Class Summary
Friday, February 06,
2009
9:29 PM
- Sean's Photo Critique: "Doe
Library Black and White"
- Dramatic perspective
- He shot the picture with
a wider angle lens closer to the building than you realize
- How does the viewer tell?
- It would not have been as
dramatic if it weren't shot with the wide angle lens
- Click the button above the
photo to view the photo properties details
- The photo would not have
been as interesting without the lens
- Shooting with a longer angle
lens would result in more parallel lines
- Shooting with wider angle
lens would result in somewhat distorted, dramatic lines
- Angling camera up and down
would change the "vertical-ness" of the lines
- To keep lines vertical,
shoot the plane of the view of the sensor parallel to the object
- If it weren't parallel,
then the lines would converge toward a vanishing point
- Christine's Photo Critique:
"Portrait"
- The picture was taken fairly
close to the subject
- Lens was wide angle
- Why am I seeing this?
- Normal lens: approximately
45-55 mm, focal length that is the same with the diameter of sensor
- Generally speaking for portraiture,
do not use a wide angle lens
- Tends to exaggerate the
perspective
- Most people don't like to
see their features exaggerated
- Should shoot people with
telephoto
- Shallow depth-of-field is
preferred
- Factors determining depth-of-field
- Focal length
- How close the camera is
to the subject
- Aperture
- Betty's Photo Critique:
"Barred"
- ISO: sensitivity of film
to light
- Sensitive: lower light
- Not sensitive:
- ISO changes shutter speed
- High ISO results in larger
and grainier
- F64 Group
- Photographers concerned
with clarity, clear focus, etc. (without advanced technology)
- How to get rid of the graininess?
- Decrease shutter speed
- Tripod
- Utilize stable things in
the surrounding to substitute tripod
- Hold your breath (or take
a deep breath, click camera while exhaling)
- Longer the focal length,
the more movement there is
- Jonathan Geit's Photo Critique:
"Girl in Field"
- Camera Club: camera critiquing
club
- There is no limit to critiques
- Composition
- It would have been better
if the subject were looking into the frame
- Lighting
- The mountain behind is overly
exposed
- Which worked for the picture
because it emphasizes figure
- The subject is relatively
dark in contrast to the mountains behind
- The sky would have to be
more faded
- Tried to get focus into
the flowers
- Incident light-meter
- Using reflective light,
light reflected from the scene
- Next week's photo assignment:
big, colorful, active event
- Suggestions: Chinese new
year parade, sports events