ROBERT ADAMS (RESEARCH)

ROBERT ADAMS

Robert Adams is a American photographer who focused around 50 years of his life photographing the changing landscapes of the America West.

In 1962 he moved back to Colorado and began teaching English at the Colorado college in Colorado springs. Adams used a 35mm reflex camera to take his images mainly of nature and architecture.

I personally like his work as i like images that are simple and straight to the point. I like the way he has decided to use a large focal view to show the backgrounds of the images as well as the objects allowing the eye to trail off around the whole frame.

Information sourced from Wikipedia  

A WET AND WINDY DAY IN MANCHESTER

A WET AND WINDY DAY IN MANCHESTER.

Today we went to Manchester City Center to try our hands at street photography. I struggled at first due to not having my Canon and having to use a Nikon instead it felt like i was handling a Alien object. 

The weather was cold, windy and very wet but the best weather for taking images. Even thought i had to leave early i really enjoyed the day and i loved taking images of people.

On the above image as the woman in the image was standing still i decided to use a slightly slower shutter speed to the other images that i took to allow the woman to stand out from a blurred background.

I loved taking images of people and not many people seem to mind we had one man who got angry and a few people who give you dirty looks, as well as those who hide under there umbrella of move out of your way but a few actually enjoyed having their image took.

I would prefer to change my images to black and white as i believe that the colors catch the eye a bit to much. I did try to use a slower shutter speed for a few of the images but my first image was the best one. 

Below are a few images of some the people in our group.

  

WHITE BALANCE

WHITE BALANCE.

White balance is one of the most important functions that are included on a digital camera. It allows the user to be able to shoot in a variety of lighting conditions without using filters. White balance is a digital camera setting that allows the colors within the image to appear accurately. White balance gets its name because if a image has the correct white balance things that are white in the actual image will appear white and others colors also appear in their correct format as well such as blacks and grays.

The white balance controls give off a different color light within the image due to the lighting. White balance is measured in Kelvin here is a table showing roughly the amount of Kelvin that is used for each different lighting setting.

Color Temperature	Light Source
1000-2000 K	Candlelight
2500-3500 K	Tungsten Bulb (household variety)
3000-4000 K	Sunrise/Sunset (clear sky)
4000-5000 K	Fluorescent Lamps
5000-5500 K	Electronic Flash
5000-6500 K	Daylight with Clear Sky (sun overhead)
6500-8000 K	Moderately Overcast Sky
9000-10000 K	Shade or Heavily Overcast Sky

    

These days most digital cameras come preset with custom white balance setting that allow the users to be able to set the white balance easily.

Below are some images that i have taken in order to show some of the white balance settings. 

The above image was taken using the white balance setting of shady ( approx 6000k ). I prefer this image because it gives the more correct view of the object that is being photographed, by the colors and backgrounds.

The above image was taken using the white balance function trugsten ( approx 3200k ). This setting gives a blue tint to the background of the image. I do not like this effect because the blues stand out to much throwing the rest of the image off so the image does not look natural.

The above image was shoot using the white balance white fluorescent light (approx 4000k).

This setting shows more of the reds while looking more natural than the trugsten setting it does still not look natural.

Of the setting i prefer the natural settings such as daylight and shade, because these show the more natural light and highlights of the objects / subjects.

Diagrams where sourced from google images.  

JEM SOUTHAM MY VIEWS

JEM SOUTHAM

Jem Southam is a example of a tophograpic photographer. He photograph's image's where there are no people present within the image. I personally like the work based on Rockfalls and ponds , as i am from Dover where the white cliffs of Dover are located so these images appeal to me due to the fact that while i was growing up i have witnessed a number of rockfalls myself.

I am drawn to the image of Whale Chine on the isle of wright which was taken during 2000. I love the way in which the image shows the different contrast's between the cliffs and small pebbles along the shore.
The way the rocks have fallen into a large pile upon the pebbles seems as if they have been placed there for the photographer , with the darker / larger rocks on the bottom of the pile with each layer becoming smaller further up.

Image was sourced from http://softpyramid.tumblr.com/post/31227396002/jem-southam-whale-chine-february-2000-afternoon   

FOCAL VIEW AND FIELD OF VIEW.

 FOCAL VIEW
AND 
FIELD OF VIEW.

During class with Dave on Thursday we discussed short and long focal view, in order or showing the difference it can make to a final image when shooting the same thing with a long focal view as well as with a long focal view. I used a Canon 600D with the standard kit lens of 18-55mm. 

Below are some it the images that i took using this practice.

This image was shot using focal length 55mm , to show the example of short focal view.The camera over exposed the sky due to the tree being a darker object within the image.

This image was shot using focal length 18mm , to show a example of long focal view. Here the camera has picked up on more the color of the sky as it had a larger area to focus on.     

Here is another example of the short focal length being used.

While here is the same image but this time using a shorter focal length of 18 mm.

FIELD OF VIEW.

The field of view is the width or the angle that the lens sees the image. When the focal length of the lens is wider the more of the image is shoot and captured.

This shows different focal lengths of the field of view. Starting from wide for the smaller mm to more narrow for the higher numbers. 

BRIEF 1

BRIEF 1 

To start off with i had decided to do my brief on castles and old buildings, but when getting down to Deal /Dover i was unable to be able to have the time to gain access to these buildings. So i than decided to turn my attention to the beaches right outside my Nan's house so here are a few of my images.

In the image above i was standing on Deal Pier looking out across the pebble beach . This image was shoot using a Canon 600D and using focal length 18 on a 18-55m lens.

This image was taken where walking along the beach, i thought the sea gull looked so peace full standing on the rocks within the sea. This image was taken using focal length 55 on a 18-55m lens, using a Canon 600D 

 The image above was taken of Deal beach, here i used a shot focal length of 55 as i wanted to bring the sea deference's closer to the camera.

 The image above was taken on the same part of the beach as the previous image but was shot using a wider focal view of 18.

 Here i have taken an image of the different textures on the beach i loved the way the larger stones and pebbles seam to have created a wall between the smaller pebbles and the water

 Here i have shot one of the new sea deference's that where being built along Dover beach i shot this image with a wider focal view of  18 to be able to show the length of the wall.

Here i have captured some of the rocks that have now become covered in moss and seaweed , i took this image when the tide was out to be able to capture the little pools of water in between the land. This image was also shoot with a wide focal view.

SHORT DEPTH OF FIELD FINAL IMAGES

SHORT DEPTH OF FIELD

I started my short depth of field looking at nature and model planes as my main subject as can be seen on on earlier posts, but i than went on to look at simple everyday things that can be found around the college. 

Below are my final images that i chosen for  this subject. 

The above image is of a tap found within the ladies bathroom i have focused on the tap.

Here i have photographed some plastic cups on top of the water dispenser.

Here i have taken an image of a water bottle on the class room desk.

I chose these images because they are every day simple items, my best image out of the three is the tap as i can see myself being reflected as well.

SHUTTER SPEED PART 2

SHUTTER SPEED PART 2 

The above image was taken at a Mickey Mouse Club house show i was bored watching the show and one of my children had a light stick so i shot this image using a slow shutter speed.

The above image was taken on the moon on a clear cloud less night using a slow shutter speed.

The above image was also taken at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show while the figures where dancing around also using a slow shutter speed.

EILEEN QUINLAN

EILEEN QUINLAN PHOTOGRAPHY 

RESEARCH, 

Eileen Quinlan likes to describe herself as a still life photographer. She was born in 1972. She has become well known in recent years as one of the cohort of Photographers.

Quinlan's work is quite straight forward she uses medium and large format camera's and studio strobes to shoot tabletop, house  of cardlike wolds, angular constructions staged for the camera's lens, in which propped mirrors reflect intense colored light, deep shadows, bits of fabric, reflective mylar and especially each other.

 

The finished images are reflected as a kaleidoscopic view with very little of the studio background showing.

She grew up in Boston and in Southern New Hampshire, she attend the school of the Museum of fine Arts/ Tufts University graduating with a BFA in 1996. After moving to New York in  1999. She worked in advertising and fashion as a assistant to commercial photographers, before going on to earn a MFA from Columbia University in 2005.

I personally like Eileen's work as i find the abstract images very interesting with an aspect of mystery about them. I also like the idea of working with smoke and mirrors to add field to the image. 

Images sourced from Google