photography in the 20th century.

talking about everything that happened within the realm of photography is a rather long topic seeing how most of it happened in this time period. but a few key things would be all the technological advances in the camera such as digital larger film etc... it was also starting to be produced on a mass scale so even the poor man could afford to take pictures when before it was a rich man's hobby. the profession as well boomed and the application of photography gradually increased to where now it is wide spread. a bunch of pioneers in the subject were born in this time as well such as william henry fox. they created everything that we today know as photography.

Fletcher

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well i think its safe to say this blog fails.

nature photographers

galen rowell. is an american photographer. ansel adams is also an american photographer. galen rowell is a nature photographer and climber. he was never formally trained and simply pursued his love of climbing and photography and pretty much taught himself. he considered the landscape as part of his adventure, and his adventure as part of the landscape. he considered himself as a participant in the scenes he took. ansel adams was an environmentalist best known for his photography of the american west(especially yosemite national park). he also developed the zone system.

NIGHT

intro to night photography.

night photography refers to photos being taken between dusk and dawn. they usually choose between long exposure and artificial light. night photography is increasingly available/achievable in urbanized areas or areas with set up lighting ex: light post ferris wheels etc

book ideas

although i am not entirely sure what iu would like to do for the book i think it would be nice to put together a compilation of forced perspective shots. although i am going to need to come up with some new ideas for that.

SO FAR..SO GOOD

i cant say i have really narrowed in on any specific type of photography so far. i have defenitely narrowed it down but i still enjoy a wide variety. I have enjoyed black and white and forced perspective stuff the most so far, however i havent included any forced perspective in entry's. i dont like portraits at all because everyone usually gets upset about them. i still f;loat in between left and right brain. my favorite photo of mine so far is the first one i took in san fran, which is also the first one listed in the san fran entry. i like it because it seems to portray a troubled mood, and it accurately portrays the changing times. i dont like any of the ones of people because it doesnt feel to me like i put enough effort in to it and people werent exactly thrilled about the idea. it would have been a lot better if i would have put more time into it as well as found an enthusiastic bunch willing to participate. in the 2nd semester i would like to explore my own personal interest in photography and take shots that i personally find more appealing, but that seems hard to work in to the curriculum.

if you want your subject to be comfortable the best thing to do would be to distract them from the fact that they are taking a picture with whatever technique works for them. simply making them smile by cracking a joke or making a funny gesture seems to be the most common approach to catching their true emotion and making them comfortable. i think that the best way to make someone feel comfortable is to catch them in their environment, for example a little kid with a baseball bat. From that we can assume he is into baseball so we get a better picture about who he is and he feels some comfort from these items, producing a better picture as he will most likely be comfortable.

10 ways to take interesting portrait shots.

1. alter your perspective
2. play with eye contact
3.break the rules of composition
4.experiment with lighting
5. move your subject out of their comfort zone/push them a little bit on the smile or get them to reveal something personal about themselves.
6.get an unexpected shot]
7.use props preferrably something personal to your subject
8. focus on a body part that really stands out/ their best feature like their eyes mouth etc...
9.obscure part of your subject
10. get a bunch of action shots.

2 portrait photographers.

gertrude kasebier and Diane Arbus were both well known american photographers. gertrude was born may 18 1852 and was known for her images of motherhood as well as native americans. Diane arbus was born march 14 1923 and was known for her black and white photographs of deviant and marginal peoples. the time periods they lived in played a major factor in their styles. gertrude took photo's i the old west in the late 1800's where as diane looked for a more grotesque topic in the mid 1900's . the two both took mainly black and white but at the same time gertrude only had that option. 

technology of the past

the article describes how the kodak company once a very profitable company almostb all at once collapsed. kodak was a company that produced film for camera's. but when the digital camera's started coming out there wasnt really much interest in the old film style anymore. why would you continually buy and insert rolls of film when you could just get the digital camera and that was that. their top stock price was 94$ per share. towards the end of the companys career it hit an all time low of just 78 cents.

san fran.

shades of grey.

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was an american photographer and environmentalist. he was known for his black and white photography in western america especially in yosemite national park. Adams developed the zone system as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print.

National Geographic, The photographers.

i really enjoyed the video. i think the biggest thing i got oiut of it was the concept of taking pictures in action. not taking posed pictures. if its posed it takes on the image of a photo if it isnt posed then its more like you captured the moment. your actually seeing the real thing. your seeing what you would see if you were there. if you were there in person not everyone would be looking at the camera people would be out and about. people everything wouldnt be so orderly. that reality is what the picture in motion is trying to catch.

monet

claude monet was a frenchy impressionest painter born in paris, france 1840. he was one of the originators of impressionism. he practiced a philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature. monet did a lot of his work on nature, a lot of his paintings on lilypads, as well as ponds and streams.

kodachrome

this article was about how the production of kodachrome was stopped in 2009 and how a famous photographer got to use the last roll to show the beauty it portrays and to in a way honor the film. i liked how they gave him the last role and let him do this last project with the film. however i am really sad to hear about the discontinuation of the film....  i hadnt previously heard about it but its a part of photography that we can no longer access. it somewhat limits the possibilities.  the pictures he took really stood out though. he managed to get some really reflective and memorable shots especially depicting the palette of the film.

william henry fox talbot.

William henry fox talbot. was a pioneer in photography. he was a british inventor. he was the inventor of the calotype process. the calotype is an obsolete method of photography in which paper is treated with silver iodide, silver nitrate, and acetic and gallic acids; after exposure the paper is developed in a solution of silver nitrate and gallic acid.

first photo shoot

3 photos i either admire or a style i wish to follow.