Monthly Archives: January 2012

Reading Assignment 1

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The readings were a much needed catch up for me. My photography experience is limited to working with my dad’s Sony Cybershot. I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by family members who own a lot of the equipment (my parents recently purchased a 5D and my sister has a Pentax that’s been sitting around for ages), but my knowledge is still lacking in the subject. I found not only the instructions for the SLR to be useful, but the comparison chart between film and digital to be rather enlightening. For someone who’s photography experience has been limited to digital, having the pros of film pointed out to me was very useful.

Reading 1

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I found the reading to be very direct and informational. I especially appreciate the reference tables as they categorized a lot of very useful detailed information. I found myself spending a lot of time reading and rereading the sections on DOF and circles of confusion. While I have a grasp of the basics I still get things all jumbled up in my head when I try to make sense of it sometimes so it was nice to have a clear, concise paragraph to set the record straight. I also found the comparative photographs of wide/50mm/telephoto images incredibly useful. The concept of what a wide angle vs telephoto lens captures is simple enough but the illustration helped to highlight the dramatic effect the lenses can have besides just simple cropping.

Reading Assignment 1

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I’d have to say that I found this first reading to be very helpful. I am new to the realm of photography and I have always wanted to know about how the fancy SLR cameras worked. I especially enjoyed how the book used examples of the human eye to explain the different controls on the SLR. It helped me to understand and remember them better. It was also fascinating to read about and compare digital point-and-shoot cameras with SLRs and DSLRs. I always wondered what all of the differences were and I found the information to be very helpful.

reading response

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A few of the things I appreciated most from the assigned reading were the explanations of different lenses (I have multiple from past holidays and I slowly figure out how to use them and what they are to be used for), and the different formats cameras come in, plus the film. I have only worked with small format so it’ll be great to work with the holga camera soon. Figuring out the different parts of the camera (using the diagram in the book and in class) was good, building a language!

I have letters on the mind. Check out the full slide show below!

http://mashable.com/2011/04/18/iphotography-alphabet/#12659B-by-Abigail-Harenberg (couldn’t remember how to link..)

Reading Response: Practice 1

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Wow. There was definitely a lot of pertinent information to take in and mull over with this reading. I’m not going to lie, I feel a bit overwhelmed and a little intimidated by the wealth of knowledge and this just solidified the fact that I still have much to learn. But this is an exciting prospect; I look forward to gaining this knowledge and finding insight into the elusive creature known as my camera. I especially appreciated the section on 35mm SLR cameras; setting film speed, loading film, what all those little buttons and levers and knobs do, et al. The 35mm camera I will using is my Dad’s, one that he’s had from before I was born, so I definitely feel responsible for making sure it arrives back into his hands in one piece. This reading was a great jumping-off point to get us all familiarized with photography language and techniques or a terrific review for those already familiar with camera jargon.

Reading Assignment 1

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The reading was really informative with the parts about the basic workings of the SLR cameras. I especially find that helpful coming into this with little knowledge of them. All of the information about how the eye relates was really neat to read about even though I had heard of it before. The examples of different cameras was cool too and it was neat to see Garth’s name in there. All in all, it was a good reading selection to start the quarter with.

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This reading actually was quite informative. I enjoyed reading about the anatomy of the eye and how it relates to the camera. It was also interesting to read about how to make a camera obscura. It was a nice refresher as far as the technical descriptions and information about cameras seeing as I don’t have much experience with analog cameras..

Tilt-Shift and Wiggle 3-D

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Tilt-Shift Example
Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography

While reading the first section of the book regarding depth of field, I was reminded of this remarkable trick of photography called ’tilt-shifting’ where a short depth of field is simulated on a long one, resulting in a ‘miniature effect’. This can be done with the camera or in imaging editing software.

Wiggle 3-D
‘Wiggle’ Stereoscopy

I have my great grandfathers stereoscopic camera which he used to take many photos of his travels around the world, and a lot of the slides he made of the resulting dual pictures. When reading the portion about stereoscopic cameras, I noticed they left this more modern application of the camera out. Computers can be used to make the pictures switch quickly between one another and force a 3-D ‘Wiggle’. This can also be an example of Parallax error, if you were to switch between a viewfinder’s view and the lens view, you would get the same result