…

out of focus so you can see what the actor can see. Tilt shots are one of the most simple camera shots and are when the camera is operated to move up and down on a specified target. Panning shots are when the camera shot is horizontal, like a tilt shot just operated move side to side (left to right), this technique is also one of the most simple shots used in the filming business. Zoom shots are when the camera focus zoom’s in on a person or object either conveying the emotional state or the…

deeper and saturated. Instead of seeing a glare or uneven lighting. 3. What is one piece of equipment that should be used, if possible, for panoramic photography (in addition to the camera)? Why? A tripod is an important piece of equipment for a panoramic photo because it creates a stable and still stand for the camera to sit on, while the photographer only has to rotate the photo to get that effect. 4. What is contrast? Contrast is the difference between light and dark. In…

Despite the citicism, Digitial Manipulation isn't as bad as how some people percieve it to be. Retouching photographs allows people to circumvent the minor problems that they might come across while taking a picture. Photo editing tools such as Photoshop have become highly demanded within the industry due to its technique. Many adveritsing projects have dedicated retouchers, such as Pascal Dangin & Amy Dresser arguably being the best in their fields as part of the post production process.…

the whole process and thusly the process had to all be done in the close proximity of a dark room. The photographer would set their camera up and focus on the ground glass in the camera to make sure everything was to their liking, then they would make their plates using the collodion process, the photographer would then take the plate in a negative holder to the camera and expose the negative. After the negative was exposed the development process would be carried out and the photographer would…