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.