Granny Re-touch

I got a picture of an old man off google, duplicated the layer, used the clone stamp to get rid of all the wrinkles, lowered the opacity, added an extra layer, made his eyes blue. Also I used the liquify effect and made his eyes, ears, mouth and nose smaller. Lastly I tried to get rid of the skin flabs under his chin.

Journal #7

Montage

Journal #6

Edited Picture's

Aperture Settings

Mitchel Drake 

This is the aperture settings assignment. The first picture is of Domonic buying a Chocolate milk, with an aperture of F6, The second picture is of the water fountain out of focus with an aperture of F4, The last picture is Domo leaning on a wall with an aperture of F8.

Aperture Controls

 

Questions: Aperture Controls                                                                   Mitchel Drake

1. What type of aperture setting (f number) is needed for a large group shot where people are

near to the camera and far? - You should use a F/11 and have a smaller aperture.

2. What type of setting would be used if you want to focus in on one single person and the rest

of the picture can be out of focus? - wider aperture, F/4 and Depth of field would be used. -

3. If you set your camera to Aperture Priority what does your camera automatically calculate

and set for you ? - You chose the F stop and the camera automatically sets the shutter speed to keep the exposer pace with whatever F stop you have chosen.

4. Why do aperture setting jump up numbers (Ex: F1.4, f2, f2.8, f4) instead of going up in a

logical way (ex: f1, f2, f3 ect..) ? - The bigger the opening, meaning lots of light coming in, the higher the number, Your hole lens is quite small.

5. How much more light enters the camera when you go from a setting of f16 to f11?

- you actually double the light coming into the aperture.

6. In Aperture Priority mode if you change from a setting of f8 to f11 will you shutter speed get

longer or shorter? - Your shutter speed will get longer, this is because the hole is smaller and less light gets into it, taking longer to take the picture.

Framing

 Picture #1- Building framing

Picture #2- Human Framing

Picture #3- Human framing/ D.O.F front

Picture #4- Human framing/ D.O.F back

Shutter Speed Assignment

This is a picture of lightpainting using my ipod in a dark room.

Born in brothels

 

Part A - Answer the following questions:                                                                    Mitchel Drake

1.What did Zana describe as the reason for giving the cameras to the children in the beginning of the documentary, i.e.: why didn't she just take the photographs herself?

• Giving the children camera's made it different, It wasn't her taking pictures of things she thought was important she gave the kids the camera's. They know more about where they live and it can express their creativity, and it makes it that much better.

2.Why is the photographer's point of view or unique voice part of what we consider when we talk about pictures? Can't we simply judge all pictures by the same criteria of good and bad regardless of who took them?

- You can't judge pictures by good and bad depending on how pretty they look, you need to understand the pictures, everyone has different, unique styles, maybe you just don't understand the pictures one photographer puts out.

3. Reflect on what Avijit first says about painting: “I like to draw pictures because I want to express what’s on my mind…I want to put my thoughts into colours.” What does this tell us about him?

-I think Avijit has creativity and he could become a photographer because he could get alot of money off of that and it could help him and his family.

4. Throughout this lesson, the term ‘personal expression’ is used to refer to art, sports, writing, and other activities. How would you define personal expression? How are photography, painting and writing forms of personal expression?

-I would define personal expression as the things you do, and the way you act and the way you express yourself to others, that could include things you like/dislike, your beliefs ect.

5. How can art (personal expression) serve as a means of educating others about a particular issue?

-Art can show people how bad some issues can be, it could be a natural disaster or even pictures of a third world country. They don't have to witness it firsthand they can just look at the picture and understand.

Pinhole photography

This is supposed to be a picture of a stop sign. It was  pretty nice out that day and i opened the box for about 15-20 seconds. The picture is overexposed, and the white blob is supposed to be the stop sign. The black blob is the flap that didn't go up all the way. This is the picture that turned out the best out of 3.

Getting to know your style

Dan Jurak's Landscape Photography

I like the picture of the hay bails because it has nice, warm colours. Also it is very clear and simple, I don't think it has meaning behind it, but it is a nice picture