Thursday, 27 September 2012

Thomas Joshua Cooper

Thomas Joshua Cooper


Thomas Joshua Cooper is an American photographer of Cherokee descent. He is considered amongst the premier contemporary landscape photographers. Cooper received his bachelor’s degree from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California in 1969



The two images above are from The Worlds Edge- The Atlantic Basin Project. 




My thoughts.

The image above, The snake river is probably one of my favorites although I have to say I struggled getting any inspiration from any of his images, they were to flat and lacked content, maybe i`m not looking deep enough, if his images were meant to inspire i`m changing my preferred genre!

Sean wareing 2012.

Aperture

 Changing the aperture also adjusts the depth of field.
                                                                              f2.8



                                                f9.0                                                        f7.0


                                                                              f2.8


                                                                              f7.0                


                                                f2.8                                                      f9.0
                   
                                                                              f2.8

Shutter speed

Shutter speed in college assignment



This assignment concentrates on shutter speed, the following image demonstrates a long shutter speed in this case 1/13 sec @f32 iso 400.




Shutter speed is the length of time the sensor or film medium is exposed to an image measured in seconds for example 1 second, 1/100, 1/1000th.

Definition of depth of field


Definition of depth of field

In optics, particularly as it relates to film and PHOTOGRAPHY, depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image. Although a lens can precisely focus at only one distance at a time, the decrease in sharpness is gradual on each side of the focused distance, so that within the DOF, the unsharpness is imperceptible under normal viewing conditions.
In some cases, it may be desirable to have the entire image sharp, and a large DOF is appropriate. In other cases, a small DOF may be more effective, emphasizing the subject while de-emphasizing the foreground and background. In cinimatography a large DOF is often called deep focus, and a small DOF is often called shallow focus.
Affecting DOF are camera-to-subject distance, lens focal length, selected lens f number, format size, and circle of confusion criterion. The combination of focal length, subject distance, and format size defines magnification at the film / sensor plane.
DOF is determined by subject magnification at the film / sensor plane and the selected lens aperture or f-number. For a given f-number, increasing the magnification, either by moving closer to the subject or using a lens of greater focal length, decreases the DOF; decreasing magnification increases DOF. For a given subject magnification, increasing the f-number (decreasing the aperture diameter) increases the DOF; decreasing f-number decreases DOF.
When the “same picture” is taken in two different format sizes from the same distance at the same f-number with lenses that give the same angle of view, and the final images (e.g., in prints, or on a projection screen or electronic display) are the same size, the smaller format has greater DOF.
Many small-format digital SLR camera systems allow using many of the same lenses on both full-frame and “cropped format” cameras. If, for the same focal length setting, the subject distance is adjusted to provide the same field of view at the subject, at the same f-number and final-image size, the smaller format has greater DOF, as with the “same picture” comparison above. If pictures are taken from the same distance using the same f-number, same focal length, and the final images are the same size, the smaller format has less DOF. If pictures taken from the same subject distance using the same focal length, are given the same enlargement, both final images will have the same DOF. The final images will, of course, have different sizes.
Cropping an image and enlarging to the same size final image as an uncropped image taken under the same conditions is equivalent to using a smaller format under the same conditions, so the cropped image has less DOF.
When focus is set to the hyperfocal distance, the DOF extends from half the hyperfocal distance to infinity, and the DOF is the largest possible for a given f-number.
The advent of digital technology in photography has provided additional means of controlling the extent of image sharpness; some methods allow extended DOF that would be impossible with traditional techniques, and some allow the DOF to be determined after the image is made.

Ways of seeing

Ways of seeing.


John Berger quoted " what you see is different from Knowledge ". Meaning there can be different interpretations of an image. A typical example is an image by William Eggleston.







The above example throws up many questions for example, where is it? is this an older or younger persons meal? where is he or she? etc.



The following images are my attempt to throw up questions hopefully.










Sean Wareing 2012

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Location photography


Location photography











Not my best but probably one of my favorite landscape images. I call this Lost because its suppose to be from the point of view of someone lost in the forest, being disorientated and frightened maybe.

Location photography


Location photography



Location photography encompasses a huge amount of possibilities, breaking it down to individual sections enables us to understand it better for example:

Sports=football=stadium=players=manager=training=crowd=etc.

Landscape=mountains=rivers=weather=trees=forests=wildlife=animals=etc.






Having the knowledge helps you treat every scene differently, breaking it down into smaller chunks giving a different perspective and seeing the not so obvious as a subject to shoot. I`ve included a few images from todays lesson.

Sean Wareing 2012




Classroom With Sian

Another great day at college, did a presentation on Ansel Adams an outstanding American photographer of his time. We also learned about other influential photographers such as Gregory Crewdson and Lee Freidlander. We also created our own Bloggs to document our findings and to act as a continuous diary and reference of what we do and learn throughout the course.

Sean Wareing.

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson on location in Pittsfield, MA July 25, 2007
Born September 26, 1962 (age 49)
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Field Photography
Training Yale University

Gregory Crewdson manipulates environments or creates fictitious, staged  environments indoors and out below are a few examples of his work.


Untitled







Untitled (from the Twilight series), 1999. Chromogenic print, edition 8/10, 50 x 60 inches (127 x 152.4 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,Purchased with funds contributed by the Young Collectors Council  2000.92. © 1999 Gregory Crewdson

I find Crewdsons work quite impressive, although I wonder why he doesn't concentrate his efforts on movie production it seems a lot of work, time and money to produce just an image or a series of images.

Sean Wareing 2012








Ansel Adams

A photo of a bearded Ansel Adams with a camera on a tripod and a light meter in his hand.  Adams is wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt, and the open shirt collar is spread over the lapel of his jacket.  He is holding a cable release for the camera, and there is a rocky hillside behind him.  The photo was taken by J. Malcolm Greany, probably in 1947.
Born Ansel Easton Adams
February 20, 1902
San Francisco, California,
United States
Died April 22, 1984 (aged 82)
Monterey, California
Nationality American
Education Private and home
Occupation Photographer and Conservationist
Influenced by Paul Strand, Edward Weston
Spouse Virginia Rose Best
Children 2
Parents Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray Adams
Ansel Adams was a renowned landscape photographer born in 1902 in Sanfrancisco to wealthy parents. At the age of 8 his parents bought him his first camera, The Box Brownie, later on in life he took images of the American mid west in at the Yosemite National Park, by this time he had moved on to large format cameras set on a tripod. He was very influential in the development of photography and cameras. The image below is one of his most famous called Moonrise at Hernandez in the New Mexico desert shot in 1941. Adams lead a successful career right up until his death in 1984.Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico by Ansel Adams

 






Photograph by Ansel Adams


Portrait of Ansel Adams by Mimi Jacobs
"Sometimes I do get to places
just when God's ready to have
somebody click the shutter."
 - Ansel Adams-

My Thoughts

Ansel Adams is my kind of photographer, I personally like black and white landscape images, it gives more mood and contrast to an image, sometimes colour in certain cases can seem cluttered an to many distractions.

Sean Wareing 2012



Depth of field assignment images

Depth of field home assignment.



Just a quick "Blogg" to share my first images from the first week of the L3 photography
course.











The first exercise concentrated on depth of field at a wide aperture of f2.8 @ 74mm focal length. Canon Rebel T1i (500d)