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

 

Journey to QMU task

We had to take 3 photos of our journey to and from QMU.

The first photo I took was of the hillside and sky, I liked it because the hillside was black and in shadows:

The second photo I took was of the bus chair. I tried to get the chair in focus and the rest not in the photo:

The third photo I took was of my shoulder and the window. I liked it because my hair was in focus:

Patrick Rafferty - Photographer

Patrick Rafferty is a photographer based in Hawick. He believes that photography begins at the first camera a person has and that it is all about the mindset that you have. He spent a lot of time just practising taking photos and spent a decade perfecting black and white prints in dark rooms. 

To make money he takes photographs of babies, weddings and people. He runs a classic 'high street photographer' business so that he can make money to take trips to places like Barcelona where he can take photographs because he loves to take photographs. These are his uncomissioned work. He tries not to photoshop his work and takes photos of what he finds interesting. He loves to go to big cities like Barcelona where he can take lots of street photography. 

The first picture that I chose was from Patrick Rafferty's website from his landscape prints. I like that there is lots that can be seen in the image and that the colours go from light to dark with green all the way through the picture. However I think that the picture could have looked just as good with just the bridge in the shot. 

 The next picture that I chose was from Patrick Rafferty's Facebook page. It was from one of his trips to Barcelona. I like it because the girl is looking directly into the camera. I like how the expression on her face I slightly unhappy and I also like that it is in black and white. I think that it adds to the photo and makes it look better.

The next photo I chose was also from Rafferty's Facebook. I chose this photo because I like the way that he has captured the image at the perfect time. With the cat having a displeased face and the woman looking loving towards it. However I think that it would better if it wasn't in black and white but was in colour.

I chose this picture from his Facebook. I like it because the rain is so heavy and makes it look like some sort of painting. I like that the street seems quite dark and that the woman is wearing bright pink which makes her stand out more and the attention drawn to her. Rafferty has managed to capture the image at the perfect moment.

Source: http://www.raffertyandrafferty.com/
https://www.facebook.com/patrick.rafferty1?ref=ts&fref=ts

Photos of myself

I tried to play around with where the light was coming from and the angles I was taking the picture from. I decided to try this out on myself because I had no one else I could photograph.