Thursday, 16 October 2008

the world upside down




i wanted to tack this picture like this because it looks like you are looking down on the tree and you are in the tree looking at the sky. I thought about this picture for a long time and it worked this picture was taken in the memorial gardens good bye

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Camera obscura

what did you see while you were inside the camera obscure?
i could see cars and buildings and the roads

how is this camera obscure similar to the inside of a camera?
the camera sees the image the same way up side down

how is it different?
the images are moving

why was the image upside-down?
because you are forsing it throw a small hole

Thursday, 2 October 2008

SLR camera notes

The slower the shutter speed ....
More light that hits the film
slow
1 sec
1/30sec
1/1000sec
fast

APERTURE
The way is through aperture
small aperture less light

lower num =larger aperture higher num =smaller aperture

SHUTTER/APERTURE
1/60 sec f11
it was a bit burred but can see image
1/60 sec f8
the background was blurred
1/55 sec f5.6
could not see background
1/4 sec f4
i could only see the dark parts of the image

DEPTH OF FIELD (DOF)
forground
dof
background
small aperture less light +greater dof
large aperture more light +small dof blurred

notes from last lesson

Denotation is the term of the list.

Connotation is what the image means to you.

Signifier is the image that you think of.

Signified is the word.

Semiotics is the study of sign or images.

e.g. a traffic light is the Signifier
the car that stops at the red light is the Signified