Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Digital Camera Check List

• Aperture
• Shutterspeed
• ISO
• Turn on camera
• Insert SD card
• Charging battery
• Reading Meter
• Program set manual
• Focus (1) Program focus points (2) Use auto focus
• Shoot in Raw file format
• White balance set either AWB or Daylight (If outside)
• Don't drop camera
• Reviewing images / deleting images

7 scenes with 5 bracketed of each scene (Total of 35 frames)

Normal  F11
+1          F8
+2          F5.6
-1           F16
-2           F22

Shutter speed 125 or faster adjust ISO accordingly

MIDTERM FALL 2016

MEMORIZE APERTURES
2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22

MEMORIZE SHUTTERSPEEDS
1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000

EQUIVELENT APERTURE AND SHUTTER SPEED QUESTION
If the aperture is 11 at shutter speed 125 and you change the aperture to 22 what will be your shutter speed if you want an equivalent exposure? ANSWER SHUTTER SPEED 30

If the shutter speed is 125 and aperture 16 and I change the shutter speed to 1000 what will be my aperture?  ANSWER 5.6

• What controls the amount light that exposes film or your sensor? APERTURE
• What controls the amount of time that light exposes your film or sensor? SHUTTER SPEED
• What camera feature measures the intensity of light present in the scene? METER
• Film or sensor's sensitivity to light? FILM SPEED / ISO
• As ISO number becomes larger what are the consequences? MORE GRAIN AND MORE SENSITIVE TO LIGHT

• Chemicals in the darkroom: 
1st tray developer reveals the image 
2nd tray STOP BATH halts development 
3rd tray FIXER makes image light resistant and permanent
4th tray WATER BATH removes remaining fixer and becomes archival

• Add light to print to make a section darker? BURNING
• Subtract or block light to make a section lighter? DODGING
• Contrast filters which direction in number increases or decreases contrast? Filter 1 will decrease vs Filter 5 increase contrast

• Camera Types 1) RANGEFINDER 2) SLR single lens reflix 3) Medium format camera (Hasselblad) 4) Large Format View Camera or Field Camera

LENS QUESTIONS
 Prime lens focal length fixed
• Zoom lens multiple focal lengths

• WIDE ANGLE LENS 1) Allows more of the scene to be in the photograph 2) 35mm or full frame camera 35MM-20mm
• NORMAL LENS  approximates how humans see things and 35mm or full frame camera focal is 50mm
• TELEPHOTO 35mm or full frame is 70 mm to 500 mm magnifies what you are photographing great for sports or wild photography

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Image Design

Shoot one role of film using this list composition terms.  Contact sheet will be evaluated on if multiple design ideas have been used.   See list below:

Shape
Line
Balance
Rule of thirds
Simplicity
Shadow
Leading Lines
Focal point
Repitition
Framing
Foreground background