Robert Adams

Robert Adams was born in May 8, 1937, he is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West. His work first came to prominence in the mid-1970s through the book The New West (1974) and the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape (1975).
I find this photographer inspiring because he focuses on changing modern life. I like his photos because all of them show a great contrast of colours and most of them show a great depth of field. I feel that my style of photography is similiar to his as i always express a great depth of field and a wide a wide range of tone.

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Education

Big area, use depth of field
show different forms of learning...physical, metal, visual etc...
Needs to be: B&W use D.O.F. and different motions

*Use DSLR to practice then use SLR*

Physical: idea...P.E. students running around, different distances to the camera(depth of field) some students stationary, some running. Strength:good example of motion.Weakness:finding correct shutter speed.

Visual: idea...Science beaker cradled and being heated by bunsen burner, bubbling. use depth of field and rule of thirds. Strength: Captures light well. Weakness: not much depth of field used in this image.

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Conflict 04/11/11

This is a picture of a padlock, i felt that i had to take this picture as soon as i saw it. It is a conflict of industrialism and nature. I feel that the lighting in this picture makes it really interesting because it has depth of field and the background it is dark and grim, but in the foreground the padlock pops out because its bright. If i was to take this picture again i would turn the F. up to 16-20 for a blurrier effect

Henri Cartier Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism.
Henri Cartier Bresson has cleverly used the surrounding area to his advantage. He has used the stairway to walk his audience's eyes down the stairs. This makes the picture more interesting to look at as when you look at it more you find new thingsThe surrounding area looks like a small town in a foreign country, about mid-day according to the light. The man in this picture is wearing black clothing, contrasting with the surrounding space. This works well because the first thing you do when it comes this picture is look straight towards the man.
The straight railings represent industrial side to this town, whilst the man on the bike shows the other side which is free and exciting, the fact that there is no plants, backs up the industrialism in this picture.
Overall i like this picture mainly because of the contrasting colours that vary between the railings and the pathway. The simplicity of this picture makes you think how complicated our lives are. The photographer has a simple influence on everyday life.

Our original idea was to show how light travelled and bounced off of other objects.
We thought that if we shined a torch into a broken mirror and photographed the light coming off of it, it would represent our theme.
Our original audience was other students in the beacon sixth form.

when we actually started to take pictures, we then thought that it would be a better idea to still show how light travelled, but we would involve reflection.
This made the image more interesting because there were two different perspectives of the image.
These changes did not effect who are audience was because we didn't think that the changes were that drastic.

Our presentation will be on a black board, with the pictures surrounded by information. This idea has not changed due to the reflection idea.



Some of our audience commented on the picture below. They mentioned that it would be better if the image was cropped down to the point where you couldn't see the face or chest area.

information about light

Light is a name for a wide scale of electromagnetic radiation that can be seen by the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation has a dual nature as both waves and particles. In terms of the recent quantum theory, electromagnetic radiation consists of particles called photons, which are packets of energy which travel at the speed of light.
when you look through the lens before taking the picture the image is actually being 'bounced' off several mirrors.
 when you take the photo the mirrors fold back and are captured in the camera.
when you are finished taking the photo they go back intoplace so you can see through it again.
Every camera is essentially a lightproof box, with some method of letting in just a small amount of light at just the right time. Once the light is in the box, it forms an image, like in the camera obscura, causes a chemical reaction on photographic film, or energizes a photocell, like in a digital camera.