Hello Aspiring Young Photographers
This little blog is designed to be a valuable resource to begin your journey into the fascinating world of photography. Every week this blog will recap the important ideas covered in class, give you tid bits of info, fun facts and links to lead you to resources that will help to inspire your own creativity and build on your base knowledge.

In week one we briefly explored the history of photography from the ancient origins of the Camera Obscura to the first modern Kodak Brownie Box roll film camera in 1901.
We looked at the Exposure Triangle and discussed the role and relationship of each element.





Important to Remember:

• Aperture is the widow of the lens. The bigger the window the more light can hit the image sensor. The wider your window the shallower the Depth of Field in your image. The aperture is measured in a series of F-stops and the higher the number the smaller the aperture.
• Shutter Speed works with the Aperture to allow light into the camera sensor. It controls the amount of time the light is allowed to expose image to the sensor. If you are taking photos in low light you will need a slower shutter speed but this is risky as it heightens the chance that your image will blur.
• ISO or ASA as labeled on our cameras refers to the light sensitivity of the camera's sensor. You always set your ISO to the same speed as your film. In our case 400. If it is too high your image will have a lot of "noise" and appear grainy. 

 


 Image attributed to Flickr.com
 
 

 



Here are the links to the films we watched in class. Check them out, there might be one your class didn't get to see:

-The Daguerreotype: Photographic Processes 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmm90yhhuJM

 

-The History of the Kodak Brownie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4qXLLb9yi0

 

-A Brief History of Photography: Innovations in Chemistry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh42xZQL6-k

 

 

The Masters of Photography

 Sunday Copyright Henri Cartier-Bresson The two famous Photographers that were mentioned in class: Nadar, born Gaspard-Félix Tournachon and Henri Cartier-Bresson both French and both pioneers in the field. Nadar specialised in Portraiture photography where he tried to capture his subject's moral personality rather than beauty, shot in a studio setting. His contemporary Bresson was concerned with capturing the human spirit in day to day life. Bresson is one of the founding fathers of modern photojournalism. Sarah Berhardt Copyright Nadar   

You were asked to consider: 

The difference between colour and black and white. When selecting a style and beginning your design process it is imperative that you take into consideration the medium of black and white photography. This will mean careful consideration of light and texture in your compositions. And never fear colour can be the major focus of your digital works next term if you have a passion for it.






Consider these two pictures. The same image but with very different effects
.Photo from TikPix.org