A photograph can take on a different feel or style dependant on the paper it is printed on, here are a few examples of papers:-
Digital C Types
Fuji Gloss - high gloss finish, accentuates colour with a punchy rich feel
Kodak Metallic - rich metallic base, producing a silvery, reflective finish with 3D effect
Fuji Matt - Semi matt finish with slightly stippled texture producing natural, subtle range of colours
Fuji Flex - Super gloss, with a plastic feel, warm base colour that produces rich tones
Giclee Papers
Epsom Semi-gloss - medium gloss finish, good detail and holds natural colour
Canson Baryta - Pure white museum grade that offers maximum longevity
Hahnemuhle Photorag - Heavy art paper with fibrous finish, softens images and mutes colours to produce a fine art, watercolour feel
Hahnemuhle Pearl - similar to photorag but semi gloss. Produces an illustrative, painted feel, but retains more detail and punchier colours
Harman Gloss Warmtone - fibre based producing creamy whites and velvety blacks, alumina coating creates glossy vibrant prints
Canson Aquarelle Rag - Extreme textured, museum grade 100% cotton fine and produces warm, off white tones
Showing posts with label unit 23. Show all posts
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Friday, 14 June 2013
Motion Blur photographic Media Unit 23
As well as helping achieve correct exposure, the shutter speed also controls the way movement is recorded, fast shutter will freeze subjects whilst slow shutter speeds will record blur.
The following images where taken using a long shutter speed to blur movement in the photos.
The following images where taken using a long shutter speed to blur movement in the photos.
Large Format Camera
Large Format Camera
Large format means film that is generally at least 4x5 inches (or 9x12 cm). Film this size is generally used as individual sheets, rather than rolls as in smaller formats. (There are large rolls of film, though, used for such things as aerial photography.) Exposures on a large-format camera are made one at a time, using film loaded into film holders.
Most, but not all, large-format cameras are view cameras, with fronts and backs called "standards" that allow the photographer to better control rendering of perspective and increase apparent depth of field. Architectural and close-up photographers in particular benefit greatly from this ability. These allow the front and back of the camera to be shifted up/down and left/right (useful for architectural images where the scene is higher than the camera, and product images where the scene is lower than the camera), and tilted out of parallel with each other left/right, up/down, or both; based on the Scheimpflug principle. The shift and tilt movements make it possible to solve otherwise impossible depth-of-field problems, and to change perspective rendering, and create special effects that would be impossible with a conventional fixed-plane fixed-lens camera.
The main advantage of large format, film or digital, is higher resolution. A 4×5 inch image has about 16 times the area, and thus 16× the total resolution, of a 35 mm frame.
Kevin Cummins - Photographer Research - Photographic Media
After studying photography for four years in Salford, Kevin embarked on a career that was to encompass a wide range of photographic work. The burgeoning punk scene in Manchester dominated his early work and he quickly became one of the premier documentary photographers of the era.
He then started working with Manchester’s prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre and was soon in demand by major theatre companies across the UK, most notably: The Royal Opera House, The Royal Northern Ballet, The Liverpool Playhouse and The Oxford Playhouse.
Kevin was instrumental in establishing City Life, Manchester’s ‘what’s on’ guide and was a founding contributor to The Face, the influential style magazine where he won an award for Magazine Cover of the Year. - www.kevincummins.co.uk
Kevin in the last couple of weeks has been working with the library Theatre on Manchester Sound
http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarytheatre/sets/72157634067894411/
Cummins, typical Manc, combining art with a good time, a sense of beauty with a take-the-mickey ability to get on with all his subjects, "I never liked that anodyne studio stuff," he says. "I wanted to put bands where they were comfortable." Which explains the iconic shots of Joy Division on a snow-covered bridge over Princess Parkway, of Shaun Ryder grinning beneath a big E, of the Stone Roses covered in Pollock-like paint, of Liam and Noel in Man City shirts, even that one of Madonna dancing next to one of the Haçienda's striped pillars. All memorable, defining images. There are others too, to satisfy the I-was-there crowd, such as a picture of Andrew Berry and his fellow snippers at Swing, the Haçienda hair salon; of the desolate sweep of the now-demolished council estate in Hulme; the sweaty, bemused Haçienda faithful just after the lights went up. Miranda Sawyer The Observer,
He then started working with Manchester’s prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre and was soon in demand by major theatre companies across the UK, most notably: The Royal Opera House, The Royal Northern Ballet, The Liverpool Playhouse and The Oxford Playhouse.
Kevin was instrumental in establishing City Life, Manchester’s ‘what’s on’ guide and was a founding contributor to The Face, the influential style magazine where he won an award for Magazine Cover of the Year. - www.kevincummins.co.uk
Kevin in the last couple of weeks has been working with the library Theatre on Manchester Sound
http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarytheatre/sets/72157634067894411/
Cummins, typical Manc, combining art with a good time, a sense of beauty with a take-the-mickey ability to get on with all his subjects, "I never liked that anodyne studio stuff," he says. "I wanted to put bands where they were comfortable." Which explains the iconic shots of Joy Division on a snow-covered bridge over Princess Parkway, of Shaun Ryder grinning beneath a big E, of the Stone Roses covered in Pollock-like paint, of Liam and Noel in Man City shirts, even that one of Madonna dancing next to one of the Haçienda's striped pillars. All memorable, defining images. There are others too, to satisfy the I-was-there crowd, such as a picture of Andrew Berry and his fellow snippers at Swing, the Haçienda hair salon; of the desolate sweep of the now-demolished council estate in Hulme; the sweaty, bemused Haçienda faithful just after the lights went up. Miranda Sawyer The Observer,
Some photos taken on mobile phone at recent exhibition in Manchester
Historical Process - Cyanotype
The historical process I choose to work with was Cyanotype.
For this process potassium ferricyanide and ammonium ferric nitrate were mixed at a 50% ratio.
This solution was then applied to canvas and left to dry in a dark cupboard, once dry, a negative image on acetate was applied to the canvas and held in place in a glass frame, this was taken outside to develop in the sun for approx 10 to 12 minutes. Once developed it was rinsed under cold water to remove all the residue and then put into a tray of hydrogen peroxide to darken the image where required.
Developing In the Sun
One of the finish results taken on mobile phone
For this process potassium ferricyanide and ammonium ferric nitrate were mixed at a 50% ratio.
This solution was then applied to canvas and left to dry in a dark cupboard, once dry, a negative image on acetate was applied to the canvas and held in place in a glass frame, this was taken outside to develop in the sun for approx 10 to 12 minutes. Once developed it was rinsed under cold water to remove all the residue and then put into a tray of hydrogen peroxide to darken the image where required.
Developing In the Sun
One of the finish results taken on mobile phone
Colour Transparencies
Reversal film produces a positive image on a transparent base. The film is processed to produce transparencies. This means that what you see on camera is the resulting image.
They are then made into a slide, the most common of which is 35 mm slide, with the image framed in a 2×2" cardboard or plastic mount.
These films are the preferred film choice of professional photographers for images intended for reproduction in print media. This is because of the films' high contrast and high image resolution compared to negative (print) films.
You can get a wider range of tones and colours on a slide than a print, just as an image on a monitor will be more vibrant than any print.
We did a range of colour transparencies on a medium format camera in class.
They are then made into a slide, the most common of which is 35 mm slide, with the image framed in a 2×2" cardboard or plastic mount.
These films are the preferred film choice of professional photographers for images intended for reproduction in print media. This is because of the films' high contrast and high image resolution compared to negative (print) films.
You can get a wider range of tones and colours on a slide than a print, just as an image on a monitor will be more vibrant than any print.
We did a range of colour transparencies on a medium format camera in class.
Colour Negative Film
In photography a negative is an image, usually on a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film, in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest. This reversed order occurs because of the extremely light-sensitive chemicals a camera film must use to capture an image quickly enough for ordinary picture-taking, which are darkened, rather than bleached, by exposure to light and subsequent photographic processing.
Colour negative film is not normally used used for reproduction work as most organisations prefer transparancies. When choosing a film you need to pick the right film for the intended photo.
The positive uses of film are:- Better Dynamic range - In Black and White. Allows for minor focusing issues along with minor exposure issues and film has a higher resolution than digital.
I went out on a Friday evening with and old Minolta AF25 point and shoot loaded with AGFA Vista Plus 200 and took the following photos.
Colour negative film is not normally used used for reproduction work as most organisations prefer transparancies. When choosing a film you need to pick the right film for the intended photo.
The positive uses of film are:- Better Dynamic range - In Black and White. Allows for minor focusing issues along with minor exposure issues and film has a higher resolution than digital.
I went out on a Friday evening with and old Minolta AF25 point and shoot loaded with AGFA Vista Plus 200 and took the following photos.
Sources - Wikipedia and 35mm handbook
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Other Media - mobile Phone & Audio
When I did the 2 test shoots I took some photos of the cast rehearsing along with an audio recording
To Die For Entertainment - Final & Evaluation
I was asked to take a variety of photos for the company to use as publicity for one of their up and coming shows, the images would be used on the web to advertise on social network and also to design a poster. I was very successful in doing this, one of the images was used to make a flyer and poster and another was used by the local press to advertise the event.
Overall I was pleased with the standard of images I produced and the imaginative way that I shot them. The sky in the outdoor shots is missing detail but on the day the sky was grey and flat so it wasn't even possible to bring back any detail in photoshop or lightroom, this isnt too much of a problem as the shoot was about the characters in the images and not about the surrounding environment. I would like to have tried some with off camera flash but did not have one available.
I achieved my planned intentions, images edited in lightroom and cropped in windows live.
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Medium Format
Medium Format
Medium Format refers to the film in the camera.
Medium format film is larger (often significantly so) than 35mm film, and is wound onto reusable spools. While 120 is the most common medium format, there are others available, including 620, which is the same size as 120 but uses smaller spools. Medium format film uses a paper backing to protect it from exposure to light, and should be loaded in subdued light conditions. Currently the two most popular formats are 120 and 220. 120 film is basically a spooled paper-backed film, that will take from 8 to 16 exposures (6x9 to 6x4.5). The paper back typically has rows of numbers that lines up with the (usually red) window on the back for the format of that particular camera. 220 film is the exact same film, except instead of a paper backing, it has a paper leader. The film itself has no paper backing and is twice the length of 120, so instead of 8 to 16 exposures you may get around 15 to 31 exposures. 116 or 616 type film was a 70mm wide paper backed film, which is no longer readily made.
Pros -
Here is an image that was taken on a Medium format camera.
Medium Format refers to the film in the camera.
Medium format film is larger (often significantly so) than 35mm film, and is wound onto reusable spools. While 120 is the most common medium format, there are others available, including 620, which is the same size as 120 but uses smaller spools. Medium format film uses a paper backing to protect it from exposure to light, and should be loaded in subdued light conditions. Currently the two most popular formats are 120 and 220. 120 film is basically a spooled paper-backed film, that will take from 8 to 16 exposures (6x9 to 6x4.5). The paper back typically has rows of numbers that lines up with the (usually red) window on the back for the format of that particular camera. 220 film is the exact same film, except instead of a paper backing, it has a paper leader. The film itself has no paper backing and is twice the length of 120, so instead of 8 to 16 exposures you may get around 15 to 31 exposures. 116 or 616 type film was a 70mm wide paper backed film, which is no longer readily made.
Pros -
- Available in a variety of types, & some systems that are as versatile as 35mm.
- Good range of professional quality films available.
- Most are still small enough to be convenient and hand holdable.
- Automation available on some models.
Larger negative requires less blow-up (16X to 24X) to make 8X10s.
Cons -
- Many are *EXPENSIVE* compared to 35mm cameras with similar features due to lack of a mass market.
- Local availability of film and processing is limited unless you are in a metropolitan area.
Here is an image that was taken on a Medium format camera.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Organised Chaos Productions - Production Shoot
Preperation :-
I met with the Director of OC to see what was required, the sort of photos she wanted, and what the photos would be used for. I read through a synopsis of each play and went along to 2 rehearsals to do test shoots and to meet the cast and directors so that on opening night they were comfortable with having me around and therefore more relaxed in front of the camera. It was imperative that I knew what scenes were crucial to the plot so that I didn't miss them. I will be shooting Digital as the photos would mainly be used on the web and press releases so this would be easier than working with film as I dont have the facilities to process them. After each rehearsal the photos were sent off for approval so that I knew I was getting what the client wanted.
Test Shots - As the lighting etc is different in a theatre, the test shots were more about were I would position myself and were each cast member was situated, hence why I havent edited 99% of them
my photos appeared here:-
To Die For Entertainments - Publicity Shoot Planning
I was asked to do some publicity shots for a Murder Mystery company for a show that was coming up entitled "Death By Chocolate" this was a Murder Mystery Parody of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. The photos would be used to make a poster and to send to the press.
In preperation for the shoot I met with the director and got the general jist of what the production was about, the plot etc, as due to time restraints of the cast no test shoot could be done. This would mean that on the day I had to shoot from various angles to get the desired shots. The shoot would be done at one of the venues which was a pub, so the interior of the pub would be used and the outdoor carpark.
We decided to base some of the shots on famous film publicity shots with a comedy take on it.
Pre-Production sketches of the photos the client wanted.
In preperation for the shoot I met with the director and got the general jist of what the production was about, the plot etc, as due to time restraints of the cast no test shoot could be done. This would mean that on the day I had to shoot from various angles to get the desired shots. The shoot would be done at one of the venues which was a pub, so the interior of the pub would be used and the outdoor carpark.
We decided to base some of the shots on famous film publicity shots with a comedy take on it.
Pre-Production sketches of the photos the client wanted.
As most of the images will be used for web purposes I shall be shooting on digital.
A poster they made using one of the final images
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Abstract Imagery
Here are some abstract images I took, using a long shutter speed. All images are straight from camera with the colour saturated in Photoshop
An abstract photograph strips real world imagery of its message and meaning and leaves only raw emotion and arbitrary associations, which might be different for each person viewing it. So it's not so much an artistic expression, more like a game of introspection offered to the potential viewer.
An abstract photograph strips real world imagery of its message and meaning and leaves only raw emotion and arbitrary associations, which might be different for each person viewing it. So it's not so much an artistic expression, more like a game of introspection offered to the potential viewer.
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