Pinhole Camera
Describe:
A pinhole camera is a lightproof box with a pinhole on one side. Light from the area that I shot shined through the aperture and reflected an inverted image on the inside of the box, where my photo paper was that was facing the pinhole. This is the camera obscura effect. The length of time that I let light into the camera varied based on how strong the sun was each day. The times varied between forty-five seconds (when it was bright) to three minutes (when the sun was not strong or I was shooting in the shade).The negative image is the original photo taken by the pinhole camera. It is an inverted reflected image of the scene, and the shadows and highlights show up differently based on the amount of light absorbed. After I developed my negative photos, I used the dark room equipment by putting the negative on top of the blank photo paper to make a contact print, then I developed my positive in the chemicals. After all of these steps, the positives looked like what I would think of as a normal photo, in black and white. The shadows were dark and the brighter areas were light, as the scene would appear to the naked eye.
Analyze:
A variety of elements of art were were applied to this project including shape, value, texture and line. All of these elements of art were seen in both the negative and positive photos. Shape was used in these images through lines, shades and highlights. The shape of the central object being photographed in each of my shots was captured by the pinhole camera and shown in the photos. Texture was shown in each of my photos when just the right amount of light was absorbed. In “Morning Hydrangea” the texture of the buildings was captured since the right amount of light was exposed. This can be seen in both the positive and negative. Value is seen in “Lone Hydrant” by light being reflected off of the hydrant and highlighting it in both the positive and negative.
Interpret:
I chose to take the photos I did for multiple reasons. I chose to take “Potted Row” because I wanted to use the element of line in my photo. The person observing my photo will first look at the front pot then deeper into the photo, down the line of pots. I chose to take “Lone Hydrant” based on the sharp shadow being reflected onto the grass. I wanted to try to capture these shadows and highlights. I shot “Morning Hydrangea” because of how nice the lighting was and I wanted to capture the beautiful flowers.
Judgment:
I am proud of my final products and enjoyed working on this project. This project was very successful and I loved using the pinhole camera. I was fascinated by how it worked and how the images turned out. I enjoyed learning more about the elements of art and experimenting with the pinhole camera.
A pinhole camera is a lightproof box with a pinhole on one side. Light from the area that I shot shined through the aperture and reflected an inverted image on the inside of the box, where my photo paper was that was facing the pinhole. This is the camera obscura effect. The length of time that I let light into the camera varied based on how strong the sun was each day. The times varied between forty-five seconds (when it was bright) to three minutes (when the sun was not strong or I was shooting in the shade).The negative image is the original photo taken by the pinhole camera. It is an inverted reflected image of the scene, and the shadows and highlights show up differently based on the amount of light absorbed. After I developed my negative photos, I used the dark room equipment by putting the negative on top of the blank photo paper to make a contact print, then I developed my positive in the chemicals. After all of these steps, the positives looked like what I would think of as a normal photo, in black and white. The shadows were dark and the brighter areas were light, as the scene would appear to the naked eye.
Analyze:
A variety of elements of art were were applied to this project including shape, value, texture and line. All of these elements of art were seen in both the negative and positive photos. Shape was used in these images through lines, shades and highlights. The shape of the central object being photographed in each of my shots was captured by the pinhole camera and shown in the photos. Texture was shown in each of my photos when just the right amount of light was absorbed. In “Morning Hydrangea” the texture of the buildings was captured since the right amount of light was exposed. This can be seen in both the positive and negative. Value is seen in “Lone Hydrant” by light being reflected off of the hydrant and highlighting it in both the positive and negative.
Interpret:
I chose to take the photos I did for multiple reasons. I chose to take “Potted Row” because I wanted to use the element of line in my photo. The person observing my photo will first look at the front pot then deeper into the photo, down the line of pots. I chose to take “Lone Hydrant” based on the sharp shadow being reflected onto the grass. I wanted to try to capture these shadows and highlights. I shot “Morning Hydrangea” because of how nice the lighting was and I wanted to capture the beautiful flowers.
Judgment:
I am proud of my final products and enjoyed working on this project. This project was very successful and I loved using the pinhole camera. I was fascinated by how it worked and how the images turned out. I enjoyed learning more about the elements of art and experimenting with the pinhole camera.
Elements of Art
Value Hydrangea
Adrift
This is a photo of a pile of drift wood laying on the beach in the foreground. In the background is water and a bridge in the distance. In this photo I see a variety of line length and thickness along with a great amount of value. Texture is the most prominent element of art in this image being applied by the extreme contrast in the shadows of the wood pile and the movement of water. I was successful in my goal since I have extreme whites and blacks in this photo.
Movement
This is a photo of a wind mobile being twirled by a gust of wind. The foreground is made up of a variety of plants with extreme texture and the background contains trees and a bird house. The main element of art in this photo is texture and is shown by the different leaves and thin strands on each plant. Value is also shown through this image through the focus being on the wind mobile and the value of each part of each plant being shown through contrast.
Brisk Morning
This is a photo of a thin plant with small wheat-like pieces as the central subject. The foreground is other dark blurred plants and the background is the Severn River with sailboats and a powerboat floating still. In this photo the element of art, line, is being strongly exemplified. The plant stretches across the entire photo, drawing the observes eyes across the photo. Texture is also shown in this photo from the small frilled pieces of the plant.
Land Ahoy!
This is a photo a beached sailboat without a mast. The focus is on the cleat on the front of the sailboat. The background is of the Chesapeake Bay and the Bay Bridge is stretched across the right side of the background. Line is the most prominent element of art in this photo because the viewer’s eyes are initially drawn to the cleat, but ridges on bow of the boat draw the viewers eyes deeper into the photo towards the background. Value is also shown by the shadows and highlights due to contrast in this photo.
Hydranage
This is a photo of a bundle of hydrangeas, with the focus on one hydrangea in the center of the photo. This photo uses extreme contrast which shows great value in each petal on the hydrangeas. The shadows that are projected off of the hydrangeas give an even greater contrast compared to the light colored petals of the hydrangea. Texture is also shown through this photo due to contrast. Each petal has major detail and the buds are also shown. Veins of the hydrangea’s petals are even visible in this photo which gives the photo texture.
Overall Project
Overall, I was very successful in my goal of capturing different elements of art though my photography. I captured a variety of elements of art through not only these five images but also through the rest of my film on this project’s roll. Using different techniques, such as the use of lenses, I increased contrast reaching for bright whites and dark black in each photo. A success shown through the photo titled Afrift was the use of contrast to create texture and value. The overlapping of drift wood in this pile created shadows that were quite dark and the highlights on the top pieces were very prominent. A failure that I faced was capturing a clear photo of the Bay Bridge in the background, but the photo still came out similar to how I imagined it. I determined this failure because the bridge is slightly blurred in this background. This failure led to a success that was unexpected since the focus on the cleat was so extreme. I enjoyed this learning experience and feel as if I have a greater understanding of the elements of art and how to properly capture then using different apertures and levels of focus.
This is a photo of a pile of drift wood laying on the beach in the foreground. In the background is water and a bridge in the distance. In this photo I see a variety of line length and thickness along with a great amount of value. Texture is the most prominent element of art in this image being applied by the extreme contrast in the shadows of the wood pile and the movement of water. I was successful in my goal since I have extreme whites and blacks in this photo.
Movement
This is a photo of a wind mobile being twirled by a gust of wind. The foreground is made up of a variety of plants with extreme texture and the background contains trees and a bird house. The main element of art in this photo is texture and is shown by the different leaves and thin strands on each plant. Value is also shown through this image through the focus being on the wind mobile and the value of each part of each plant being shown through contrast.
Brisk Morning
This is a photo of a thin plant with small wheat-like pieces as the central subject. The foreground is other dark blurred plants and the background is the Severn River with sailboats and a powerboat floating still. In this photo the element of art, line, is being strongly exemplified. The plant stretches across the entire photo, drawing the observes eyes across the photo. Texture is also shown in this photo from the small frilled pieces of the plant.
Land Ahoy!
This is a photo a beached sailboat without a mast. The focus is on the cleat on the front of the sailboat. The background is of the Chesapeake Bay and the Bay Bridge is stretched across the right side of the background. Line is the most prominent element of art in this photo because the viewer’s eyes are initially drawn to the cleat, but ridges on bow of the boat draw the viewers eyes deeper into the photo towards the background. Value is also shown by the shadows and highlights due to contrast in this photo.
Hydranage
This is a photo of a bundle of hydrangeas, with the focus on one hydrangea in the center of the photo. This photo uses extreme contrast which shows great value in each petal on the hydrangeas. The shadows that are projected off of the hydrangeas give an even greater contrast compared to the light colored petals of the hydrangea. Texture is also shown through this photo due to contrast. Each petal has major detail and the buds are also shown. Veins of the hydrangea’s petals are even visible in this photo which gives the photo texture.
Overall Project
Overall, I was very successful in my goal of capturing different elements of art though my photography. I captured a variety of elements of art through not only these five images but also through the rest of my film on this project’s roll. Using different techniques, such as the use of lenses, I increased contrast reaching for bright whites and dark black in each photo. A success shown through the photo titled Afrift was the use of contrast to create texture and value. The overlapping of drift wood in this pile created shadows that were quite dark and the highlights on the top pieces were very prominent. A failure that I faced was capturing a clear photo of the Bay Bridge in the background, but the photo still came out similar to how I imagined it. I determined this failure because the bridge is slightly blurred in this background. This failure led to a success that was unexpected since the focus on the cleat was so extreme. I enjoyed this learning experience and feel as if I have a greater understanding of the elements of art and how to properly capture then using different apertures and levels of focus.
Portraits
Describe:
During my time photographing multiple people, I tried to capture the esthetic of their lives through individual photographs. I captured a variety of portraits including: hands, old, formal, environmental, candid, mood, side-lit, and detail. I experimented with light and used my prior knowledge of angles to capture unique photos.
Analyze:
I used lighting in my side-lit photo by angling a mobile light to strike my model’s face in a harsh manner. I used frame within a frame to bring out the detail in my model’s face in the photo of the model’s face being framed by the wreath. I focused on my model’s hands by having him cover his face with a cup by drinking in the photo titled “Handy Sip.”
Interpret:
My process behind these photographs was capturing portraits that contain mood and life. I had several stories behind this project, from picking out the perfect Christmas tree to a regular day at school. My goal was to photograph portraits that highlighted the individual in them.
Judgment:
Some challenges of this project were lighting, i.e. photographing picking out a Christmas tree at night and using man made light. I learned how to manipulate light in photos to capture great shadows and contrast to highlights parts of one’s face. I had an ah-ha moment when photographing hands by making the focus on the hands by covering the model’s face in a natural way. I was successful in this project by completing the task while putting my own unique twist on the project by telling a Christmas farm story through half of my photographs.
During my time photographing multiple people, I tried to capture the esthetic of their lives through individual photographs. I captured a variety of portraits including: hands, old, formal, environmental, candid, mood, side-lit, and detail. I experimented with light and used my prior knowledge of angles to capture unique photos.
Analyze:
I used lighting in my side-lit photo by angling a mobile light to strike my model’s face in a harsh manner. I used frame within a frame to bring out the detail in my model’s face in the photo of the model’s face being framed by the wreath. I focused on my model’s hands by having him cover his face with a cup by drinking in the photo titled “Handy Sip.”
Interpret:
My process behind these photographs was capturing portraits that contain mood and life. I had several stories behind this project, from picking out the perfect Christmas tree to a regular day at school. My goal was to photograph portraits that highlighted the individual in them.
Judgment:
Some challenges of this project were lighting, i.e. photographing picking out a Christmas tree at night and using man made light. I learned how to manipulate light in photos to capture great shadows and contrast to highlights parts of one’s face. I had an ah-ha moment when photographing hands by making the focus on the hands by covering the model’s face in a natural way. I was successful in this project by completing the task while putting my own unique twist on the project by telling a Christmas farm story through half of my photographs.
Point of View
Describe:
The viewer is looking at my neighborhood in Annapolis, Maryland. The majority of my photographs capture my best friend adventuring through my neighborhood. The viewer gets to look at the subjects day as a spectator from different angles. The viewer looks at the subject as well as what the subject sees. I shot tilt, birds eye, worms eye, rule of thirds, reflection, shadow, repetition, detail, and frame within a frame.
Analyze:
I highlighted a variety of elements of art including, contrast and texture. In my detail photograph, I highlighted the texture of my model’s hair. In my shadow photograph I highlighted the element of art, contrast. I used contrast in my rule of thirds photo as well by making the subject, the pot, stand out and pop from the background.
Interpret:
The story behind these photographs is a day in my neighborhood as the subject of the photos and as a third party. The process behind these photos was walking around my neighborhood in search of key places that make the neighborhood special, in order to highlight the setting. The theme is a calm, happy day.
Judgment:
Challenges I faced were capturing these photos at dusk and being restricted by light. I also faced the challenge of making sure I was highlighting a variety of points of view, and not using the same point of view over and over. My successes were capturing all of the points of view and making this prominent in each photo. I learned the different points of view and how to work with mediocre light.
The viewer is looking at my neighborhood in Annapolis, Maryland. The majority of my photographs capture my best friend adventuring through my neighborhood. The viewer gets to look at the subjects day as a spectator from different angles. The viewer looks at the subject as well as what the subject sees. I shot tilt, birds eye, worms eye, rule of thirds, reflection, shadow, repetition, detail, and frame within a frame.
Analyze:
I highlighted a variety of elements of art including, contrast and texture. In my detail photograph, I highlighted the texture of my model’s hair. In my shadow photograph I highlighted the element of art, contrast. I used contrast in my rule of thirds photo as well by making the subject, the pot, stand out and pop from the background.
Interpret:
The story behind these photographs is a day in my neighborhood as the subject of the photos and as a third party. The process behind these photos was walking around my neighborhood in search of key places that make the neighborhood special, in order to highlight the setting. The theme is a calm, happy day.
Judgment:
Challenges I faced were capturing these photos at dusk and being restricted by light. I also faced the challenge of making sure I was highlighting a variety of points of view, and not using the same point of view over and over. My successes were capturing all of the points of view and making this prominent in each photo. I learned the different points of view and how to work with mediocre light.