11-4-09 Photography terms

Ambient Light: The available light completely surrounding a subject. Light already existing in an indoor or outdoor setting that is not caused by any illumination supplied by the photographer.

Backlighting: Light coming from behind the subject, toward the camera lens, so that the subject stands out vividly against the background. Sometimes produces a silhouette effect.

"Cobra" Flash:  Kodak's patented flip-up flash mechanism that creates distance between the flash and the lens to reduce red-eye; flash is located on the end of hinged lever that covers the lens when closed, and flips up to switch on the camera and deploy the flash. Also called Flip-up Flash.

Depth of Field:  The amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph. Depth of field depends on the lens opening, the focal length of the lens, and the distance from the lens to the subject. 

10-28-09

Since it is getting closer to Halloween I figured to do some photos that in theme of the holiday. Now  originally Halloween was a Celtic celebration that was actually on November 1st but was called All Saint's Day. The tern Halloween comes from the term All Hallows Eve, which can translate into the eve of All Saints Day. So this was a big holiday for the people back then, there is legend stating that people would dress up to scare the evil spirits away so that their loved ones who had passed could transfer on into the afterlife.  So in the spirit I found some pictures with a Halloween theme.

This picture kid of creeps me out, but its a good way to show the way people see, what use to be a strictly religious holiday, into something scary and fun.

This, I believe, is a good use of your enviroment. The way the artisit took the picture is by using the theme of the pumpkin and leaves to give it a kind of, what I think, a Sleepy Hallow look. Hope you enjoy!

10-22-09

I found this photography blog where they hold contests and give advice and tips of photo taking. click here to view webpage The blog held a contest for "best picture of 2008" I took a look and there were a lot of great pictures, here a few that I thought were just truly amazing.


These are African flowers, I love the lighting and technique the artist used.

This photo was taken in Malaysia, it has a calm and cool feeling to the picture and the way the model looks peaceful I think is just a work of art in itself.





The stillness of the water really takes this picture to a whole other level. The snow and clear skies really makes this picture take your breath away.

10-14-09

After a horribly long weekend, i looked at a website recommended to me by my principal and found some tips that I believe could be helpful to not only me but anyone who is trying to begin a hobby in photography.
click on here to view the tips I will catch up with the rest of my posts over the next few days, but soon some pictures should be coming up. (:

10-6-09

Philosophy: The rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

History: A continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account.

Photography: The process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy.

The study of the above subjects is my main goal for this project, by the end of the semester a complete understanding of the terms, history and reasoning is my goal.

I rhought this picture was very interesting, the way the focus is on the models face and how everything in the background is a little blurry.














Abberations: Causes completely blurred images. There are six types of aberrations: spherical, coma, astigmatism, curvature of field, distortion and chromatic.

9-29-09

I was looking at other photographers blog sites and i came across a woman who does photography for weddings. Her name is Jessica Claire, I think her work is very beautiful. Here is a link to her website that shows some of her photos and descriptions of them. click here to view her page .  The photos in her blog are very quite in a way, but has a sensitivity to them. They are soft and calm and I think they were perfect for wedding pictures. If I were older and getting married, I would for sure hire her. (: Hope you enjoy.

9-25-09

This is a good example of how something so simple could be so beautiful. I love taking pictures of flowers and things outside, nature is truly one of the worlds greatest wonders. I really believe that a true photographer should be able to capture and appreciate the beauty of the outside world.