Kathryn

A reflex camera is a camera that allows the photographer to view the photo through the lens, so that they can see exactly how the photo will look.

A rangefinder camera has a focusing mechanism that allows the photographer to measure the distance, and take photographs that are sharp in focus.

This is a diaphragm, which allows the photographer to control how much light enters through the aperture, and stop all other light from entering.

This photograph was taken by Sally Mann, and is one of my favorite pictures. I love her use of black and white in her portraits, and the emotions she is able to capture in her pictures.



Wayne Miller Photography

In all of these photographs I noticed that one of the invisible lines was consistently present vertical on the left side of the picture. I like Wayne Miller's photos because he mostly photographs people, and captures emotion and the feeling of his subjects very well. 

Week Four

This is a photo I took in London of the House of Parliament and Big Ben

Week Five

This is another picture I took in London, of the street that inspired Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter books. 

Gianni Berengo Gardin Photography

These are photos taken by Gianni Berengo Gardin in Venice and Florence. 

Week Six

This is a picture I took in Florence from Ponte Vecchio

Technical Captions

This photo was taken on a 50mm camera, using a film with low ISO. The light in this photo is natural.

This photo was taken with a 35mm camera, because the lens is narrower. The film would have a low ISO because the picture is dark in the places that have no light. The setting has both natural and artificial light. 

This photo has a large depth of field, because the Empire State building is far away, yet can be seen clearly in the photograph

Week Seven

This is a picture I took from our balcony at our apartment in Rome

Week 8

This is a picture I took of the river in Galway during my trip to Ireland.

Week 9

This is a picture at the Roman Forum

Week 10

This is a picture I took of the John Lennon Wall in Prague

Week 11

This is a picture I took of the coast line in Nice, France

Week 12

This is a picture I took of the view from Park Guell in Barcelona

Week 13

This is a picture I took of one of the canals in Amsterdam

Week 14

This is a panoramic picture I took of the view from the top of Park Guell in Barcelona

Week 15

This is a picture I took of a fountain of tulips in front of the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco

Stephen Shore

-Taught himself photography

-Influenced by Walter Evan's book, American Photographs

-Career started when he was 14, when he presented his work to the curator of the MoMA

-At age 17 he began working with Andy Warhol

-At 24 he became the 2nd living photographer to have a solo exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

-Became interested in color photography on a road trip where he took pictures 'on the road' in Canada in America

Printing:

•Film is a sheet of plastic coated with light sensitive silver halide salts

•B & W Film only uses one layer of salts– Color film uses multiple layers

•These salts contain visible crystals that determine sensitivity, contrast & resolution of film

•When film is exposed to light it forms an invisible image on the film

•Through process of developing, image becomes visible