Decaying photos task

We had to take photos of decaying things.

I took a photo of a mouldy orange that we were about to throw out. The lighting in the kitchen was bad s i used the torch on my phone to create a light coming from the side. I liked that the reflection of the orange showed in the counter:

I took a photo of the flower petals that had fallen. I sat the camera on top of the piano so i wouldn't shake and made the fallen petals in focus:

I took a picture of the same petals but this time I changed the shutter speed so that it was longer. This made more light go into the camera meaning there was more light showing in the picture of the petals:

Film Cameras (Single-lens reflex camera)

Film cameras are cameras that have a role of film inside of them that are used to take the photos. They come in a variety of sizes and types although the most common is the 35mm single-lens reflex camera (SLR). It is popular as it is inexpensive and is of a good quality.

This type of camera uses mirrors so that what the photographer sees through the viewfinder is what the lens sees. this means that the photographer is seeing exactly what the photo would be like. When the photograph is taken the mirrors then flip up so that the film is then exposed to the light entering the lens. This takes the photograph.

The shutter is always closed until the shutter release button us pressed, this means that the film is kept light-tight and so is not damaged. The SLR can also use changeable camera lenses so that photos can be taken at various distances, zooms and angles. It is one of the few camera that have complete interchangeable lenses.

Once the film is complete, it must be processed. This takes place in a dark room and must have the correct solutions and conditions for it to work properly. The photographs can only be seen once the whole film has been exposed and processed.

I think this would be bad as it would be hard to know if you've taken a good picture or not as you cannot see the photographs. It could also be hard to get the mix of things in the dark room completely correct for the photographs to be processed right. However, it would be a good camera for beginners as they would have a range of lenses that do different things that they could try out.

 

SLR camera:

 

 

 

SLR camera and film roll:

 

 

Dark room:

 

 

http://www.guidetofilmphotography.com/35mm-film-camera.html

12 days of christmas task

 

We had to take pictures of the 12 days of Christmas for out homework task. We could interpret it in any way that we wanted.

 

For " A partridge in a pear tree " , I took a picture of a pear. I put the torch on my phone and held it up so there was a shadow created by the pear to make the image more interesting:

 

 

For "two turtle doves" I took a picture of my sisters 2 toy turtles and a dove product that I had. I used the torch on my phone to create light and shadows within the image:

 

 

For " three French hens " I took a picture of 3 eggs that I had with a moustache that seemed like a stereotypical French guy moustache. I used the torch on my phone to create a cool shadow of the eggs and moustache:

 

 

For " four calling birds " I took a picture of my phone getting a call from 'ma bird'. To take this, it took a while as the phone kept ringing out and it was difficult to get the phone and writing not blurry:

 

 

For "five gold rings" I took a picture of a gold ring of tape on my hand in the shape of a number 5. I took it against my mirror so that my Christmas hat and decorations can be seen:

 

 

For "six geese a laying" I took my duck cuddly toy (as I didn't have a goose toy) and put it in between the doors of the mirrors in my mum's bedroom. I made it so there was 6 geese as the song says:

 



 

For "seven swans a swimming" I made an origami swan and put it in between the doors of the mirrors in my mum's bedroom. I made it so there was 7 swans, I likes the shadows around the edges:

 

 

For "eight maids a milking" I took a picture of a toy cow in between the mirrors, I made sure that there were 8 in the picture, it was difficult to take the picture as the doors had to be held whilst I tried to take the picture:

 

 

For "nine ladies dancing" I took a picture of my toy ballerina, I didn't take a picture of 9 reflections because I didn't realise it was the wrong number until I uploaded it to my computer. This one isn't my favourite picture because I think that the ballerina could have been more visible:

 

For "ten lord's a leaping" I took a picture of a gold Christmas crown. I made sure that there were 10 crows visible in the reflections. I tried to make the focus on the first crown:

 



 

For "eleven pipers piping" I took a picture of the wooden tube in the wrapping paper, this is because it was the closest thing to a pipe that I could find in my house. I took the picture from above to make sure that all 11 could be seen. I liked that the reflections could be seen by the mirrors:

 

 

 For "twelve drummers drumming" I took a picture of a drum my sister had. This was the hardest picture to take as it was the hardest angle to hold the mirror doors at. I liked the shadows made from the door in each of the reflections:

 

6 weather photo task

We had to take 6 photos to do with weather.

I took a picture of my umbrella because it's been really rainy recently. I liked the light and darkness in the photo:

 I took a picture of a broken plant pot that was broken in the strong winds recently. I liked the shadows in the picture:

I took a picture of overturned cones from the wind in a puddle of water. I liked the contrast between the orange and the ground:

 I took a picture of the dark sky and street light because due to the Winter weather it gets dark very quickly now. I like the red tinge to the photo:

I took a picture of the empty bike stands at the primary school because normally they are full but because of the wind they are empty. I liked the colours of them and the shadows they produced:

I took a picture of my little sister Miriam bundled up in her Winter clothes because of the cold. I liked the way that she was a different colour to the background:

Photo experiment

 

 

 

This is the original photo that I used:

 

This is the photo that I turned it into. I changed the hue and saturation of the photo so that the colours were different. I also used the curves tool to get the right balance of colours. I then used the quick selection tool to select the lampshade. I pressed ctrl+J to create a new copy of the lampshade. I did this twice and created the three lampshades in a line. I then used the colour picker to select the right shade of black. I then went around the top of the lampshade so that the three were just on a plain black background.

 

Celebration of the everyday photo task

Our task was that we had to take photos of things we see everyday but make them look exciting. 

I chose to take this photo because I liked the way the monkey looked and I liked the angle I was at to take it:

 

I took a picture of my kitchen cupboard. I thought it would be a good image that I could Photoshop and I liked that you could see the shelf through the door:



 

I took a picture of my oven hob because I liked the way it looked when I was close up to it, I also liked it better when it was at a slight angle:

 

I took a picture of my kettle because I wanted to try and get the Russell Hobbs logo in focus, I wanted to get the bottom of the kettle to get it at a more interesting angle so that it was a better photo:

 

I took the picture of my floor and table because I wanted to get the floor in focus rather than the background, I had to lie down on the floor to get this angle. I liked that I managed to get the dog hair on the floor in focus:

 

I took a picture of my door stop because I thought that the dog would make an interesting photo, I tried to make the dog look bigger than it was by taking a picture of it from a lower angle:

 

I took a picture of my lamp because I like how sparkly it is, I liked the way that the light was hitting off of it:

Disposable Camera

Disposable cameras are cameras that are used just once. This is why they are known as 'single use cameras'. They are a very cheap method of photography because they don't have that much special technology in them. They are simple, they have a roll of film inside them which must be rolled back after each photo is taken. This roll of film is placed on a spool inside the camera.They have a flash that can be used by sliding up a button, and they have a fixed focus lens. This means that after it is built, the focus is never changed in the lens of the camera. The cameras are unable to zoom in or out so if a close up picture is wanted the person must walk up to the object to take a  picture of it. The person is also unable to see the pictures until after they have been developed. To take the photo they must look through a viewfinder.

Disposable cameras are often used in situations where you wouldn't want a real camera to be stolen or lost e.g. on holiday. They are also often used at weddings as many decide to place them on tables so people can take photos for them. They can often be recycled as after the film has been taken out to be developed, another can be put inside to take its place. For the photos to be developed, the cameras need to be handed into a shop where this can happen. Each camera tends to have around 27 exposures.

These cameras are a cheap way to take photos and it doesn't matter as much if they get lost or stolen. They can still take good photos even though the don't have fancy equipment on them and it is easy for them to be developed as all that needs to be done is for them to be handed into a shop. However, it is harder to take good quality pictures on the camera as there is no way to change the focus or zoom in. They are also decreasing in popularity which makes them harder to find to buy and also harder to fins a shop to get developed. There is also a waiting time for the photos to be developed which you wouldn't have in a digital camera.

However, although there are many negatives to using disposable cameras, I think that they should come back and be used by more people. I think this because they are a fun, cheap way of taking photos and it means that there isn't a storage problem like there is on phones and digital cameras. There is also a hard copy of the pictures instead of seeing it on a screen which I like better. They are also good for children as it is better to let them take photos on a cheap, single use camera, than on an expensive phone or digital camera.

   This is a photo of a disposable camera inside its box:

This is a disposable camera, the flash button can be seen here, as can the small, fixed focus lens and the viewfinder:

These are photos taken by a disposable camera, they were taken at a festival. It can be seen that there is a lower quality of pictures as they are slightly blurry. However, these look like they could be a normal selfie taken by a phone as they still look quite good. This shows how fancy, expensive equipment are not needed to take a good photo and that a cheap, disposable camera works just as well:

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_camera#Common_uses

http://weandthecolor.com/disposable-camera-project-dcp/31424