A few photos

I went to Berwick and took a couple of photos :

 

The first was of a tree beside the river which I thought looked really pretty with the way the light was hitting it:

The second was of the river and the bridge across it, I tried to make the bridge the focus of the picture rather than the river itself: 

Disposable Camera Photos

We were tasked with taking photos gradually on our disposable camera and then getting them developed at a much later date. We had to write about what we thought when taking the photos and why we took them, and then compare the photos with what we said when we got them developed.

Photo #1 : I tried to take a picture of how pretty the sky was, it was dark blue and had lighter blue waves going through it and I tried to capture its prettiness.

Photo #2 : We had to take a photo about the word 'hospitality' . I thought I would take the picture of my welcome mat because to be a hospitable person you have to be welcoming. I took the photo from a low angle and tried to get the mat in focus.

Photo #3 : We had to take a photo based on the words 'room with a view' . I decided to take my picture from the top flirt of my school building. I took the picture of both the window panel and of the view seen through the window. I tried to focus on the window panel rather than the view. 

Photo #4 : We had to take a photo based on the word 'spicy' . I thought that I would take a picture of a glass of water. I chose this because if something is spicy, then it is hot, and so water will cool it down. I thought I would take a picture of something different than what anyone else would take. I took a picture of it on top of a mirror and tried to get the reflection in focus rather than the actual glass.

Photo #5 : We had to take a photo from a birds eye view. I decided to take my picture from the top of the ladder to my room. I took a picture looking flat at the ground so that I could see the full length of the ladder and of the floor. I tried to get the ladder in focus.

Photo #6 : We had to take a photo from an ants eye view. I decided to take my photo looking up at an apple as if it were huge, as an ant would see. I took it close up to the apple and from the bottom looking up and tried to make the apple look huge. 

Photo #7 : We had to take a photo with a blur. I tried to take a picture of my little sister with the background blurred. I tried to keep the camera pointed at her and focused as I walked round her creating a blur behind her.

Photo #8 : We had to take a photo to do with the word speed. I decided to take a photo of my sister playing her violin because she can play very fast. I took the photo looking up at her face from the top of her violin. I tried to get her face in focus rather than the violin.

Photo #9 : We had to take a photo to do with the word energy. I decided to take a picture of the river I walk past when I walk my dog. I took it because the river has lots of energy I tried to get the rocks in focus in the river rather than the flowing river.

Photo #10 : We had to take a photo to do with the word claustrophobia. I took a picture from inside my wardrobe with only a small crack of light showing. I tried to get my knees in focus because they were up in a ball. I took it because if you are claustrophobic you wouldn't be sitting in a wardrobe in a tight space.

Photo #11,12&13 : We had to take photos under the theme, close, close and closer. I took a picture of a candle I have in my house. I tried to take them at different angles to make them more interesting pictures.

Photo #14 : I took a picture of the gear stick on the car, I tried to take it at a different angle so it would look cool

Photo #15 : I took a picture of the wind mirror and the reflection of the street in the car

Photo #16 : I took a picture of my friend Grace sitting on her chair, I tried to make her in focus rather than the background

Photo #17 : I took a picture of the stairs, I liked the way that they curved and tried to capumture that in the picture 

Photo #18 : I took a picture of my dad sitting on the chair, I tried to make the light look nice

Photo #19 : I took a picture of my brother as he stood posing for me, I took it portrait and tried to get him fully in the picture

Photo #20 : I took a picture of the school canteen through the bars of the railing upstairs. I liked the different angle that the canteen was being viewed at.

Photo #21 : I took a picture of my friend Oli as he stared at the AstroTurf pitch in the distance. I liked the way that he stood out from the background of the sky and school and I tried to make this come across in the photograph

Photo #22 : I took a picture of my friend Oli on the stage of the school. I liked the position that he was in and how he stood out from the red curtain on the stage.

Photo #23 : I took a picture of my friend Oli from in the library looking up at him standing over the railings in the reading room. I liked the lower angle of the photo and how I was looking up at him to take the photo.

Photo #24 : I took a picture of my friend Oli in front of the school. I liked the facial expression he had on his face as he pointed towards the school and tried to capture this expression within the photo.

Pinhole Cameras (Chemical Photography)

Pin hole cameras - also known as camera obscura - is a small box or can which is completely black inside. the box has a shutter at the front and a tiny hole in the centre at the same end. Because of light an image is created on the wall of the box but upside down. This was the first form of photography and has very basic principles of photography.

A pin hole camera can be made very easily by hand. To make one you can get a small can to be used as the camera body, but this must have a tight fitting lid e.g. a clean paint can. The outside and the inside of the paint can should be fully painted black to make the box "light-tight". The film for the camera is attached to the inside of the can's lid, opposite to the side of the pinhole. The hole has to be cut in the centre. for the best picture results the pinhole should be roughly the size of a number 10 needle and the film should be distanced from the pinhole by around 3-6 inches. A dark piece of paper should be placed hanging by tape over the pinhole to be used as a shutter. For the pictures to be clear the camera must be completely still when the shutter is open. For the picture to be taken, the shutter should be pulled open for a few seconds before it is shut again. This should happen a couple of times so that the picture can be taken.

Pinhole cameras can be used for a variety of reasons, they are very inexpensive as they can be made easily by hand and they are also a very simple method of taking a photograph. They can show people how the very first pictures were made. I don't think that this is the best method of photography as the photographs will most likely be bad photos and it will be difficult to make sure the photograph that you want has been taken as you have to lift and shut the shutter multiple times for a specific length to get the photograph to take. It would also take a while for the photograph to be processed so you wouldn't be able to see what it looks like for a while. However, I do think that it was a good method for when it was first introduced and at the time was a complex and interesting feat of technology, I just don't think that the same applies now.


                                        Below: a pinhole camera made from a box and tape

Below: a pinhole camera made from a can, like the one explained

Below: a pinhole camera made professionally

Below: a diagram showing how a pinhole camera captures an image

sources: http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/whatis.html

http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Pinhole_Camera.htm

3 street photos task

 

Our homework task was to take 3 photos in the style of street photography. I decided to take photographs of the street.

 

My first photo was taken in Edinburgh. This was not my favourite as I didn't like the way the lights looked, however I did like the way the bike was and the shadow that it produced:

 

 

My second photograph was taken in Lauder high street as I walked to school. I set my phone onto black and white and held my phone at my stomach and took pictures as I walked to my bus. I liked the angle that this photo had:

 

 

My third photograph was of the street just outside my house in Lauder, I liked the way the tree looked in the top of the picture and how you could see all the way down the street:

 

3 photos task

 

Our homework task was to take 3 photos that we thought were good photos. I went to Alnwick Castle at the weekend and decided to take a few photos for our homework task there. 

 

The first photo was of a monster statue at the end of the castles knights quest trail. I took it from a lower angle and in black and white to make the picture more scary and dramatic:

 

My second photo was of a dragon statue in a cage that I found within the castle. I took it in black and white as the colours didn't contrast well together and weren't balanced:

 

My third photo was of a statue in the middle of the grounds of the castle. I took it at a lower angle as I thought it'd look better that way and I liked the way that the shadows fell: