3rd 6th weeks free shoot

First HDR photo

Architecture Intro

3 favorite tips:

1.) When the sun goes down a new form of architectural photographer can surface. To shoot a structure as a silhouette during sunset, position the architecture between yourself and the sun. Make sure the flash is deactivated and expose for the sky. If the foreground is too light set the exposure compensation to a negative value to darken it. This effect can produce particularly enigmatic results. Night shots can be very dramatic and atmospheric too, but remember to take them when there is still some light and colour left in the sky as this adds tone to the backdrop and help to illuminate details. As before get into a good position and set your camera on a tripod and wait for the dazzling display of urban lights from windows, street lights, signs – all of these in their rainbow of neon colours will add to the ambience. Use a wide aperture and long exposure, and if your camera is supported you’ll be able to employ a low ISO to ensure details aren’t depreciated by noise.

2.)Unlike other forms of photography, exciting architectural images can be produced in all weathers. A church on a clear day may strike the viewer as pleasant but maybe a bit bland, revisit it when there’s a storm brewing overhead or a mist rising from the damp earth and the results can be altogether more intriguing. By revisiting and shooting the same building in these various weather conditions, photographer’s can produce a neat portfolio of shots – maybe select the best three and you’ll

3.)Reflections add an extra dimension to architectural images and allow the photographer to create a canvas on which the building can be playfully distorted. Urban environments are littered with a multitude of reflective surfaces, so you’ll never have to look too far to practice, for example: windows, water features, puddles and wet streets, sunglasses, rivers and modern art.

1. Why did you pick this photo (be specific and write at least a paragraph)?
2. Reflect on the lighting - where is it coming from, what time of day do you think the photo was taken, what is the light source, is the lighting good enough, what would you do if you had to light that type of source.
3. Reflect on the angle the photo was taken - where was the photographer standing in relation to the subject, what did the photographer have to do to achieve that angle, is the entire subject in the photo, do you think there is another angle that would have been better, where would that be and how would you achieve that photo
4. Reflect on the composition - are there rules of photography evident, do the traditional rules of photography apply to architecture photography, how can one get some of those traditional rules of photography involved in an architecture photo.
 

Sebastian Opiz
1.) I picked this photo because it looks extremely cool. I really would love to learn how to do something like this because i think it would be cool to say i know how to take something as cool as this. Also i love how its at night so you can see all the lights on the streets and on the For this buildings. 

2.) the light source in this picture is coming from the buildings and the street lights. Since the person took this picture with a long exposure, that was how he got this picture to light up. This picture was taking probably around 12pm. I would say the lighting in this picture is good enough.

3.) For this photo, there was no specific angle because this picture is a 180 degree picture.

4.)This specific photo does not have any rules of photography. But i do believe that you can get the rules of photography in a different architecture photo. All you have to do if fallow the rules, and also follow the rues of architecture photography.

1.) I picked this photo because i loooooooove the sunset behind the building and the affect the sunset has on the clouds. And also i think its cool to see a really cool picture of the rock and roll hall of fame because Ive been there before.

2.) The light is coming from behind the building and it is natural light. This picture was taken right as the sun was going down so probably around 6pm. I think the lighting is perfect.

14 hour shoot/ compositions

Composition:

Circular composition

Circular composition close up

Rule of thirds

Rule of thirds close up

Leading lines close up

Leading lines

Vertical lines

Vertical lines close up

Balance

Balance close up

Contrast of content

Contrast of content close up

Rhythm

Rhythm close up

Light as the subject

Light as the subject close up

S-curve

S-curve close up

Frame inside of a frame

Frame inside of a frame close up

Landscapes

My favorite tip is "Think Foregrounds"

The Place I think would be fun to shoot would be by the lake. My Favorite tip from this section was the tips about Forests.

Marco Carmassi's Photography

 http://www.marcocarmassi.com/site/index.php

He mainly takes landscape photos 

Philippe Sainte-Laudry Photography

http://www.naturephotographie.com/

He mainly takes pictures of forests 

 He used Leading Lines to get this picture.

Miles Morgan Photography

http://www.milesmorganphotography.com/

He mainly uses foreground photography.

 

What type of equipment makes this type of photography easier to get?

Filters for Black and White, A neutral density (ND) filter, Filters for Color,

Spare Batteries, Flashlight, Lenses, Tripod, Photoshop and a Camera.     

Where can you go to take this kind of photo here in the Austin area?

You could go to town lake and take pictures over the lake.

Make me a list of places you could realistically take these types of photos.
The 360 bridge

Mt. Bonnell 

  

 

 

Stuff to look at...Blogs to complete

 1.  http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/witness-juarez/video/witness-tease.html

2.     Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website). 

      By visiting this website, I watched a documentary about war photographers. They talked about the skills and risks it takes to be a war photographer. If you wanted to be a war photographer you would also have to be very brave.

3.     What did you learn new?

       I learned that when your a war photographer you have to experience everything that everyone else is experiencing because your right there with them the whole time.  

      

8.     If you looked at a video, please do the following:

a.     Describe what you saw in the video.

In this video, I saw how awful wars are. And i saw photographers just standing there taking pictures of the whole thing. 

b.     Try to figure out who made the video. 

From executive producers Michael Mann and David Frankham

c.     If there is a story about the video on the website, paraphrase it in 2-3 sentences.

Follows combat photographers into conflict zones in Mexico, Libya, South Sudan and Brazil. 

c.     How did the site relate to photography?
This site relates to photography because it was a documentary about war photography. 



 2. http://vimeo.com/40768255

2.     Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website). 

      By visiting this website i watched a video on painting with lights in photography.  

     

3.     What did you learn new?

      I learned that they used  96 camera rigs and 30s sequential exposures, also they did A lot of running around with lights.And finally combining manual and pulsing strobe flash. 

8.     If you looked at a video, please do the following:

a.     Describe what you saw in the video.

b.     Try to figure out who made the video. If it was a photographer look them up on google and see if you can learn more about them.

c.     If there is a story about the video on the website, paraphrase it in 2-3 sentences.

d.     What did you learn new?

c.     How did the site relate to photography?

2nd 6th weeks free shoot

Macro Editing

Short Lens

Long Lens

Macro Photogrphy

Macro Photography- is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size (though macrophotography technically refers to the art of making very large photographs).