Photography

During this week we did work with different cameras to produce our own photos and we also did some work in the dark room to develop some of our photos and also to produce photo grams.

On our first day we started off by looking at a slide show of photographers from which we had to pick 3 to do some research about. We also did this at the start of every other morning, you can see the 9 photographers i picked in previous posts. We then each got an old camera and learnt how it worked, how to put the film in and also how to focus properly to get the best pictures possible. We then went out and took 6 pictures each, as there was a limit on how many the film could hold.
In the afternoon we developed our film in the dark room. To do this we put the film in a container that light couldn't enter and then we soaked the film in developer, stop chemical and a fixer. This made the images come out so we could see them on the film and also made them insensitive to light.
We then had to let these dry so we made some photo grams. This involved us putting images on top of photographic paper and exposing them to a light source for a certain amount of time, you can see some of the photo grams i made below.

On the second day we used a modern day digital camera to take 'observational' pictures. We had all morning to do this as Andy wanted a big variety of pictures from us. In the afternoon we went into the computer suite and edited our photos to make them look as good as possible. We used photo shop to do this. We then made our photos into a power point, which has been posted below.

On our third and final day we first developed our photos that we had made into a film on the first day. To do this we shone the film down onto photographic paper for a certain amount of time, so the picture would transfer onto the paper. We then developed them so that they were visible. Before we did every photo we did a test strip to see how much time each photo would need to look its best and also show all the detail. Here i have added in the pictures i developed.

In the afternoon we created light pictures, which i have uploaded below. To do this we had to leave the shutter open on the camera so that it would pick up all the light, as we moved around with torches.

I found the photography week very interesting as i had never done anything to do with photography before so it was definitely a week of learning for me. I don't think i would choose to specialise in it as it is not my strong point but it was definitely good for me to learn about it all as i may need to use it in the area i specialise in.