Notes pgs 114-119

Shooting A Formal Portrait

• Practice your setup routine beforehand so you do not waste time during the shoot.
• Be relaxed, so your subject will be relaxed as well.
• Stool should be about 4-6 feet in front of the background.
• Place the light about 45 degrees to the right side of your subject.
• Have a reflector on your subject's left side, about 3-4 feet away.
• Adjust the angle and position of the reflector for the best effort.
• Set the camera directly in front of the subject, 6-10 feet away.
• Talk to the subject and guide them in how you would like them to pose.

Camera Settings

• Use a wide open aperture and a shallow depth of field to emphasize the subject.
• Shutter speed should not be slower than 1/60, faster than a subject can blink.

Lighting!

• Indoor lighting: use one light and a reflector on the opposite side of the light. Reflector position most critical.
• Outdoor lighting: no direct sunlight! shoot in open shade, and 3-6 feet away from the subject.
• Cloudy Days are perfect
• Avoid distracting backgrounds.

Candid?

• Capture a person going about everyday life.
• Do not pose your subject, actually let them act natural.
• include your subject's surroundings.
• More photos will be taken than in other situations.
• Use a fast shutter speed, 1/250 and above.

My Weekend. 10.15-10.17

up way too early for no reason.

toes.

mocha truffles on haight.

"I'm just trying to skate!"



Bambi?



self portraits...ew.

who you are with your friends. i'm crazy.

Journal Notes Pages 108-113

A portrait is a collaboration between the subject and the photographer. A photographer must learn to become comfortable in front of people; because every great picture depends on building a relationship even if it is only temporary.

• The bigger the film negative, the greater the detail a photo can have.
• Film speeds for portraits:
• Slow (50-100 ISO)
• More detail, a smoother photo
• good for formal portraits
• Using a tripod is highly recommend for slow speed films because they have slow shutter speeds as well.
• Fast (400-3200 ISO)
• More light sensitive than slow speed films.
• Good for candid and environmental portraits
• A fast speed film provides a faster shutter speed which can allow the camera to be handheld.
• Black and White vs. Color Film
• Black and White
• Focuses the viewer's attention on the subject.
• Eliminates distracting background elements.
• Good for formal portraits.
• Provides a Serious and edgy energy to photos.
• Color
• Captures Feelings and Impressions very well
• Warm Colors provides photos with intense feelings
• Cool Colors provide photos with restful and calm feelings.
• Tripods are used to steady cameras
• should be used while taking stationary subject shots, not in-motion shots.
• Cable Release
• Used by the photographer in order to not move the camera while taking a shot.
• Reflector used to reflect light into the shadows.
• A standard, full sheet of white mat board or foam-covered board that is 32 x40 IN
• Formal Portrait
• simplest portrait style and should emphasize the person and nothing else.
• no distracting background elements
• example: Senior portraits.

Journal Notes, Chapter 5 : pages 102-107

Photos reveal our true self or a "photo fiction."

• The art of photography grew to replace the art of painting and eventually became more commonplace and affordable than painting.
• Gaspard-Felix Tournachon 
• Began shooting in France in 1853
• First great portrait photographer
• used soft-lighting
• and plain, dark backgrounds
• took formal eloquent photos of artists, writers and actors of the time.
• "speaking likeness"
• was able to capture subjects' personalities on film.
• August Sander
• Began shooting in Germany in 1892
• Took the first environmental portraits
• Shot subjects in daily life and work settings
• Created a documentary of the German people from 1892-1954
• Creation of Portraits
• Value
• Range of Light & Dark areas in a photo
• Lightest and Darkest areas attract attention & help move eyes throughout an image.
• Location of Light Source
• Advantage of light values, highlights & shadows of your subject
• textures & shapes become more/less visible as values change.
• Emotional Content
• Shadowed areas = darker/melancholy mood
• Brightly lit areas = upbeat/positive feeling

Photo Essay : San Francisco Through My Eyes

Sutro Baths Adventure.

Free Shoes.

Deep Blue Abyss.

Giants Hilarity.

Cleanup the Beach.

Capoeira on Haight.

i think this whole city is weird...but i like it.

Where can i find Stacy's Mom?

Sports Photography.

• Get in close to your subject, the closer you are the better the shot can be.
• You need to have a good reaction time.
• Sports events can be unpredictable.
• The predictable things are fast and hard to catch.
• you need to be right there at the peak of emotion.
• Focus in on your subject.
• you do not want a noisy or busy background
• can distract from the main subject.
• Be knowledgeable of:
• the sport
• the players
• the coaches
• their habits
• the fans
• because these can help create a variety of shots wtih different reactions that can demonstrate the emotion of the game/event.
• Use the rule of thirds religiously.
• Take vertical shots.

My favorite sports photography shot: