Update: November 2014

Its been awhile since I have posted anything. A new school year has began and this year I am a grade 10 photography major. I am working on progressing my film photography.
*Cassidy H* 

Cross Processing

Cross Processing: A chemical solution intended for a different type of film.

I find these photos really creative. The top and bottom pictures are very beautiful and the middle picture is really cool.
I would use this technique to do portraites with crazy hair and makeup!!

film scans and questions

My favorite: The bottom picture.

What I like best about the bottom picture is that the texture makes up the face and the whole image.

In the top picture the leafs are mostly noticeable but in the bottom the whole picture shows and the texture is spread evenly across.

I have lots of pictures in my contact sheet that went wrong. A lot of them were just to dark so I would make sure my exposure is perfect.

Overall the project was really fun! I enjoyed doing it even though it took more then 1 try to get thing right.

Vancouver favroites

Double Exposure Examples.

 I like this because it shows 2 different stories.

 I like this because it shows the story behind a normal person.

Photo Essay

Here are my photo essay pictures.

Lens's

What is a prime lens? A lens with only one focal length.
What is a zoom lens? Has a range of focal lengths.
When looking through a telephoto lens does the object appear closer of farther? Closer.
When would you use a wide angle lens? When photographing scenery (panoramic feel) or wide objects.
When would you use a macro lens? When photographing very close up.
If you want a macro effect but do not have a macro lens, what do you use? Turn your lens backwards. Must be on manual, adjust shutter speed.




Best situation to use lens:
Sigma Superwide- Landscape


24mm- No zoom used for wide angle.


50mm- What our eyes see- Anytime, low light situations.


60mm macro- Close up - bugs, flowers


85mm- Close up- Portraits


Lensbaby lens-  Creative, interesting photography


80-200 telephoto lens - Close up- sporting events, spying.

Essay

Cassidy Hoflin

Deforestation

Right now in the world, we have a huge deforestation problem.

Our forests are disappearing and animals are dying because we are ruining their habitat. In the last 50 years 15% of the Amazon Rainforest has disappeared because of us. Imagine in 100 years!

1.6 billion people worldwide rely on the forest, that’s why we need to be super careful with how we use it and what we use it for. You can be a part of saving the wildlife, our forests and potentially the human race, you can protest against future plans in your community, start a petition and simply just educate yourself because if we all know what’s happening we will be aware. Take the time to get educated to stand up for our forests and environment because we are the only ones that can save them.

Photo Essay Planning

What is your environmental concern? My environmental concern is about killing our forestry.

Why is it important to you? This is important to me because everywhere I go I see construction. For example they wanted to completely remodel Brookswood, Brookswood is surrounded my trees and forests.


List 5 ways this negatively effects the environment?
                                              -Trees are our oxygen source.
                                              - All of our wildlife that WE eat are depend on the forest.
                                              -1.6 billion people rely on sources the forests offer, we will
                                                 run out of resources.
                                              -Some 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year,
                                                 equivalent to 36 football fields each minute.
                                             -The amazon has lost around 17% of there forest in the last 50 years
                                                 imagine in 100.
https://worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation


List 5 ways this negatively effects animals?
                                -Loss of habitat
                                -Nowhere to hide from predators.
                                -Will not know how to survive without their natural habitat.
                                - Will force all animals into a close space.
                                -Can not hunt well.

Snow Day Contact Sheet

Photoshop layers questions

How do I create a new layer? Click the folded page button in the right corner of photoshop.

How do I rename a layer? Click the lock button on the side of the layer or just click the name once and re name it.

How do I convert a locked layer into a regular layer? Rename the layer.

How do I duplicate a layer? Right click on layer then click duplicate.

How do I move a layer up or down on the layer bar? Click and drag.

How do I select multiple layers at once? Shift and then click them.

Idris Khan

Idris Khan's photography was inspired by Bernd & Hilla Bechr.

He adds multiple pictures and layers ontop of each other.

I love his photography because it looks very intresting and detailed.

Bernd & Hilla Becher

Bernd & Hilla Bechr's photography style is.. you could call it progression? They take pictures of the same thing but all over europe and the world. For example diffrent water towers.

I do not prefer this type of work but I like the fact that it sort of shows diffrent cultures, The way diffrent people look at buildings ect...

Cat Layers Collage

This layers project I am very proud of! I loved doing this project it was very fun but also difficult at the same time.

Edward Burtynsky

This photograph has big significance on the world. It shows the frown behind the smile. It represents that our world might not be as 'beautiful' as we think.

Edward Burtynsky photographs landscape of leading issues the world has. I personally do not like Edward's photos but i love the idea he has to bring attention to our issues.

I can take action to help our world by paying more attention to recycling properly.

Vocab

Aperture/ F-stop: Diffrent lengths of time and light that hit the camera.

Aperture Priority- You choose the aperture and Shutter speed and everything else adjusts itself.

Ambient light-Lighting from a room.

Artificial light-Man made light.

Asa/Iso speed film- How fast the film reacts to light.

Bracket-Taking several pictures of the same thing with the same setting.

Depth of field: The backround in a picture.( Range of diffrence)

Exposure triangle: Three major componints while taking aperture pictures. Thwy all come together.(Shutter, aperture, ISO)

How to control depth of field- Use the F-stops.

Light meter- Reacts to light in a photo and measures it.

Short depth of field

 

Medium depth of field-

 

long depth of field

 

 

 

Unusual focus-

ambient light-

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is an American photographer. She specalizes in self portraits. I really like her style because it shows so many diffrent charecters. It shows you can be somebody else. She models all of her pictures and photographs the,. I think that is a really special thing to be able to do. Cindy also does not name her photographs because she wants you to have your own perspective of what the picutres about. I think that is a great idea. I absolutly love her photographs. She is an amazing photographer.

Famous Photographer Fridays- Chuck Close

Today I found out about  a very cool and amazing photographer. He is an american photographer and painter. He is paralized but that does not stop him from persuing his career.
I love that he shows the underneath of people. Not the 10lbs of makeup celebritys and normal people cake on there face. "No makeup or hair or wardrobe, Just pick something thats, you"
It is quite fantastic!

Panorama

I love this! It was a really fun project. This consisted of many pictures now all 1.

Hockney Photography

Here is my own David Hockney masterpiece!
This project was quite frusterating but in the end I think my photo(s) turned out well. :)

David Hockney

We have now movied onto Hockney Photography.
Here are 2 examples. 

I like these photos because of the shape. I like how they are not to deformed.

2013 photo journalism

2013 PHOTO

Shooting

I chose this picture because it captures real life. The little girl looks scared and a man is willing to help her into safety. You don’t think of somebody taking a picture like this during real time and a real shooting. The photographer risked his life. You can see people hiding and I think it’s a real photo.

 

Fire.

I like the lines in the picture and how they draw you into the scene. I love the detail in this picture. I think this picture shows how lucky the family should be that they’re house didn’t get burnt down. I also love the colors.

 

Painting with light

Exparemint

 

 

toward Camera-

 

 

Toward object-

Shutter speed

Blurred motion-

 

 

Freezing motion-

 

 panning-