Robin Michals | COMD 1340 Photography 1 DO97
Perspective is the creation of the sense of 3 dimensional space in a 2d photograph.
There are two central techniques for this:
Create a minimum of 10 photos that use perspective to create a strong sense of space.
Upload your photos to Flickr and put them in an album.
Send your single best photo that uses perspective to the class group.
I chose these two photographs as my best pair because I actually had the chance to do both worms eye and birds eye views of the same location. I was able to at first take picture A , of the building, from the ground. I then found some steps which took me up to where the lady in red is, which gave me a more birds eye view of where I was standing while taking picture B. I do believe if I could’ve improved anything, it would be my worms eye view. I would have gone closer to the building and take a photograph of it looking up to it rather than this far from the building. Just like how in picture A it looks like the photo was taken looking down.
Depth of Field-The distance between the nearest and farthest points that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph. Depth of field can be shallow or extensive. While the term includes the word depth, depth of field refers to focus.
Shallow depth of field is commonly used in portrait photography to separate the subject from the background and in food photography.
Extensive depth of field is often used in landscape photography and photojournalism.
Perspective-the representation of a 3-dimensional space on a 2-dimensional surface by converging lines, diminishing scale and/or atmospheric perspective.
Sometimes photos combine perspective and shallow depth of field.
These four factors control depth of field:
Aperture is the size of the opening that allows light to hit the camera’s sensor when the photograph is taken.
Focal Length is the distance from where the light converges in the lens to the sensor. If it is a short distance then the lens is a wide angle lens and shows a lot of the scene. If it is a long distance, the lens is a telephoto lens and it magnifies the scene. Wide angle lenses create extensive depth of field while telephoto lenses create shallow depth of field.
Camera-to-subject distance is how far the subject is from the camera. If everything is far from the camera, it is easier to achieve extensive depth of field. If the main subject is very close to the camera and the background elements are far from the camera, it is easier to achieve shallow depth of field.
It is the small size of the sensor that makes cameraphones so good at achieving extensive depth of field. It is also the main reason it is so hard to get your cameraphone to achieve shallow depth of field.Sensor size-the smaller the sensor the easier it is to achieve extensive depth of field. Bigger sensors allow for shallow depth of field.
Bokeh-Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke (ボケ), which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji, the “blur quality.” Bokeh is pronounced BOH-Kə or BOH-kay.
— From http://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/article/h0ndz86v/bokeh-for-beginners.html
Cropping: how much information is in the frame
Angle of View: describes the camera position in relationship to the subject. The angle of view may be:
Imagine that you have a hula hoop. Put it on the ground (during the day in a place with good light) and do not step out of it. You could also think that you are in one of those social distancing circles that have been drawn in some parks. Take 10 photos without leaving the circle. Use every strategy that we have discussed in class: angle of view, close ups and long shots, negative space, filling the frame, diagonal lines, leading lines, to make the most interesting and varied photos possible from that one place.
Find two more spots and repeat for a total of 30 photos.
Post to Flickr and put in an album.
Due Tuesday, September 21 at 2:30pm.
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