Landscape Assignment

These photos were taken in San Francisco and at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Abstract

Big Shot- unedited

Big Shot-Photoshop

Detail

Architecture Assignment

Location 1-Big Picture

Location 2-Details

Location 3-Big Picture

Location 3-Details

Location 3-Interior

Landscape Photographer Biographies

Ansel Adams

• 1902-1984
• best known for black and whites
• primarily shot yosemite
• born in SF
• kodak brownie= first camera
• founded group with Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham (f/64)
• led to the Museum of Modern Art's Photography Dept.
• used small aperatures and long exposures
• "pure photography"
• Jimmy Carter- called on Adams to take the first portrait of a president

^In this photo, Adams uses the river to lead viewers' eyes to the mountains. Although black and white, the snow stands out even more which adds more to the photo.

Heidi Kirkpatrick

• uses a Holga camera to capture most of her shots
• Born in Ohio
• Based in Portland, Oregon
• Photography instructor
• Head of photographic education at Safelight Darkroom
• work depicts the view of the world based on a woman
• developes her own images
• ex. silver gelatin

This photo depicts a lot of line which also provides pattern. At first, the photo is kind of abstract because you dont really know what the photo is of.

Landscape notes (202- 217)

Landscape- Thinking Artistically

• most important aspect= composition
• viewpoint --> positioning of camera
• explore all variations when shooting
• move camera around (ex. left, right, up, down)
• balance between unity and variety
• use line to draw viewer's attention
• pattern- repetition

Settings

• f/16, f/22, f/32
• f/64 is the smallest
• smaller f stop gives a greater depth of field
• lighting
• before sunrise or sunset
• angle of sun is low which emphasizes shapes and textures
• fluorescent =greener
• daylight= more blue
• quartz= yellow
• film
• 100 ISO film (35 mm)
• slower film= most detail
• bigger negative the more it will capture
• color emphasizes color and setting
• black and white emphasizes shapes, values and textures
• lenses
• wide angle lense
• close and distant objects in shots
• filters
• red filter- contrast
• yellow- brings out clouds
• polarizer= darkens blue sky
• brings out textures

• use a tripod for support
• grand view for outdoor photos
• parks are good locations
• national, state or city
• shadows- line, shape, value

Details

• sunny days can be bad
• light meters
• abstracted element
• composed of lines, values, shapes and textures
• more abstract

Interior

• everything in focus
• as close as 4 ft. or as far as 20 ft.
• use a tri pod (slower shutter speed)

Chapter 8 Notes-Architecture and Urban Landscapes

• indirect portraits
• materials, style and scale --> provide clues/ sense of where they came from &who created them
• architecture good for early films
• Frederick H. Evans- reknowned architectural photographer
• worked in primarily platinum papers
• gave up photography b/c platinum papers were mainly used only for war
• pattern and repetition
• Ezra Stoller
• influential
• used line, shape and light
• orginally an architect
• uses black and white to emphasize shape of building
• full view of space and emotions connected to it
• focus on details of a building
• communicate the personality of the space and its relationship to its surroundings

Blog notes 179-197

Architectual photography

• use corner of a room, curve of walkway or stairway
• capture vertical and horizontal lines at the edge of a building
• observe space surrounding the object
• pay attention to patterns
• bricks
• carpet
• wallpaper
• windows
• Lense/Film/Camera Settings
• small f-stop- greater depth
• bigger format
• bigger negative-better detail
• slower film
• color films
• emphasize color and setting
• Black/White
• emphasize value, shapes and textures
• lighting
• color of lighting is important in interior architectual photography
• wide angle lenses
• black and white filters-include sky and clouds
• closer you get- more distortion in photo --> step back & capture whole building
• to create 3D- take from the side
• Architectural elements:
• door
• set of steps
• top of a column
• carved ornaments
• bricks

American Photography Notes

1. Illustrated News- first publication
2. Front cover: immediate appeal to attract attention
3. Hidden photography to get big news
4. Photographs used for advertising- people believed photographs and bought the products
5. "Camera can elevate the most lowly object and make it seem elegant"
6. Advertisements were organized around photography
7. Photography added to fame- "media celebrity" ; stars become more famous depending on how good they look in photographs; invented stars
8. Photography used to photograph space: planets, meteors, etc.
9. What the human eye sees cannot compare with what a photograph can bring out
10. Photography evolved greatly and influenced the world