Architecture Assignment

 Location 1 : Cyress Lawn (Big)

Location 2: All Souls Church (Details)

 Location 3: Tanforan (Big)

 

 Location 2: Tanforan (Details)

Location 3: Tanforan (Interior)

Chapter 9: Landscapes

[Landmarks in Landscape Photography]

• inspiration = painting & the land
• Carleton E. Watkins = capture the grandeur of the American West
• Ansel Adams = capture the experience of being in the wilderness

[Thinking Artistically]

• composition & viewpoint
• value is important in black & white photos
• achieve a balance between unity & variety
• individual parts come together to support each other
• variety = diverse art 

[Camera Settings]

• maximum depth of field
• stop down the lens as far as it will go
• small f-stops = longer shutter speeds
• tripod is necessary for sharp, vibration-free images

[Light]

• photograph either after sunrise or before sunset
• angle of the sun is low = shapes & textures are emphasized by side lighting
• direct lighting = 3D

[Film]

• black &white = showcases value, line, shape, texture, & pattern
• color = fall foliage & spring flowers

[Lenses]

• wide-angle lenses = capture more of the scene
• include close & distant objects in the same photo
• greater sense of depth of field
• telephoto lens = capture scenes you cannot get close to
• macro lens = really close-up images = bark & rocks

[Filters]

• yellow filter = bring out clouds
• red filter = deep black skies & stark white clouds
• red filter & polarizer = ultimate black skies & maximum contrast

[Camera Support]

• slow fils & small f-stops = slow shutter speeds = need a tripod
• tripod should be sturdy & light

[The Grand Landscape]

• "big view" = wide-open expanses
• suburban housing tracts = repeating shapes of the houses
• include large expanses of the scenes
• horizon should be placed one-third from the top or bottom
• 19th century = print a sky from one negative onto another negative

[Landscape Details & Close-ups]

• parks are a good source of subject matter
• Japanese gardens = meandering streams, small waterfalls, & expertly placed trees
• fall's vivid foliage & vibrant flowers
• cloudy & overcast conditions = eliminating harsh shadows
• sunrise & sunset = quality of light with a special glow
• light meters = create an exposure that makes medium gray out of the scene

[Abstracted Elements in the Landscape]

• images composed of lines, shapes, values, & textures
• get really close to the subject & only photograph a small part
• need as much depth of field as possible

Chapter 8: Architecture & Urban Landscapes

[Thinking Artistically]

• use line to lead the viewer's eye through an architectural image
• lines help divide the image into sections
• a building's visual relationship to it's surroundings can reveal a great deal about it's "personality"
• pattern - the repetition of any of the elements

[Camera Settings]

• image sharpness and capture the smallest details
• selecting a smaller f-stop = greater depth of field
• the bigger the negative = the more detail it will capture
• slower film = the most detail
• finer grain film captures more detail = sharper prints

[Film]

• color films = emphasize color and setting
• black & white = emphasizes values, shapes, & textures
• commercial photos = magazines/brochures = color
• artistic photos = black

[Lighting]

• incandescent = slightly more orange
• quartz = somewhat yellow
• fluorescent = greener
• daylight = a lot more blue
• our eyes adjust to the different types makings them all seem plain white
• can't use more than one filter at a time to correct color

[Lenses]

• wide-angle = get back far enough to get the entire scene
• wider lens = more distortion
• upward = bottom of the building looks drastically wider than the top

[Camera Support]

• tripods = balance & stability
• monopods = work for walking around and shooting details
• long shutter speeds = need maximum support

[Filters]

• sky & clouds merge into a light gray shape = using orange or yellow filters will separate them
• bring out textures, more tactile or touchable quality
• polarizer = darkens a blue sky to increase the separation
• reduce/eliminate reflections in shiny, nonmetallic surfaces

[The Big View]

• big view = wide-angle view
• shows you the whole building
• perspective distortion = appears as strong converging lines in a building
• farther = less distortion
• far away = the sides of the building look parallel & straight
• shoot straight = flat & 2D
• front is side-lit = reveal more textures, forms, & shadows
• side = 3D = reveals depth, height & width

[Shadows]

• lines, shapes & values

[The Detail Shot]

• individual elements of a buildings interior or exterior
• reinforce the importance the craftspeople gave to the work they created
• more abstract

[Interior Views]

• overall shots of whole rooms or smaller details
• limited on where to place the camera
• look better when everything in the picture is in focus = greater depth of field
• as close as 4 feet & as far as 20 feet
• higher f-stop = more depth of field
• slow shutter speed = use a tripod

Jan. 10 Movie Notes

• Daily News = oldest daily newspaper
• sold itself through it's pictures
• focus on one specific story, and blow it up (capture attention)
• appeal to the emotions
• six to seven issues a day
• 1920s = tabloid wars
• hard not to have a good news day in the 1920s
• composer graph = stage the photograph
• people would pose for the photo then they would change the faces
• truth always loses out to fantasy
• photos replaced drawings = more public response
• photos invested products with emotion
• turn a lowly object into something magnificent
• added a new dimension to fame
• stories of individuals were being brought to the public
• sports stars became celebrities
• invented an actor's image and created stars
• astronomers used to look through telescopes and drew what they saw
• photos neutralize any defect in your acquisition