Ms. Schmidt
Introduction to photography
Definition
Timeline
History with recognized photographers (quick 10 min video)
Assign Photographer focus paper
Composition
Rule of thirds
Portrait
Landscape
Motion
The traditional 35mm
History
How it came to be
Film – positives and “negatives,” and development
Darkroom
Technical aspects
ISO
F-stops/Aperture
Flash
Lenses
*Project (optional)
Shoot one roll of film
Reel the roll of film
Develop roll of film
General photography - image, composition, and techniques
Rule of thirds (reminder/refresher)
Lighting – huge!!!
Demonstration on RGB
Outdoor: Raking Glare/Harsh, using the sun and reflectors
Indoor: Natural vs unnatural
Portrait
Expressive
Depth of field
Action
Night shots
*Sunlight sensitive paper
Digital Photography
Brief recent history
Cameras (advantages and disadvantages)
Filmless, but needs memory
“Point and Shoot” to D-SLR’s
Care and precautions (storing, cleaning, use)
The camera – technical
The Manual
Screen
Buttons
Modes
Setting
Charging
Memory Cards
Playback
Printing (printing your own or sending them in to be printed)
Digital (computer adjustments and/or enhancements)
Practice, practice, practice! (in and out of class)
Outdoor/nature, low lighting, action, close-up, portrait, depth of field…
*Project – the final 15!
Presentation: all 15 saved as your name on my USB, and titled by photograph assignment. Also, all 15 should be printed with required information written on the backside of the photo. Finally, your best three printed photographs need to be mounted/matted.
Paperwork
Written assignments
Quizzes
Test
Self-critique of final project (individual photographs and overall)
There will be a quiz after each section discussed and a cumulative exam at the end.
Expect to take pictures outside of class. You will be spending time working with your camera, subjects, lighting and composition – plan for this to take time! Then, get creative with your photos!
Questions? First try to seek the answer with resources provided and ask your peers. If you cannot find it, then please ask me. I may, for learning purposes, suggest a reading or guide you in finding your own answers. I will, however, confirm a correct answer or correct an insufficient answer.
Week 1: Intro to photography and history
Week 2: Composition, The traditional 35mm, general photography tips
Week 3: The digital camera, light sensitive paper
Week 4: Film(s) and question/answer
Week 5: Practice (“outings”)
Week 6: Practice (“outings”)
Week 7: Class critiques, mounting and matting demo
Week 8: Digital adjustments and save on my USB – Final 15 due!
Week 9: Matt, written test, and camera check in
Photographic Vocabulary
albumen print - an old technique in which salt was beaten into egg white, painted on paper, then sensitized with silver nitrate and dried in the dark; when dry, it was contact-printed
aperture - the opening of a camera lens that is expressed in F numbers
ASA (American Standards Association) - a number such as 100,160, 200, 400, etc., that represents the speed of the film; means the same as ISO
100 exposure box camera - a simple camera invented in 1888 by George Eastman in which the entire camera was sent in for the film to be developed, reloaded, and returned to the sender
bracketing - taking the same subject several times by doubling and halving the exposure to assure a good print
bulk loader - a holder for film in long rolls (normally 100 ft.) that allows you to roll as many exposures as needed into a cartridge
burning-in - the darkroom process of giving greater exposure to an area that is too light
calotype (Talbotype) - waxed paper sensitized with silver iodide and developed, then contact printed, invented by William Henry Fox Talbot
carbon prints - made by coating paper with powdered carbon, gelatin, and dichromate before exposing and printing.
camera obscura (literally dark room) - a box first used by Aristotle (384-322 bc) to concentrate light onto the back of a dark box through a small opening in the front; a tool used by such artists as Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, and Canaletto
cartridge (cassette) - the light-tight metal or plastic container in which film is sold
close-up lens - a lens that is placed on the end of a normal lens to bring small things into focus
contact printing - before the enlarger was invented, photographers placed negatives on sensitized paper under glass, and printed directly onto the paper by exposing to direct sunlight
cyanotype (blueprint) - the process developed by Sir John Herschel to make a print from a high contrast negative
daguerreotype - system originated by Louis Daguerre who coated a polished copper plate with silver iodide, ex posed it, then developed it in mercury vapor
depth-of-field - the degree of sharpness of a photograph in front or in back of the area focused on; the smaller the lens opening, the sharper the depth of field
dodging - the darkroom process of holding back light to make an area lighter
double exposure - exposing film or paper twice, with sometimes interesting results
emulsion - a light-sensitive solution that is transferred to paper or film
electronic flash - a separate flash unit that is synchronized to go off as the lens opens; varying degrees of flash duration will be used depending on time and distance from the subject
F stop (aperture) - the size of the lens opening is an F stop; the smaller the opening (F22 for example), the greater the depth of field will be
field camera - camera with lens, bellows, and a spring back that allows a sheet film holder to be inserted between the lensboard and the back of the camera
filters - small glass circles that are screwed to the front of the camera for various purposes: to increase contrast; use with infrared film; convert outdoor film for indoor use; or help eliminate reflections
fish eye lens - an extreme wide-angle lens (180°) that will give a distorted center area
fixer (hypo) - the chemical used in developing that makes an image permanent
grain - irregular clumps of silver on the photographic image; higher ISO gives more grain
highlight - a reflection in the eye of a subject; the lightest part of the film
ISO (International Standards Organization) - a term interchangeable with ASA that is a rating of the emulsion speed of the film
macro lens - a lens for close-up work
panning - swinging the camera horizontally as the photo is exposed, causing a moving subject to "stop" while blurring the background, emphasizing the subject's motion
panoramic camera - a swiveling camera that photographed an area of 150°, and was used for large views or photographs of large groups of people
photo floods - light bulbs specially balanced for film, usually used with reflectors on standards
photogram - Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Man Ray were masters of this technique in which objects are placed directly on photo paper which is then exposed to light and developed
photocollage - created by cutting up photographs and mounting them on a support background
photomontage - a darkroom process in which multiple negatives are printed on the same sheet of paper through masking exposed areas
pinhole camera - a light-tight box (shoe box, oatmeal box, etc.) made into a camera by making a pinhole in a piece of foil, exposing photographic paper or sheet film inside the box
Polaroid® Land camera - camera that takes an instant picture
precisionism - a "school" of photography that recorded factories, machinery, and other unromantic subjects; sometimes called the immaculates
props - the backdrop, toys, chairs, columns beloved by Victorian photographers; items such as costumes used in contemporary work to give meaning to a composition
reflected light reading - measurement of the light reflected from the subject to the meter
reflex camera - through a system of mirrors, the image is reflected on a ground glass screen; reflex cameras are
single lens (SLR) or twin lens (TLR)
resin coated (RC) paper - printing paper treated with a synthetic resin; prints and dries faster
retouching - applying a dilute color or black to remove flaws
sensitized - film or photographic paper is sensitive to light after specific chemicals are applied
shutter release - a mechanical device that exposes the film for a desired time period
shutter speed - the amount of time a shutter is open; this generally ranges from B (which will keep it open indefinitely) to Vfcooo of a second
solarization - a reversal of tones, as in the Sabattier effect, but as a result of prolonged exposure or exposure to an extremely bright light
tripod - a three-legged adjustable stand that screws into the bottom of a camera to hold it steady
view camera (field camera) - term usually applied to a large box camera mounted on a tripod
vignette - to darken or lighten the edges of a photo through adding or holding back light
Photographic Time Line
FIRST DISCOVERIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
1725 Light sensitive silver compounds, Johann Heinrich Schulze
1842 self portrait, Hippolyte Bayard
1839 First Daguerreotype, Louis Daguerre
1816 First negative print, Nicephore Niepce
1841 Calotype, William Henry Fox Talbot
1833 Paper negative,
William Hanry Fox Talbot
1851 Wet collodian process,
1853 Tintype,
1857 Magic lantern (sun-enlarger)
CAMERAS
1845 Daguerreotype camera
1860 View/field camera
1861 Stereoscopic camera
1875 Panoramic camera
1871 Dry plate negatives perfected 1888 100 exposure Kodak
1890 Spy cameras
1891 First telephoto lens, Rudolph Dallmeyer
1905 Color separation camera
EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY
1860-1865 Mathew Brady documents the Civil War
1887 Eadweard Muybridge's motion sequence photographs
DOCUMENTATION, SOCIAL REFORM
1867-1942 Timothy O'Sullivan and W. H. Jackson photograph the wild west
1880-1908 Child labor photos, Lewis Hine
TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
1883 Negatives exposed on celluloid rather than glass
1890 First motion pictures
1900 Photogravure (halftone reproductions in print) Kasebier, Strand, Coburn
1902 Photo Secession movement, Stieglitz, Steichen
1905 Color separation camera
1912 Speed Graphic camera
1925 35mm Leica
1935 Portable electronic flash introduced
1937 Minox
1968 SLR AsahiPentax
DEVELOPMENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY
1933 Photography as Art. Photograms—Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray
1933-1940 Farm Security Administration Photos (FSA), Lange, Shahn, Evans
1932-1936 Group F.64 photographers
1941-1945 World War II photographs, Capa, Bourke-White, W. Eugene Smith
Last weekly issue of original Life magazine
Look magazine folds
1935 Invention of Kodachrome 1941 Color print Kodacolor
1947 Hologram, Dennis Gabor
1948 Polaroid Land Camera
1950s Advent of television
1980s Video camera
1996 Digital cameras
348 Section 9 Technology and Art: Photography, Video, Computer Graphics, and the Copy Machine
List 9-12
Master Photographers and
Examples of Their Work
ADAMS, ANSEL, 1902-1984, AMERICAN
Possibly the best known of .American photographers, Adams created beautiful landscapes of impeccable exposure and printing.
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, 1944, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, c. 1942, collection of the artist
Moonrise Over Hernandez, 1941, collection of the Ansel Adams Trust
Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California, 1944, Center for Creative Photography, University ofArizona, Tucson
ARBUS, DIANE, 1923-1971, AMERICAN
Arbus's photographs were often of "outsiders" of society; sensitive, intimate portraits.
Identical Twins, Cathleen and Colleen, 1967, Roselle, New Jersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Man at a Parade on Fifth Avenue, 1969, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Puerto Rican Woman with a Beauty Mark, 1965, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Untitled, 1970-1971, (People in Masks), Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Xmas Tree in a Living Room, Levittown, NY, 1963, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
ATGET, EUGENE, 1857-1927, FRENCH
Atget photographed his surroundings and the people in them; simple, beautifully designed recordings of a time in the past.
Boulevard de Strasbourg, c. 1910, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York 3
Fete du Trone de Geant, 1925, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Notre Dame, 1925, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Ragpicker, 1899-1900, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
The Reflecting Pool of the Park at Sceaux, 1925, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
AVEDON, RICHARD, 1923, AMERICAN
Avedon, a fashion photographer and portrait artist, compels you to look at his insightful portraits.
Dovina with Elephants, Paris, 1955, Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, Missouri
Juan Patricia Lobato, Carney, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 8125/80, collection of the artist
Marilyn Monroe, Actress, New York City, 5/6/57, collection of the artist
Oscar Levant, Pianist, Beverly Hills, California, 4/12/72, Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City,Missouri
BRADY, MATHEW, 1823-1896, AMERICAN
Brady is best known for his portraits of President Lincoln and documentation of the American Civil War. He did not actually take all the photos that are credited to him, but had several photographers working for him.
Abraham Lincoln, 1864, National Archives, Washington, DC
Portrait, c. 1860 (ambrotype), Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Thomas Cole, c. 1845, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
BRAVO, MANUEL ALVAREZ, 1902, MEXICAN
Recording the daily lives of Mexican people, using light to its best advantage, his black-and-white photos (frequently sepia toned) were studies in contrast.
How Small the World Is, 1942, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
Sparrow, Of Course (Skylight), 1938, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
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