Tuesday 22 February 2011
marks
Hi has anyone had their level 1 worked marked yet??? I still haven't heard anything. I hope level 2 is going well for all those who went on to do it.
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Health and safety
When thinking about Health and Safety and photography, it got me a bit stumped to start with. The more I thought about it though I realised that you are always doing safety checks in everyday life. As all my photos were taken around water this is biggy with health and safety.
My photoshoot at the marina had lots of safety implications as all my photographs were taken near the water. I had to make sure that I wasn't too close and followed any warning signs along the way. I also had to watch out for my son who came with me. I did take some pictures of swans and ducks which as everyone knows can be quite vicious, I had to keep distance and make sure not to scare them.
When I took the pictures at bath time, I had to be extra vigilant as I was bathing my son at the time and he is only 2 years old. Also as explained previously in one of my blogs my son loves bath time and can get a little excited, therefore I had to make sure he didn't splash my camera.
With all my photo sessions I had to be careful and assess each situation to make sure myself and others were safe
My photoshoot at the marina had lots of safety implications as all my photographs were taken near the water. I had to make sure that I wasn't too close and followed any warning signs along the way. I also had to watch out for my son who came with me. I did take some pictures of swans and ducks which as everyone knows can be quite vicious, I had to keep distance and make sure not to scare them.
When I took the pictures at bath time, I had to be extra vigilant as I was bathing my son at the time and he is only 2 years old. Also as explained previously in one of my blogs my son loves bath time and can get a little excited, therefore I had to make sure he didn't splash my camera.
With all my photo sessions I had to be careful and assess each situation to make sure myself and others were safe
The End
Thats it I think I am all finished. I have done everything that I can do now, I just hope it's enough. I'm hoping nothing is missing or doesn't have enough detail as I'm whacked now and need a well deserved break!
Lenses
There are so many different types of lenses available on the market and having one for every occasion would be great!!
The standard lense which comes with most cameras is the one I have and the only one that I used this is a 50mm lens.
Here are some other lenses:
Wide Angled Lens: These type of lenses are predominantly used by landscape photographers keeping the foreground as a focus.
Telephoto Lens: This lens is great for bringing images that are in the distance close to you, making them the focus of the picture and the background out of focus. Can be used to capture sporting events also. Which I suppose you would say that this lens is the complete opposite of the wide angle lens.
Macro Lens: I would love to have one of these lenses as close up photography can be really beautiful. The quality of this lens is usually very good and get yo up close and personal with your chosen subject.
Fisheye Lens: This lens has a full 180% angle and can make a picture look like the centre of it is coming out at you. It reminds me of looking through a telescope.
Shift/perspective Control Lenses: It helps you to take pictures of tall buildings so you don't have to tilt the camera. Sounds all very technical to me and very expensive. I'm sure only the dedicated photographer would have one of these lenses.
The standard lense which comes with most cameras is the one I have and the only one that I used this is a 50mm lens.
Here are some other lenses:
Wide Angled Lens: These type of lenses are predominantly used by landscape photographers keeping the foreground as a focus.
Telephoto Lens: This lens is great for bringing images that are in the distance close to you, making them the focus of the picture and the background out of focus. Can be used to capture sporting events also. Which I suppose you would say that this lens is the complete opposite of the wide angle lens.
Macro Lens: I would love to have one of these lenses as close up photography can be really beautiful. The quality of this lens is usually very good and get yo up close and personal with your chosen subject.
Fisheye Lens: This lens has a full 180% angle and can make a picture look like the centre of it is coming out at you. It reminds me of looking through a telescope.
Shift/perspective Control Lenses: It helps you to take pictures of tall buildings so you don't have to tilt the camera. Sounds all very technical to me and very expensive. I'm sure only the dedicated photographer would have one of these lenses.
Evaluation of overall course
Well here we are at the end of this C&G in photography course, which to be honest never thought I would get to.
All my images were taken with my Sony DSLR a390, also for some images I used a tripod and photoshop. My theme was water therefore all my images had water in them or something to do with water. From the start of the course my theme was always going to be water therefore my ideas didn't change.
When I started this course I wanted to learn the art of taking a good photograph. I have learnt what techniques to use, eg. using the aperture and shutter speed correctly (I'm impressed I actually took it all in to be honest). I have also learnt to use my camera on manual now rather than auto and I don't think I would use auto very often now. I've also discovered that you need a good eye to take a half decent photograph and I do now look at surroundings and situations differently and want to start snapping away.
I do wish now though that I had done the recreational photography course first as I found I spent so much time learning and worrying about how to use 'The Blog' (frustrating at times) and 'Photoshop' (fun, but also frustrating at times) that I didn't spend enough time learning and practising taking photographs (which is what I came to do). I'm not very good at asking for help and there wasn't enough of Marie to go around, therefore I did struggle a lot of the time and hoped I was doing the right thing. Although the course content was interesting I did think it was a lot to cram into 16 weeks especially for someone like me who had no knowledge in photography, blogging or photoshop.
I found researching other photographers quite hard to get into at first, but once I searched the Internet I found some images that I loved and therefore found it easy to research. I found looking at manipulated images really interesting, the time and effort that goes into creating an image like that is just phenomenal. I would love to at some point be that confident with photoshop and I'm sure with time and practise I could produce some amazing images. Eric Johansson is by far my favourite photographer, his eye for detail is just great. I also love the work of Anne Geddes, I eventually want to photograph children therefore her work really inspires me.
I enjoyed working in the studio, playing around with lighting and different poses, I just wish there had been more time for this. Unfortunately with the strict criteria I found myself concentrating on getting my blog up to date rather than learning new things.
I don't feel at this point I will be going on to do Level 2, purely because I would like to get to know my camera better and learn more about taking pictures without the pressure of assignments and deadlines.
All my images were taken with my Sony DSLR a390, also for some images I used a tripod and photoshop. My theme was water therefore all my images had water in them or something to do with water. From the start of the course my theme was always going to be water therefore my ideas didn't change.
When I started this course I wanted to learn the art of taking a good photograph. I have learnt what techniques to use, eg. using the aperture and shutter speed correctly (I'm impressed I actually took it all in to be honest). I have also learnt to use my camera on manual now rather than auto and I don't think I would use auto very often now. I've also discovered that you need a good eye to take a half decent photograph and I do now look at surroundings and situations differently and want to start snapping away.
I do wish now though that I had done the recreational photography course first as I found I spent so much time learning and worrying about how to use 'The Blog' (frustrating at times) and 'Photoshop' (fun, but also frustrating at times) that I didn't spend enough time learning and practising taking photographs (which is what I came to do). I'm not very good at asking for help and there wasn't enough of Marie to go around, therefore I did struggle a lot of the time and hoped I was doing the right thing. Although the course content was interesting I did think it was a lot to cram into 16 weeks especially for someone like me who had no knowledge in photography, blogging or photoshop.
I found researching other photographers quite hard to get into at first, but once I searched the Internet I found some images that I loved and therefore found it easy to research. I found looking at manipulated images really interesting, the time and effort that goes into creating an image like that is just phenomenal. I would love to at some point be that confident with photoshop and I'm sure with time and practise I could produce some amazing images. Eric Johansson is by far my favourite photographer, his eye for detail is just great. I also love the work of Anne Geddes, I eventually want to photograph children therefore her work really inspires me.
I enjoyed working in the studio, playing around with lighting and different poses, I just wish there had been more time for this. Unfortunately with the strict criteria I found myself concentrating on getting my blog up to date rather than learning new things.
I don't feel at this point I will be going on to do Level 2, purely because I would like to get to know my camera better and learn more about taking pictures without the pressure of assignments and deadlines.
Unit 108-task 1a and 1b (image 4)
Unit 108-Task 1a (image manipulation)
Original images:
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| f5.6 1/160 iso 100 |
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| f5.6 1/60 iso 100 using the flash |
Final image
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| The boy in the boot |
Unit 108-Task 1b (supporting evidence)
I manipulated these images using photoshop cs4. I started off cropping the image of the boots, to cut out some of the background. I then cut around my son using the magnetic lasso tool, this takes a steady hand so I'm not sure it is perfect. I then went to edit-copy and pasted it onto the boot picture using edit-paste. I then shrunk him down and moved him around the boot. I wanted to give the impression of him swimming in the boot to give an unreal, but qwerky image. Once he was in the position I wanted I changed the opacity to blend him into the boot.
I'm happy with the image and that I have used all my own photographs.
All pictures are my own and were taken with my sony DSLR a390 using manual setting and auto focus. I have manipulated my own images to create an unreal fun image.
Monday 24 January 2011
Unit 107-intro to presenting photo images
Unit 107 Task 1b
To present my 6 images I got them printed off and enlarged to 8x6, I thought 10x8 maybe just a little too big. I will put my images into a photo album, purely for cost reasons really. I'm not totally happy with this choice and think they would have looked better using another format, but whats done is done. It is a shame that there is so much empty space in the album, but given time I will fill it I just hope that this doesn't effect the marking. I would have liked to have framed my images, but it became too expensive therefore I opted for the album. I would have liked to have made a collage of my prints in a large frame, but thought it would be too large and heavy to carry around (selfish really). I also thought about making a photo book, but firstly they take a while to produce and get printed off and secondly I don't really have enough prints to fill it. At some point I would like to produce a photobook of my images as I feel they show off images really well. I know from experience as I had my wedding pictures presented in this way.
There are many ways in which images can be presented examples are:
I have highlighted in red some ways in which you can present images, here are a couple of other ways:
A slide show is a quick and simple method of presenting images. You just need to save the desired pictures onto a memory stick, load them into your computer and click slideshow...so easy even I can do it!
Canvas prints are a gorgeous way of presenting images, can be quite expensive, but very effective.
To present my 6 images I got them printed off and enlarged to 8x6, I thought 10x8 maybe just a little too big. I will put my images into a photo album, purely for cost reasons really. I'm not totally happy with this choice and think they would have looked better using another format, but whats done is done. It is a shame that there is so much empty space in the album, but given time I will fill it I just hope that this doesn't effect the marking. I would have liked to have framed my images, but it became too expensive therefore I opted for the album. I would have liked to have made a collage of my prints in a large frame, but thought it would be too large and heavy to carry around (selfish really). I also thought about making a photo book, but firstly they take a while to produce and get printed off and secondly I don't really have enough prints to fill it. At some point I would like to produce a photobook of my images as I feel they show off images really well. I know from experience as I had my wedding pictures presented in this way.
There are many ways in which images can be presented examples are:
I have highlighted in red some ways in which you can present images, here are a couple of other ways:
A slide show is a quick and simple method of presenting images. You just need to save the desired pictures onto a memory stick, load them into your computer and click slideshow...so easy even I can do it!
Canvas prints are a gorgeous way of presenting images, can be quite expensive, but very effective.
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