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Practice 1:Vision: Tools, Materials & Processes

This reading talked about the basics of how cameras work starting with camera obscuras and going all the way to more modern common cameras and the many different kind of lenses there are, as well as depth of field and focus length that you can use with different cameras and formats.  But I thought it was interesting that the reading started off with a really detailed explanation of the human eye as a way of explaining cameras.

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Practice 3: Reproductive Processes and Tools

This reading was a very long reading that went into great detail on how to process film, make prints, photograms, and how to output digitally.  The section that I found the most interesting was the section on liquid photographic emulsion, or liquid light.  I would be really interested in trying because I have heard so much about it.  This reading is very useful as a reference for photographers but I did feel like I already knew quite a bit of it from taking 290.

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Theory: 4a: Series and Sequence

I enjoyed reading the theory sections a little more than the practice readings. This reading was about series and sequence and the different ways that photography can be presented.  The benefits of series and sequence are that the photographer can control the viewer, their experience, and interpretation.  Sequence is also a great way for photography to show time and motion.

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Theory: Light and Shadow

The beginning of the article starts out with a comparison of the shadow and light in general to Plato’s Cave, which I thought was interesting after just reading the Susan Sontag article comparing photography to the cave.  What I enjoyed about this article was all the artist comparisons and references.

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Practice 2: Light and Shadow

This reading was about the different kinds of light sources, how to light a subject, colored lighting, and natural light vs. artificial light.  It also went into great detail of manipulating light in the lighting studio.  You can manipulate lights in the lighting through using fill light, focusing, reflecting, bouncing, and diffusing.

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This guy actually made me really interested sports for a minute there.  His Fans series is my favorite.

http://www.marilynbridges.com/pages/portfolio_contemporary/LatinAmericaPortersIncaTrailPeru.html

Marilyn Bridges was one of the only female landscape photographers mention in Deborah Bright’s article Of Mother Nature and Marlboro Men.  Her work are really interesting aerial views from all over the world.

This article was really interesting because I do fall into the same sort of perception of nature and landscape photography without realizing how regulated our small areas of nature really are.  This reading did give me a new perspective on landscape photography and cultural creation of nature in general.  I especially found Deborah Bright’s religious comparison of nature interesting.  Because it is so true that Americans do indirectly worship nature and the landscape.  I think it is something both culturally created proven by Bright’s mention of the 20th century national park craze and something that is innate in us as humans to preserve and worship nature, why else would people go camping if they didn’t?