1 Page Notes: Introduction to Street Art

link of article: http://www.freedigitalphotographytutorials.com/beginner/an-introduction-to-street-photography/

An Introduction to Street Art
most honest&true to life style of photography

- "holding a mirror up to society" capturing single human moments, little things people pass by without thinking twice

- does not have to be captured at a street
-public settings: clubs, parks, malls, office buildings, schools, etc any place people gather

-viewers think they're a part of the scene, not just a mere observer (achieve using wide angle lens 12mm-50mm) any lrgr would detract viewer from scene, voyeuristic feel

- get close to subjects:personal space (1ft- few feet away)
- people have better tolerance for violation of space in crowded setting

-tells a story within a single frame
- look for irony in situations to create powerful imgs

 EXAMPLES OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY SITUATIONS:
- perspectives of walking down crowded stairs
- close up, personal photo of officer
- making sandwiches @ deli during busy lunch time
- active protestor
- street performer entertaining tourists

Week 5: The Beach

Pics when I was in Oahu, Hawaii

1 Page Reaction to 2 Kodak Podcasts

Kwaku Olston

Celebrity photographer; shots for Time Mag, Vanity Fai, NY Times Sunday Mag

-        time is a big key in industry, getting pics to clients as soon as possible

-        do your research about subject, to have conversations with them/relate to them -> help person get more comfortable

-        Factors: magazine, subject, photographer, publicist, concepts

-        All about using tricks for different formats

-        try diff things (ex:diff cam) -> keeps it fresh

-        edit in your head while shooting digital

-        do color corrections/edits before sending to client; ‘raw imgs look terrible’, mags might use raws in their issues

-        “show what you love” “shoot,shoot,shoot”

-        don’t shoot what mags will respond to, shoot what’s in your heart

Liz Gilbert

Safari photographer explores African continent&people

-        Tradition&Culture- subject matter; always changing

-        Present connections with people in photograph to viewer; wants viewer to have direct experience with her imgs

-        1^st went to Africa with family at age 18

-        her huge book about geography: 25 tribes, 2 1/2 yr journey; Epic- diversity,lrg scale

-        big project=big book

-        In it for African experience: stay out in tents or small local hotels, doesn’t stay in Sheraton’s “try not to separate self as much as possible”

-        Local companion/driver/translator

-        Memorable experiences: attacked, experienced incredible flood

-        We’re all connected to Africa historically&genetically (in our DNA)

-         think about our origins; anyone can connect w/ and grasp

-        friendliness of East Africa&Kenya, wonderful ppl she’ve met

-        photojournalism- documentary pieces off realities, involve a lot of research

digital has its convenience, gives something that film doesn’t

Extra Credit: 1 Page Reaction to 2 Youtube Videos

Digital Photography 1on1: Episode 1

How Shutter Speed Works

2 Curtain shutters-reveal light to center

     -1^st curtain reveals light to camera sensor

-2^nd curtain follows behind the light

curtains reset and wait for another shutter release

@ slow shutter speeds (<200ths of a sec shutter speed): 1^st curtain opens completely before 2^nd begins to follow

@ faster shutter speeds: curtain moves faster, slit becomes smaller

SYNC SPEED

Allows 1^st curtain to fully open before 2^nd follows

Always set shutter speed to cam’s sync speed or slower (in order to prevent black areas)

CONTROL AMBIENT LIGHT EXPOSURE WHILE USING FLASH

(@ cam’s sync speed) w/o flash: completely black, not enough ambient light for decent exposure

w/ flash: center is lit, but background is black, only light camera sees is the light coming from flash->

to get more ambient light, slow down shutter aka ‘Key Shifting’ using shutter to show more/less shutter by slowing/speeding up shutter

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Digital Photography 1on1: Episode 2

How Light Meters Works

2 types of metering light

Incident: measure light falling on subject itself; set cam&light meter to same shutter speed ISO setting, meter gives correct aperture value&you set it accordingly

Reflective: light travels from source, reflect off subject and into cam-down a lens hitting a mirror, light reflect at 45 degree angle up into pentaprism, finally out eye piece

Set cam to manual mode, set shutter speed to sync speed, set ISO to low setting

Modes on reader

1. metering ambient light
2. metering flash
3. cable sync, plug cable to meter, pull trigger->signal flash to fire->instant reader
4. wireless meter- no need for cable, radio app tells flash to fire

Measure Light Independently

Turn lumosphere down (keep light from other lights hitting it) point to light source; check ratios&adjust accordingly

Written Photo Essay

 We took this picture inside the school library. The globe is the central subject as it takes up the majority of the picture and every thing in the background is smaller and slightly out of focus. I picked this picture, because it gives you the sense that the globe is spinning. To achieve the motion of the globe spinning we took the picture at a fairly slow shutter speed. Because this picture was inside the building, we used a higher aperture setting to allow a lot more light into the photo.