Theory Notes and Annotations - Claustrophobia Project

Theory Notes and Annotations - Claustrophobia Project

This is my second contact sheet I developed with most of my pictures using a model who I have used before. I brought my friend outside and tried to find things and places to take pictures which were "claustrophobic". This contact sheet was very dark but it was able to use it to choose my big prints.

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 40

Filter: No Filter

This was my first contact sheet and the pictures turned out a bit light on this contact sheet, but it was able to see the pictures and decided what pictures to develop. 

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 90

Filter: No Filter

This was the second print i developed and it didn't take too long to find the correct settings and to make a big print out of it. I just had to use a lot of time for this print. The settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 310

Filter:No Filter

Annotation

The girl is sitting in some bars tangled together and she is kind of stuck in between them. The girl looks a bit scared as she is stuck in between these bars thats makes her feel trapped.  

This is my test-strip for the print below. This test-strip turned out pretty grey and light so for the big print I had to add lots of time and I took out the filter.

Settings for the test-strip:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: (from top to bottom) 55,5045,40

Filter: No Filter

From the test-strip above I decided to take out the filter and add more time. The settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 280

Filter: No Filter

Annotation

The girl in this picture is looking down at the ground and looks lonely and upset. She is making her body a bit smaller and her posture makes her seem small and upset. The dark area and closed off space she is walking in makes the subject seem more alone and upset. I consider this picture claustrophobic because the girl looks upset and she is walking in a dark, closed off space by herself.

It took a while to find the correct settings for this print. Because I took the picture up against the sky the top of the girl's head turned out very light. I kept adding more and more time but eventually I stopped adding time because the bottom part of the print was becoming very dark. Settings:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 310

Filter: No Filter

Annotation

The model is standing up on something and heights can make some people feel uneasy and claustrophobic. Standing up and looking down makes me worried and big heights is not something I'm a big fan of. The face expression looks a bit scared and as if she kind of wants to go down from there.

This test-strip turned out very, very dark. Settings:

Aperture: 2.8 

Time:310

Filter: No Filter

The first time I made a big print for this picture it turned out too dark so for this print I used less time but same aperture. Settings:

Aperture: 2.8

Time: 240

Filter: No Filter

Annotation

You can clearly see on the expression of this girl that she looks worried and uneasy standing between those bars. The bars around her are making the space smaller and you can see that the small space is making the subject feel a bit "claustrophobic".

Diary Entry - Claustrophobia Project

Diary Entry - Claustrophobia Project

At first I was a bit confused about what to take pictures of, I knew what claustrophobia meant, I just wasn't sure about how to take pictures of things that represented claustrophobia. But then I was told to take pictures that made me feel un-easy and so that helped and I could keep taking pictures. When I understood more of what to take pictures of, I enjoyed this project much more and I've found out that I like to take pictures that (for me) represent claustrophobia. In the dark room it went fairly well to develope the contact sheets, and like always, my pictures would always turn out too grey when I made them big. My first print took a while to develope, but after doing several different settings, I finally found the right settings and I could move on with my second print. My second print went well which I was ver pleased about.
I have had some struggles with my enlarger as for some reason it won't focus the picture when I try and make it big which means I've had to go around using different enlarger. That has been a bit frustrating, but thing's don't always go the way you want things to go, so I just had to move on and keep working. I am not working on my third print which I will hopefully finish soon so I can try and finish my last print before the deadline.

Image Bank - Claustrophobia Project

Image Bank - Claustrophobia Project

Cecil Beaton



Cecil Beaton was born in London in 1904. Beaton was always fascinated of the high society, theater, and glamour. Beaton was and English fashion and portrait photographer and an Academy Award Winning stage and costume design for films and theatre. Beaton has worked for Vogue and the French Vogue and he has taken several fashion photos. Beaton has also worked for Vanity Fair and taken pictures of the celebrities in Hollywood. He also often photographed the Royal Family for official publications. Beaton might be one of the best portrait photographers of his era. Beaton died in 1980.
-This picture of Twiggy here is a picture I really, really like. I like Twiggy's expression and I like how Cecil Beaton has managed to capture her look which kind of looks a bit sad and by her expression this picture could perhaps be seen as a "claustrophobic" picture.

Heinz Hajek-Halke


Heinz Hajek-Halke was born in 1898 in Berlin and he is one of the most important German photographers of the 20th century. HajekHalke lived in South Africa till he was thirteen and then moved back to Germany in 1911. In 1915 he started studying painting at Berlin´s Königliche Kunstschule where he made his first experimental art works. He finished his studies after World War I. A bit later he got his first professional job as a poster designer for a film company and later became printer, draftsman and editor. In 1924 he made his first prints and experimented with collage. World War II interrupted his work again and he was not able to work regularly until 1947. After World War II he started teaching graphic design and photography at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) in Berlin. Throuyghout his life Heinz Hajek-Halkde kept on working and experimenting with various arts and photography. He died in Berlin in 1983.
- I like how the picture above was taken so close to the subject and you can basically only see the face and I like how the subject is looking through a lens and he isn't just looking through glasses or something typical like that.
(artfacts.net)


Dieter Appelt


Dieter Appelt was born in 1935 in Germany. In 1954 - 1958 he studeied music at Mendelssohn Bartholdy Akademie in Leipzig. In 1959 - 1960 he moves to West Berlin and studies more music as well as he meets german experimental photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke. He started studying photography and art at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts), Berlin, along with music. In between 1961 - 1970 he receives his music diploma and keeps experimenting with photography and art. A bit later, in 1971 - 1975 he keeps working on his phototgraphy and art and has his first exhibition at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1974. Later trhoughout the years he has some breakthroughs with some images and keeps having exhibitions and works with his arts. In 1982 he is appointed Head of the department for film, video and photography at Hochschule für bildende Künste Berlin. Appelt keeps on experimenting with photography and other works and today he lives and works in Berlin.
- Some of the other pictures by Dieter Appelt I found were kind of weird and I'm unsure if I like some of them or not, but when I saw the picture above I really liked it. I think it is different I like how the man is fogging up his face by the use of the mirror.

(artnet.com)

Printing Compositions - Hair Project

Printing Compositions - Hair Project

Taking pictures for this project was fun. The whole class took pictures of two models and it was fun taking pictures of them and trying to focus on hair and lighting. I enjoyed taking the pictures, but developing the prints became pretty complicated for me. None of these pictures turned out perfectly black and white and it took a while before I finally got the correct settings.

Most of my pictures turned out this project. I had a bunch of pictures to work with, but unfortunately the luck was not on my side and the print always turned out way too grey. My contact sheet is the picture above and below. The settings for my contact sheet above are:

Aperture: 4

Filter: 4

Time: 60

 This contact sheet has most of the pictures where the model was either positioned in an angle or close up pictures. The settings are:

Aperture: 4

Filter: 4

Time: 60

 This was my first print which went fairly quick. I used the same settings for the final print as I used for this test-strip. The settings are:

Aperture: 4

Filter: 4

Time: 140

 November 2008

I quite like this angle-shot. I think it has a nice angle and  the hair is clearly visible. This was my first and quickest print. The print is a bit grey but the final settings were:

Aperture: 4

Filter: 4

Time: 140 

 November 2008

This print took forever for me to finish. This print never turned out good enough. It often turned out very grey and light. I tried many different settings, and my time often varied from 300 - 700 seconds. None of the settings quite seemed to work and the settings I used for this print clearly was not right because this print turned out too light and grey.

 November 2008

This is my close-up shot for this Hair project. I do like this picture a bit. I like how you don't quite see the expression of the model's face and the hair is really in focus. This was the print that took forever to find good settings for. The picture above did not have the correct settings and so for this print I had to change the settings a bit and luckily found settings which were good enough. Settings are:

Aperture: 2.8

Filter: 4.5

Time: 700

 I was not actually planning on using this print to, but I had to as my other print did not work. This print was the quickest to develop. It only took me about an hour. The settings for this test-strip are:

Aperture: 4

Filter: 4

Time: (from left to right) 75, 70, 65, 60

 This was my last print. It went extremely quick and I was very lucky with this print that I got it done in time seeing as the deadline was like in a few hours. What I like about this picture is that the girl to the left is smiling and looking towards the camera and she is in focus and then the other girl is looking in another direction and her hair is a bit un-focused. The settings are:

Aperture: 4

Filter: 4

Time: 99

Image Bank - Hair Project

Image Bank - Hair Project

Cristina Piza
Cristina Piza has had several exhibitions. Her first exhibition was in 1993 in Munich. Ever since she has had several galleries all over in places like Munich, Paris, London, Rome Berlin and other places. She has also earned quite a few awards. In total she has gotten 8 awards. She has gotten awards from places like New York, London, Munich, Madrid, and other places. She received her first award in 1994 at Olympus Fashion Award and her latest award was received in 2004 for the Freelens Layout Price.

Cristina Piza did a portfolio called "Havanna Dreams" and some of the pictures are of a girl getting married. I especially like this picture because I think it is a bit original and I like how it is simple and yet a very nice picture. I also chose this picture because I think it related to our project, Hair. The hair in this picture is pretty in focus and also the lighting is very good.

Anthony Redpath
Anthony Redpath's great passion for photography has helped him get great jobs with big advertising agencies. He has worked for big companies like BMW, Ford, Toyota, Microsoft and Helett-packard. His photographs have been showcased and been awarded several times and by numerous international publications. He has received several awards throughout the years 2003 - 2007.

I like this picture by Anthony Redpath. It's a funny picture which makes you relax a bit. The hair is also very focused as it is a bit odd and 'out there'.

Stewart Cohen

Stewart Cohen is mainly known for his pictures of different lifestyles. Stewart Cohen is extremely good at cathing the different ways of licing of people and theyre different hobbies. He has also done some advertising photos for like Samsung and some other companies. Stewart Cohen isn't only a photography, but also makes short motion clips. Unfortunately I was not able to find a good biography about Stewart Cohen, but looking through his portfolios show that he is an extremely skilled photography and looking at his pictures is very fun.

I think this close up picture by Stewart Cohen is really good. The hair is clearly visible and the effect of the blue-ish light gives the picture a colder feeling. I chose this picture because I like and it because it is a nice close-up shot.

Theory Notes - Hair Project

Theory Notes - Flashes

In photography a flas can be used to create an extra instantaneous light, artificial light, in only 1/1000 to 1/200 seconds. Flashes can be used for various reasons like helping to take pictures of things in motion, adding an extra lighting in the picture, and other reasons. Mainly flashes are used if the scene has bad lighting and the flash then exposes the picture with more light. "Flash" can either be referred to the flash itself or the electronic flash unit which discharges the flash of light.

Flashes can either be built in to the camera or be added to the camera. Through the years the Flash has been improved from the flash bulb, to the flash cube and now today the flash is a part of the camera.

A Flash Cube

Techniques - Flashes are often used inside as there might be missing some light sources and a
fill-flash gives the effect that the camera is surrounding the subject and that it is very close to the subject, but still adds the details in the background.
Bounce flash occurs when the flash is pointed upwards towards the ceiling or towards the flash umbrella to reflect the light on the subject.

The photographer is using a flash

Some drawbacks of using flash:

• Camera's with built-in flash will not have a low intensity of the flash and the light will not be good enough for pictures of a distant of around 3 metres.


• Often flashes give off the "red eye effect" making the subject's eyes in the picture red.

Theory Notes - Light Meters

Using the exposure correctly is important because for example the sky can be different in brigtness and so it is important to use the exposure meter correctly.

There are two types of light metering methods:

• Reflective Meters measure the light which is reflecting on the subject. You can use the center-weighted, spot or matrix metering while attempting to use the proper exposure.
  - Center-weighted takes a general metering of the image and focusing more in the center of the picture.
  - Spot metering focuses the metering on a small area of the scene.
  - Matrix metering is the newest form of metering methods. It divides the scene into 5 - 45 areas and indvidually finds the best exposure values.


• Incident Light metering measures the light over the subject. Incident light metering is easier to use than the reflective metering because you don't have to think about the subject's reflection.

The three pictures on the left show different exposures. (The circle locates the location metred on.) The middle photo is under exposured because the meter focused on the brightest area and so it was under exposured. While the bottom picture was metered on the darker areas and so the pictures was over exposured.

Diary Entry - Hair Project

Diary Entry - Hair Project

This project has not gone so good for me. Like usual, the pictures turn out extremely grey and light. I have tried a ton of different settings to try and fin the correct settings, but eventually I had to give up and move on to my next print. I have changed aperture, filters and different time, but nothing seemed to work. My first picture (the angle shot) turned out pretty grey but it seemed like whatever I did, I could'nt make it any better. I was told to leave it and move on to the next print. The next print took me a long time. As all the other times, the picture turned out too grey and I tried several different settings. At one point, my time intervals were as high up as 600 seconds. Eventually I just had to leave that picture and move on. All of the prints turned out to be very grey and even though I had very high time, the pictures still turned out to be very light. This project has not gone so well for me. Hopefully I will still get to complete it seeing as I'm still missing a print and that I will be satisfied about my project.

Theory Notes - Shooting in Low and Sun Light

Shooting in Low and Sun Light

Low Light

Low light shooting is divided into two categories:

• Natural Light (Daylight)
  
• Artificial Light (Light from lightbulbs and lamps)

Natural light often comes from daylight, light from a sunny day, in a building in the shade or early in the morning. For taking pictures in low light using film with ISO 800 film is very good because the pictures become sharper, better contrast, and the colors are brighter. The ISO 800 film is better to use for low light compared to the ISO 400 films. Tools that help when shooting in low light is fast film and fast lense. As explained a bit earlier, using ISO 800 film gives you good result. If you're taking many pictures in low light it will help with a fast lense which gives a large aperture. Photojournalists who take many pictures indoors often use a combination of fast lenses and high speed films.

The picture to the light has been taken by using both flash and natural light. The flass makes the colors a bit brighter making the picture a bit warmer.

Artificial Light can give a 'warmer' effect to the picture. Often when you are using artificial light, which is lamps and light bulbs, etc, gives you more control over how much light you want. Artifical light helps with giving light where there is little natural light.

Using day light you get more of a natural look, but using artificial light you can get a 'warmer' tint in the picture.

Shooting in Direct Sun Light

Shooting in direct sun light can make give the pictures big contrasts, blown out highlights, lens flare and colors that may look over saturated. Some solutions to not have to shoot in direct sun light is to move in to the shade, make your own shade and use fill in flash.
Move into shade: Move the subject into the shade so the pictures won't get high contrasts.
Make your own shade: If it is not able to move your subject, then you have to try and make your own shade. You can use like an umbrella or something else that will block out the sun.
Use fill in flash: Shooting in the sun may make the subject very dark and so you could improve the picture by using a flash to fill in the shadows.

In the picture above you can clearly see that the subject have become very dark and the contrast is very big.

Image Bank

Image Bank
Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold is the photographer of this picture. Eve Arnold was born April 21, 1912 and is an American photojournalist. She was the first femal member of the Magnum Photos. Her interest in photography began in 1946 when she was working for a photo-finishing plant in New York. She learned some photographic skills in 1948 from Harper's Bazaar art director Alexei Brodovitch. Arnold is best for her images of Marily Monroe on the set of Monroe's last film (1961), The Misfits, and together they had a good relationship. Eve Arnold was the photographer Marilyn Monroe trusted the most. Eve Arnold has traveled around the world taking several pictures. I really like this picture, especially the way Marilyn Monroe is positioned. I like how the model is just laying down with closed eyes and looks very relaxed.

Lorenzo Agius
Lorenzo Agius took this wonderful picture of Madonna. I think the setting is really interesting and I really like it because it is a bit different and the setting is creative. I also like how the fashionable clothes Madonna is wearing fits in with the setting. Lorenzo Agius Art and Art History at the University of East Angli and moved to London in 1983 when he began to assist in photography. In 1989 he became a freelance photographer and specialized in fashion and portraits. He has published some of his work in Vogue, Vanity Fair and Elle and other magazines.
Lorenzo Agius is a very talented photogrpaher and on his website there are several good pictures of women, men, and fashion. He has also taken many good advertisement pictures.
Terry O'Neil
Terry O'Neil was born in July 1938 in London and is a successful Enlgish photographer. His success started when he took pictures of the celebrities and fashion in the 1960s. He began his photography career when he was working for a photographic unit for an airline at Heathrow Airport. He has taken pictures of several celebrities and bands like Judy Garland, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He has also taken pictures of the Royal family and several politicians. I really like the setting of this picture of the band The Beatles and I like how the band members are standing in different positions. This is one of my favorite bands so I really enjoy this picture and I think it is a really good shot.

Printing Compositions

Printing Compositions - Clothes, Accessory and Shoes

Taking these pictures was very fun because I had to try to focus on the shoes and the clothing and it was fun to try and position my 'model' so that I would get the best possible shots.

The settings for this contact sheet was:

Aperture: 8

Time: 68

Filter: No Filter

It went extremely quick to find the correct settings for this contact sheet. The settings are:
Aperture: 5.6
Time: 8
Filter: No Filter
September 2008
I like the composition of this picture and I like this shot. The lighting of this picture is soft because there are no hard shadows and the lighting is natural. This was my second print and this picture took a while to find the correct settings. It often turned out a bit too dark and I just couldn't find the correct settings. Fortunately though, I eventually found the right settings which are:
Aperture: 8
Time: 68
Filter: No Filter
September 2008
I really like this picture and the contrast in the picture. This was my first print and it went quick. The settings are:
Aperture: 5.6
Time: 10
Filter: No Filter

This is a test-strip for the picture below. The settings are:

Aperture:4

Time: (From bottom to top) 15, 20, 25 30

Filter: 2.5

These settings with time 30 looked good so I decided to use those settings for my final print.

September 2008

The settings for this print is:

Aperture: 4
Time: 30

Filter: 2.5

This print didn't take that long to make. I only had to make a few test-strips and then I found the correct settings. I like this picture because in a way it is a bit different from many other pictures of shoes, but I wish the picture had better contrast.

Diary Entry - Clothes, Accessory, Shoe Project

Diary Entry for the Clothes, Accessory, Shoe Project - October 3, 2008

For this project I was finished a week early! For the first time I did not have to stress about

finishing my photography project. For the lat project it took me weeks for me to find the correct

settings fro the contact sheet, but now it only took me a couple of classes. I was very pleased that

it went so quickly and so I got my first full print pretty early. The second print however, took a

while to find the correct settings for, but eventually I found the settings and gladly made my

second full print. This whole project for me quickly passed and I finished a week early which was

very nice. Since this project finished quickly and finding the settings for the different pictures 

wasn't very hard, not a lot of bad stuff happened to complain about like it usually does. 

For the last project most of my pictures turned out to be very grey but not for this project! 

Nope, nope. My pictures for this project turned out much better. I really enjoyed this project 

because I like to take pictures of shoes and clothes so it was very interesting and fun for me.

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Andrzej Dragan

Andrzej Dragan was born in 1978 in Poland, and studied in Warsaw. On scholarship he studied in other schools in Amsterdam, Oxford and Lisbon and has a PhD in quantum physics cum laude. He has gotten many physics awards and is important in that area. He started to become involved with photography in 2003 and has published his pictures in several magazines and books. He has been awarded several golds, silvers, and bronzes from the KTR ad festival and he won Photographer of the Year 2007 in Digital Camera Magazine, UK. He has worked with several different agencies like Energizer, Brain, Radio Eska and several other agencies.

This picture by Andrzej Dragan is an example of hard light because there are some edgy and dark shadows at the right side of this models face. I like this picture because even the effects of the light makes the picture a bit more dark, I think this picture is simple and relaxing to look at.

Aneta Kowalczyk

Aneta Kowalczyk is a photographer from Warsaw in Poland and she is based in both Poland and Sweden. Kowalczyk used to be a model and that was when she discovered that she liked to take pictures and she liked to be behind the camera as well. Kowalczyk likes several types of pictures but she likes fashion photography and portraits best.













This picture by Aneta Kowalczyk is more of an example of soft light I think. Even though there are some shadows/darker light on the right side of her face, the shadows aren't very edgy and the lighting looks more natural.

Jakob Krechowicz

This picture was taken by Jakob Krechowicz and I really like this picture, unfortunately I didn't find any information about the photographer. I think the lighting is hard because there is a clear difference between the light and the shadows. I really like this picture because there is light in the middle and then darker around the edges. I think it's a nice picture to look at and it is very calming.

Hard and Soft Light Prints

The assignment was to create 6 prints. Two portraits (one picture with soft light, and one with hard light), two landscape pictures and two still life pictures. Unfortunately, I only had enough time to create one of the two landscape pictures.

Contact Sheets

Contact Sheet for Portraits -This contact sheet took me forever to create. I spent a lot of time trying to find the correct settings, and the best settings turned out to be

Aperture: 8
Time: 14
Filter: 2

Contact Sheet for Still Life -

This contact sheet didn't take too long to find the correct settings to.
Aperture:11
Time: 22Filter: NO FILTER

(Contact Sheet) Contact Sheet for Landscape -
I was running out of time, and luckily I found the corredt settings pretty fast.
Aperture:
Time:
Filter:

Portraits (Test-Strips and Final Prints)

Hard Light

The settings for this print was:
Aperture: 8
Time: 11Filter: 2
This is a picture of Faith and it was easy to say that the picture turned out way too dark. I had a lot of trouble with this picture. The picture turned out either too grey, or too dark. I decided to try with another filter and less time and so then I found the correct settings for the final print.

This print is an example of hard light because you can see the shadows on her face and you see a clear border between the light and the shadows. The settings for this print was:
Aperture: 8
Time: 8

Filter: 5

Soft Light

This test-strip of Almu turned out to be too grey.
The settings are:
Aperture: 4
Time (from bottom to top): 4,6,8,10

Filter: NO FILTER

For the final print I decided to put in a filter, and then less time.

This print is a example of Soft Ligh

t because the shadows aren't so hard and the light looks very natural. The settings from the test trip turned out to be pretty grey, so I added a filter of 5 and used less time. The settings are:
Aperture: 4
Time: 2.5
Filter: 5

Still Life (Test-Strips and Final Prints)

The settings for this print didn't take too long. The settings are:
Aperture: 11
Time: (from bottom to top): 40, 42, 44, 46

Filter: 3

For the final print I decided to add more time becasue this test-strip was still a bit too grey.

This picture is an example of soft light because the picture is lighter and 

not that dark. 

After a few changes of the settings from the test-strip, I found the correct settings for the final print which are:
Aperture: 11
Time: 50
Filter: 3

("Mama's Porcelaine" September, 2008)

The settings for this print was pretty similar to the settings of the picture above, so I used the sam

e settings only I used less time. The settings are:
Aperture: 11
Time: 13
Filter: 3

This is a picture of hard light because

 the picture is pretty dark and you can clearly see the shadows in the back ground.

Landscape (Test-Strips and Final Print)

The settings for this print are:

Aperture:
Time (from bottom to top): 14, 16, 18, 20
Filter:

(Landcape print)
This print is an example of soft light because there aren't any edgy shadows and the light is soft and natural. Unfortunately though, this is my only print for landscape and it took me some time to find the correct settings. The only change I made from the settings of the test strip was to use less time. The settings are:
Aperture:
Time: 11

Filter:

The setting for these prints are:

Time: 11 seconds

Aperture: 11

No filter was used.

This contact sheet had a time of 12 seconds

Aperture was 11 and no filter was used