Focal Length

The focal length range of the camera's optical zoom lens is 4.0 - 20.0 mm.

Angle of View
The difference between the angle view of a wide angle shot and a telephoto shot is that a wide angle shot captures the background, while the telephoto shot does not.

Wide angle shot

Telephoto shot

Compression
The subjects are a lot closer together in a telephoto shot than in a wide angle shot. In a wide angle shot, the subjects' heads are smaller than in a telephoto shot, where the person at the end looks the smallest. The telephoto shot captures a greater depth than the wide angle shot.

Wide angle shot

Telephoto shot

Lens Choice
A wide angle lens is less flattering for a portrait shot than a telephoto lens, where the wide angle lens makes the subject look distorted. 

Wide angle shot

Telephoto shot

There is an apparent difference between a wide angle lens and a telephoto lens. It is best to use a wide angle lens when you are shooting a landscape, and it is best to use a telephoto lens when you are shooting a portrait. 

How My Camera Sees Color In Light

In class today, we worked with different white balance settings.

White balance tries to remove colors from a photograph so that objects look neutral. A good camera balance will take the color temperature of a light source (e.g. warm, cold) and will change it to make it look neutral, similar to the way our eyes see it.

Daylight setting will keep a neutral setting. Tungsten setting will give a blue-like setting. Fluorescent setting will give a magenta-like setting. Auto white balance setting will give a yellow-like setting.

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Color In Light

When I mix green light with blue light, I get cyan. 

 

When I mix opposite colors on the color wheel (e.g. green and magenta), I get neutral. 

 

How to Paint With Light

Using a digital camera, adjust the shutter speed (how fast it will open) and aperture (how big it will open) using the 'TV' or 'S' symbol, setting the exposure for a relatively long time (e.g. 4 seconds). Make sure you are in a dark location with little or no light. To avoid a blurry picture, the person holding the camera must stay still. Once you open the shutter, your picture is exposed. Here, use a flashlight (e.g. cell phone) as a paint brush to draw a picture. Keep moving the light around in order to spread an even amount of light. This is known as painting with light. The above picture of a butterfly is an example, created in class today with my teammates. 

Histograms

View histogram images here.

How to Make a Photogram

What is a photogram?

A photogram is a picture produced using photographic paper (light-sensitive paper), but without the use of an actual camera. In other words, when the paper is exposed to light, it darkens. By putting an object on the paper and exposing it to light, for a few seconds, you can create an image. 

How to Make a Photogram

Darkroom procedure 

- Once in the darkroom, turn off all lights, with only the presence of a safe light (red light)

- Place your object(s) onto the light-sensitive paper

- Expose the paper with a white light (e.g. a cell phone, i-pod, etc.) for about 10 seconds 

- Process the paper into three different baths: the developer, stopper and fixer

Processing the photographic paper 

Step 1- The developer

- Place the paper in the developer tray

- Gently press down paper with tongs to ensure it is fully covered with chemicals

- Rock the tray to agitate the paper

- Process for 60 seconds

Step 2- The stopper

- Carefully remove the paper from the developer using tongs

- Let it drip on an angle for a few seconds

- Place the paper in the stop bath tray

- Gently press down paper with tongs to ensure it is fully covered with chemicals

- Rock the tray to agitate the paper

- Process for 30 seconds

Step 3- The fixer

- Carefully remove the paper from the stop bath using tongs

- Let it drip on an angle for a few seconds

- Place the paper in the fixer tray

- Gently press down paper with tongs to ensure it is fully covered with chemicals

- Rock the tray to agitate the paper

- Process for 2 minutes, turning on the lights halfway through (1 minute)

Step 4- Water rinse

- Carefully remove the paper from the fixer using tongs

- Let it drip on an angle for a few seconds

- Place the paper in the water bath

- Gently press down and move around paper with hands to ensure it is underwater

- Let water run to rinse the print for at least 10 minutes

- Remove print from water and pass it through print dryer

*Note: You need to control the intensity and duration of light exposure. Increasing or decreasing exposure controls how dark or light your photogram will be. Too much exposure results in a dark image, therefore needing  to decrease it. Too little exposure results in a light image, therefore needing to increase it.

The above picture is an example of a photogram I made.

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