Camera Obscura
Photography is the art or process of creating images by capturing images by capturing light with a camera. The word "photography" means "drawing with light", which comes from the Greek words "photo" (light) and "graph" (to draw). The camera obscura, which is Latin for "dark room", is a device that uses light to project an image of the outside world onto a surface inside a darkened or completely dark room. The camera obscura was invented by Alhazen (or Ibn al-Haytham) in the 11th century, and it was used by Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to study perspective. When a lens is added to the camera obscura, it produces a sharper, brighter, and more colourful image. This allows for a larger aperture, which allows to light to flow through without using up too much focus. In other words, the camera obscura is a precursor to the modern camera. It is used to understand the principles of light and optics, and it paved the way for the development of photography.
I used materials such as strong tape, a small pin, tin. cardboard, plastic and a pin to make the hole. I collaborated with others by working together in order to make the camera obscura come out with the best possible outcome. I found it easy to make it in general but I do think that I struggled with trying to make sure that no light could get through as I used to black tape. In its simplest form, a camera obscura is a dark room with a small hole in one wall. When its bright outside, light enters through the hole and projects an upside down image of the outside world onto the wall opposite the hole. As the cornea bend light when it enters the eye, the brain receives images that are upside down, so it turns them the right way up when it processes the information.
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Abelardo Morrell
This photo stands out from all of the others because of the way how the camera captures all of the colours and details of the buildings. The picture shows partly of the inside of a building and partly of the outside. Abelardo Morell took this photo. The picture gives you a surreal feeling as there is so much to look at but you have to pay attention in order to see it. It really emphasises the details of the window and the things that are outside of it such as the street, lamps, tables, books and much more. A quote from Abelardo Morell is ' Its important to me to have what I photograph undergo a certain transformation- to become a thing different from what we are used to, t be another version of itself.
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Evaluation
The photograph is a pinhole camera photo and it shows the school walkway looking through the trees. The photo was taken on the walkway. The photo did not go as too planned because it got too much light exposure. A section of the photo worked and you can see the image but the rest of it went black. I left the cover open for 5 seconds as 7 seconds was too much for my pinhole.
Justin Quinell
Justin Quinell's photographs could be seen as strange to some but to me they are simply unexpected. He has taken the photos in many different angles in different types of areas. In my opinion, they are very interesting as they are taken from strange places such as, from the inside of someone's mouth. Quinell wanted to make a change in the how photography can be viewed in perculiar ways and not stick to the basic things. It is clear that he likes to go beyond the ordinary ideas of what one uses their career in photography for. When I first looked at his photos, I was taken back as they did seem very strange at first until I took more time to view them. It was in Justin's plan to make the viewer question what is was that they were looking at.
Vjeko Sager: Antimatter |
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I think that the photo is paper that has had different shapes cut into it. They are different sizes and shapes but most of them look like they were cut in some sort of triangular pattern. I think it was made by folding the paper in many different ways and then creating different shapes. The way how the paper is cut makes it into an abstract design. To many people it would look odd and out of place but Vjeko knew what he was doing when he was creating his pieces of work. My first impression of the photo was that it just looked like paper that was destroyed. Until i kept looking at it and then realised that there was more to it than just cuts. Many of my peers thought the same thing and said that it just looks like paper with cuts in it. But then they started to look closer and began to see the designs, shapes, lines and patterns. I think that it is not a sculpture as in is not a three dimensional piece of work. I think that it was made by using come sort of knife of scalpel.
Experimentation Evaluation
I positioned the camera in a some what diagonal and slanted position. This was so I could ensure that i could get all the shadows in the picture. I made sure that I done a mixture of straight lines and curved lines. I also made sure to not make everything the same shape and size so that there was more to look at than just triangles which I saw a lot of in Vjeko Sager's designs. Some of my pictures are not that good because of the lighting and I couldn't think of any interesting angles. Majority of my photos look the exact same so for me to improve I can maybe try and do something different to not make them all look the same.
Cut-paper Abstracts - Francis Brugière
My personal favourite photo is the one on the top left because it looks like multiple designs in one. Francis Brugière's photos were mainly based on black and white images with small intricate cuts added onto them with some sort of small knife. Francis was intrigued in the way how he could create such an imagery with just light and paper. He experimented with his techniques in many different ways. Such as, a vast amount of exposure and photograms. The image reminds me of a sunflower as it looks like it has small leaves coming out of the sides. The inner circle looks like more rectangular shapes with shadings of triangular shapes. It is very interesting to look as not too much is going on but it is just enough to keep a person's eyes locked onto it.
Cut-Paper Abstracts Experimentation
Evaluation
I think that my photos are abstract and unusual but some of them are very similar which makes it less interesting. I scrunched up the paper, made small cuts in it and opened it up again in order to get those results. My photos had no meaning or purpose behind it so the audience should not feel any type of way towards it. I took some of the photos in different angles so that I could get a different view of the paper. I also placed the paper on top of a lamp to get some artificial light to shine through and enhance any shadows. Next time I will try to make the photos look different and use better angles.
Photographs with Light:
The printer:
Light Painting
Sculpture
Handmade negative
Light as a subject
Boris Savelev works in collaboration with Factum Arte, developing his photographs with a digital method creating multilayered prints on various background materials. He was a leading member of an independent photography group in the 1970s during the Soviet Union. His pictures mainly consist almost exclusively outdoor images.
The photograph gives the viewer an almost depressed feeling as it is dark with little amounts of light shining through. The image shows buildings close together with snow on the floor which also shows that it was taken during winter. The photo was taken in a small town in Ukraine during 1996. Boris Savelev took the photo. The photo was taken to give realistic insight on what Ukraine was like during 1996 and how people lived. It was also taken to give a real life representation on what the people were feeling during their everyday life. The photograph affects the way people view Ukraine today. It is reliable because it is evidence on what some communities looked like and that everyday was not the same. Boris mainly focuses on outdoor scenes and rarely takes portraits. He prefers his work to be realistic instead of it being all about the aesthetic. Boris likes to take his pictures during early morning or late evenings in order to make the different lighting more intense. He doesn’t stage anything or try to rearrange the reality that surrounds him.
Evaluation
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Evaluation
I took these photos in the school using light. I tried to take the photos with different shades of light so that they would come out looking different and not the same. I was aiming for an almost timid emotion with the photos. The photos are meant to be representing things that people would not take time to stop and look at. I was inspired by Boris Savelev as his phots are very similar to mine. His photos were also taken in times where the weather is mostly undesired to add effect. My photos are in colour instead of black and white as it needs to link back to light. The theme of colours relate to my work as they are not too much but not too little. The colour is relevant to my work as it reflects a different range of dark and light or even colourful. I will respond to the artist without copying by thinking of things such as creative spaces to take photos or I could add more outdoor images.