Landscape shot. Personaly my best shot of the day. when i seen this view i new i had to take a photograph. this photograph was edited using lightroom. I only croped and changed the sepia slightly to give that tone and shaddow.
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Saturday, 19 December 2009
lake district Perspective
This shot is one of my favourite shots of the day. I went on a trip with uni and had a great time with my group. This photograph has lots of colours and is surreal. I was taking pictures all day looking through the view finder and thought to try different composition.
Friday, 18 December 2009
Ragamuffins (Lead singer)
lead singer
Originally uploaded by ryry_photo
Originally uploaded by ryry_photo
This is the lead singer of a band called Ragamuffins. This shot i think is great because it is high key and has lot of detail. on the day of this shoot i was nervous because i was thinking everything i have been tought by john and andrew need to be used. i had to think about the systems and processes unit and see what lighting sooted the band. I got told about this opportunity in the digital darkroom when i was with katy. A lad who was organising the band asked and the class if there was a student who could photograph the band. I looked round and other students looked surprised. I couldn't refuse not to.
Original
I Gave three disks to the band. the 1st disk was the original photographs. The second disk was my edited version, i edited the photographs by just cropping and changing the exposure slightly. i felt when editing my photographs that they might not like my way of photography and thought about doing photographs they would like and then editing them in my own style. The Edited photograph at the start of this page is my style i feel and i think the editing works very well with this shot. I thought about making a 3rd disk with my style of editing and i feel my way looked a lot better.
This is the first edit i done and not much change witch i feel the band wanted.
This is the 2nd edit and this on my screen doesn't look that good but i think it looks alot more interesting than the one above.
Objects -Macro (Cricket)
This is my macro photograph. I shot this at home using my canon 40d with a standerd 50mm lens and had a macro extention. I dont think the macro extention isnt that good because it doesnt give you the full focus i was after and i thing next time i photograph in macro i will use a macro lens.
Old photographs i done with macro.
Objects - Close up (Flower)
Close up photography. This shot was taken using a soft box to the right looking down at the subject. It was taken on a canon 40d with a 17-55mm lens and had a extension attachment.
Monday, 14 December 2009
Saturday, 12 December 2009
More photographers that influence me
Abbas
I first started to look at Abbas when i seen photographs of Mohammed Ali. I bought a Dvd called Muhammad Ali the Legend and it made me think about who it was that taken Muhammad Alis photographs. i done some research and found they's images. Abbas is a great photographer because i feel captures moments in time not many photographers can achieve.
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1260637104/ref=a9_sc_1?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=muhammad%20ali%20the%20legend%20dvd
AIRE. Kinshasa. 1974. Muhammad ALI during training.
More of Abbas work:
RAN. Tehran. 1997. Iranian film director Abbas KIAROSTAMI on the hills surrounding the capital, where his film "Taste of Cherry", which was co-awarded the Golden Palm in Cannes 1997, was shot.
I first started to look at Abbas when i seen photographs of Mohammed Ali. I bought a Dvd called Muhammad Ali the Legend and it made me think about who it was that taken Muhammad Alis photographs. i done some research and found they's images. Abbas is a great photographer because i feel captures moments in time not many photographers can achieve.
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1260637104/ref=a9_sc_1?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=muhammad%20ali%20the%20legend%20dvd
AIRE. Kinshasa. 1974. Muhammad ALI during training.
ZAIRE. Kinshasa. Boxer Muhammad ALI avoids a punch by George FOREMAN during the World Heavyweight Championship. ALI won by K.O. October 30th, 1974.
More of Abbas work:
RAN. Tehran. 1997. Iranian film director Abbas KIAROSTAMI on the hills surrounding the capital, where his film "Taste of Cherry", which was co-awarded the Golden Palm in Cannes 1997, was shot.
IRAQ. Baghdad. Shia militants demonstrate against the occupation of their country by US armed forces.
South Vietnam. Near My Tho. 1973. The body of a VIETCONG (North Vietnamese guerilla army) is exhibited on a road controlled by the South Vietnamese Army.
Monday, 7 December 2009
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Slow shutter and fast shutter speeds.
This is a example of a slow shutter speed i found on the internet.
Shutter
The shutter is what determines the duration the sensor is exposed to the light. Changing the aperture on the camera opens and closes the lens.
Example:
Shutter
The shutter is what determines the duration the sensor is exposed to the light. Changing the aperture on the camera opens and closes the lens.
Example:
Researching slow shutter speed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed
Here are a few examples of my old photographs taken with a slow shutter speed.
Researching rast shutter speedhttp://www.ephotozine.com/article/Camera-Shutter-Speeds-explained-4794
more examples of fast shutter speeds i have found from internet.
More Examples of my earlier work taken on a fast shutter speed.
Photographers i have been looking at.
Gavin Parry is another photographer i have been looking at lately only because my personal management teacher (Katy Sugett) told me about him. I c`n relate to this photographer because i feel that the work i do is similar or if not similar then work i like and want to become better at.
http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/~gavin/parry_site/master.htm
Here is some of Gavin Parrys photography
Raghu Rai.
Raghu Rai is a indian photographer and i am new to his work but because i am interested in photojournalism i feel that Raghu Rai has some powerful images imaginable. This thing i like about this photographer is how attached he is to his work. I think being a photojournalist you have to put you personal life and your photography side to different sides and when taking powerful and disturbing photographs you need to because i think it could do you some damage.
http://www.noorderlicht.com/eng/fest03/global/rai/index.html
Work by Raghu Rai
What i find so good about Raghu Rai's work is the detail and again the composition. I admire him for taking these powerful images and showing us what goes on and what has gone on in are world.
The photographs below were taken in 1984 and is the 25 anniversary of the Bhopal disaster.
http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/~gavin/parry_site/master.htm
Here is some of Gavin Parrys photography
I have always been fascinated and interested in a laundrettes because of how old they look. I am thinking on doing a project my self and photographing different laundrettes in the area. I think that would be a good project to do.
I think this photograph is such a good portrait.
it has a feel to it i cant explain. i like the way the composition is and how old the room is to go with how old the man is.
What i like about this photographer is all the colour in the photograph and the oldness to.
I think what makes this photograph work is the busyness and the person in the centre of the image.
Raghu Rai.
Raghu Rai is a indian photographer and i am new to his work but because i am interested in photojournalism i feel that Raghu Rai has some powerful images imaginable. This thing i like about this photographer is how attached he is to his work. I think being a photojournalist you have to put you personal life and your photography side to different sides and when taking powerful and disturbing photographs you need to because i think it could do you some damage.
http://www.noorderlicht.com/eng/fest03/global/rai/index.html
Work by Raghu Rai
What i find so good about Raghu Rai's work is the detail and again the composition. I admire him for taking these powerful images and showing us what goes on and what has gone on in are world.
The photographs below were taken in 1984 and is the 25 anniversary of the Bhopal disaster.
Raghu Rai
INDIA. Bhopal. 2002. Mohammed ARIF has pulmonary fibrosis due to the toxic gas, a condition that can only be cured by replacing the lungs
Raghu Rai
Raghu Rai
INDIA. Bhopal. 2002. Muhammed AZIZ returns to the cemetery where 4.000 people were buried in the first days of the 1984 disaster.
Raghu Rai
1984
INDIA. Bhopal. 1984. Burial of an unknown child
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Resources
I seen this camera in the streets of Barcelona and wanted it ever since.
I thought it would be a good idea to put this type of post on my blogger so i can keep coming back to it.
What makes the FM3A better than the handful of other high-grade mostly-manual 35mm SLRs still in production is that it taps into the extremely popular Nikon autofocus lens system. Thus you can indulge your Luddite tendencies while still being able to purchase the most modern lens designs at mass-market prices.
The righting above was found on i site called http://photo.net/equipment/nikon/fm3a on this link it gives you more information about the camera.
More resources i like to have are Pod casts. I think they are great for me as a photographer. Pod casts give you information by showing you slide shows of work, from movies to slide shots up to photographers getting interviewed. They show lots of different types of photographers like my favourite photographers Stuart Franklin, Martin Parr, Michael Wolf, Abbas and lots more. Podcasts have given me lots of ideas and inspiration.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Transforming image
Andrew and I went in the studio and took a photograph of my good self.. I used photoshop to changed the image slightly.
Original image
left side to left side of face.
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High key lighting research
Research
key lighting is the first and usually most important light that a photographer, cinematographer, or other scene composer will use in a lighting setup. The purpose of the key light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject. The key light is not a rigid requirement; omitting the key light can result in a silhouette effect. Many key lights may be placed in a scene to illuminate a moving subject at opportune moments.
http://www.filmschooldirect.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_cinematography.htm
http://www.filmschooldirect.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_cinematography.htm
key lighting is the first and usually most important light that a photographer, cinematographer, or other scene composer will use in a lighting setup. The purpose of the key light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject. The key light is not a rigid requirement; omitting the key light can result in a silhouette effect. Many key lights may be placed in a scene to illuminate a moving subject at opportune moments.
http://www.filmschooldirect.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_cinematography.htm
This link is were my research was from.
Photographic images can vary in overall brightness, which is used to support the underlying emotion of the scene. High-key lighting means an overall brighter picture, while low-keylighting means an overall darker picture. Mid-key lighting falls in the middle, yielding average brightness.
The dramatic content of the scene dictates its brightness. Generally, you will find that high-key lighting is favored for upbeat scenes, and low-key lighting is the choice for slow or taut dramatic action.
Although high-key and low-key refer to a picture's overall brightness, parts of the frame can be illuminated differently to affect attention or composition. For example, parts of a low-key image can be brightened to facilitate perception, while parts of a high-key image can be darkened to create a more interesting composition.
http://www.filmschooldirect.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_cinematography.htm
Studio photography unit 1 Systems & Processes lighting techniques
Using a pineapple i used a technique called 45%45.
All of the shots for 45%45% lighting were shot on the same settings but at different light modifiers, angles and composition.
45%45
Using 45%45% lighting i used a honeycomb at a 45-45 degree angle.
At that angle it gives a shadow to the right side of the subject. In this case it was a pineapple.
At that angle it gives a shadow to the right side of the subject. In this case it was a pineapple.
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 9.5
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 47mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 9.5
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 57mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 9.5
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 53mm
High key
I found photographing in high key lighting wasn't that good because you dont get much detail. Personally photographing an object like this one, i much prefer low key because it shows more detail and gives off a warmer colour.
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/180
Focal length 54mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/180
Focal length 54mm
Low key
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 4.5
Shutter speed 1/500
Focal length 53mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/500
Focal length 54mm
Back light
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 4.5
Shutter speed 1/180
Focal length 54mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 4.5
Shutter speed 1/180
Focal length 54mm
Top light
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/60
Focal length 54mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/60
Focal length 50mm
(Green Bottle)
Honeycomb
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 20mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 20mm
Soft box
Example
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 8.0
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 20mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 8.0
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 20mm
Beauty dish
Example
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 54mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 54mm
Umbrella
Example
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 54mm
Canon eos 40d
17-85mm lens
ISO 200
F-stop 5.6
Shutter speed 1/125
Focal length 54mm
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