week 1 research

location

What shutter type is found in almost all small format DSLR cameras? (your camera)?

There are 3 mian types of shutters the interlens shutter (leaf shutter), focal plane shutter and the sensor shutter. Most small format use the focal plane shutter, they use this one because its extremely accurate and reliable. my nikon d5000 uses a Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane.


What does the term flash synchronisation mean?

The term flash synchronisation means how quickly the flash responds to the command of the speed of the shutter.


What is the flash synchronisation speed for your camera?

this question was really hard to answer because it never really specified but I'm prity sure its 1/200 of a second


What is the typical colour temperature (in Kelvins) of an electronic flash discharge?

the rough sort of range for a regular flash unit is around 5400


What is the typical flash discharge duration of a contemporary portable flash unit?


studio

In terms of a studio flash unit, is there a difference between a generator and a power pack?


What is the unit or units of measurements that describes a studio flash output level?


What is the difference between symmetrical and asymmetrical flash power output?


What is a modelling light and how is it used in practice?

a model light is a continuous light source that is used to give a indication of the effect of the flash

research assignment

2011 New Zealand earth quake

This image is of a bus which has been crushed by falling debris off a building. Some of the techniques the photo journalist has used to capture this disastrous scene is that they used the bus as and the debris as main feature to fill almost the whole frame, they also have gotten on a higher angle with a wide angle lens to get more in the shot and you can tell they have used a smaller aperture to capture everything in the shot as well.

Photograph by Martin Hunter, Getty Images

This image is of the “Pyne Gould Guines” building which was the most worst suffered building from the quake. In this shot the photographer has used people as a scale to represent the magnitude of what happened, the photographer would of most likely used a wide angle lens to capture everything in the shot. He used this angle because it would be the best way to show the slant of the 4 story building all flatten out.

Photograph by Mark Mitchell, New Zealand Herald/AP

This image is a of person being cared for while they are lying down on the on the street with people moving around them clearing the wreckage from the fallen down homes. The photographer has used a wide lens with a small aperture to capture the people on the ground in the front and the people in the back, he has captures the desperate and panic look the people are giving off well, but I think the image could have had more of a impact in the arrow in the right corner wasn’t in frame.

almost silhouetted if it was 3 more stops down and if the angle of view was a little higher so his head wasn't half cut off it could have been a nice shot

window light portrait and silhouette

window light portrait



i sat her in a postion where she was lit by the sun on a orange wall outside and a nice soft diffused light lighting the features in her hair and filling out the light on her neck. useing this light was hard beacuse i wasnt to sure what whight balance i should have used but cloudy work nicely i think.

1/200 f1.8 iso 200

silhouette

this shot was a %100 luck 1 milli second later and i would have missed it, i used a sequance shots with a super fa

st shutter speed and the lowest f stop i could have used. im very please with this shot :)

1/2000 f1.8 iso 200

panning

the concepts of panning are to have the back ground out of focus with motion blur but keeping the main subject in focus. The technique is to have the camera on a slower shutter with a high f stop and follow a moving suject at the same point focus.

I tried useing a coke can but it was to small and hard to keep it in the same place wile moving in the air, also i tried using bird but they where to unpredictable and moved to quick

1/40 f22 iso 200

the portrait and back ground

this is a image of the garbage man doing his daily job. he a very friendly man and i think this image portrays this very well with his big happy smile. The buildings in the back ground are a little distracting beacuse there is a stright line comeing out of his head and the orange sign on the right is also drawing attention from the main subject. i think his bright blue bag and the green grass have a nice contrast

research assignment 1

location photographer

eric staller is a light photographer and has been one now for 30 years, he is a revolutionary to this style of art. he is one of the best because he had such a long time to perfect his skills in this art form. not only dose he do light art but he also creates elaborate status and objects that change colour and move, from giant floating Lilly pap pool toys to cars completely covered with light bulbs and Even fish bowl helmets. he is so appealing to me because he produces fantastic light photography and his sculptures are exquizeet and he gets amazing photos of them. Every photo shoot that he dose is interesting he manages to capture amazing elements of design in shapes and sizes.

alot of his photos have a really serial situations to them almost dream like. A quote from eric off his website “ They will approach with an amused or bemused expression and ask "why? what does it mean?" The simple answer is that I don't know. It's a mystery where my ideas come from. It is the idea that initially appears the most absurd that I am ultimately compelled to build. The idea that makes me laugh and say "where the hell did THAT come from?!" is the one that becomes an obsession over the coming months”. the lighting in all of his photos changes dramatically from image to image from it being very dark at night with bright colours to bright colourful day time with dark shadows. With the help of the dark mysterious colours it reinforce the idea of it being so serial and strange.most of his shots are around cities near buildings.

the shot is of the sun setting over new york city with the “bubble boat” drifting around. He would have had to use a wide angle lens with a tripod because of the lack of light around the bridge and all other surroundings so he would have had to use a slower shutter speed

this image is a cross of road lighten up by sparklers, this effect is caused by a slower shutter speed and sparklers strapped down in a Evan row. It looks like there is a little additional light from street lights, this is evident because if you looks closely at the sign post in the corner there is a shadow.

This image is of a bridge in the city at night with frames of a cube rigged with lights. He would of used a wide angle lens with a slow shutter speed. he would have created the effect of the cubes by make a frame of a cube and rigging it with lights around the frame and then by turning the lights on and off it would leave a imprint of the cube

this is a image of people rideing a tandom bike with clear plastic ball wired with lights all threw them. he would of used a slower shutter speed beacuse there is a large amount of light reflecting from the wall which is lighting the scean

the "light mobile" is one eric stallers most famous works. The car has had holes drilled all threw panels and then lights have been insterted in them and the lights where conected to a computer for synchronisation. The people in the back ground are well lit from the car and the street lights. but still again he has used a slower shutter speed this is evident beacuse there is some motion blurr in the people

this is a image of a bike frame with a cage of lights surounding it. the person inside is illuminated with a seperate light on the handle and the suroundings is lightend up by the cage on the outside.

queen bee ann