Thursday, July 31, 2008
120 mm developing reels
A quick post (before I forget). A friend of my fiancee's has lent me her developer tank so I can try my hand at developing my own film. Unfortunately, she only had 35 mm reels which really isn't that surprising. I ordered a couple of 120 mm reels and lo! they are now here. We'll have to see how it takes me to actually start developing.
The blog posts
I've noticed a couple of patterns lately: I haven't been posting here and I haven't really been out shooting.
The shooting I understand. I have my wedding in 9 days. (NINE!!!!) As such I just simply haven't had time to go out and shoot.
The writing however is a different story. I have had stuff to post here. I was out and about July 1st and somehow those shots didn't get up here. I was out in Wetaskiwn and then out to Fernie one weekend. Something else to post and write about.
So I guess this post is just recommitting to write something about photography.
So to wrap it up I will provide a quote:
"You can never have too much money, too much RAM or too much glass."
The shooting I understand. I have my wedding in 9 days. (NINE!!!!) As such I just simply haven't had time to go out and shoot.
The writing however is a different story. I have had stuff to post here. I was out and about July 1st and somehow those shots didn't get up here. I was out in Wetaskiwn and then out to Fernie one weekend. Something else to post and write about.
So I guess this post is just recommitting to write something about photography.
So to wrap it up I will provide a quote:
"You can never have too much money, too much RAM or too much glass."
- Scott Bourne (Host of This Week in Photography)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Acronyms
I've never heard these acronyms before I heard them on the This Week in Photography podcasts. Basically they are interesting ways of shooting a scene.
EDFAT
Entire
The entire scene
Details
Detailed shot
Focal Length
Vary with different focal lengths
Angle
Change angle, height
Time
Different times of day
Different shutter speeds
More inform on EDFAT can be found at:
http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/mjodonnell/j105/edfat.pdf
And a couple of other acronyms:
SAS
Subject
Attention
Simplify
LUDA (Look up, down, all-around)
EDFAT
Entire
The entire scene
Details
Detailed shot
Focal Length
Vary with different focal lengths
Angle
Change angle, height
Time
Different times of day
Different shutter speeds
More inform on EDFAT can be found at:
http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/mjodonnell/j105/edfat.pdf
And a couple of other acronyms:
SAS
Subject
Attention
Simplify
LUDA (Look up, down, all-around)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Stock Photo License pricing
I've always kinda wondered what my photography is worth. http://photographersindex.com/stockprice.htm is site gives you some idea. Its based off of survey information in the U.S. I'm not sure how accurate it is but its better than nothing.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
10 terms you should know
One of the podcasts I've started listening to "This Week in Photography" (http://twipphoto.com/) had a Q&A section of one of their podcast. One of the questions was: What ten photography terms would you say are "Must knows". They had a few of the ones I would highlight but I thought I would do my own list. Alright its not 10 but here goes:
Aperture
The aperture is the hole that the light passes through. Usually we talk about the size of the aperture however. A larger aperture lets more light in however it decreases depth of field. Conversely, a smaller aperture lets in less light but increases depth of field. Aperture size is usually described in f-numbers. The larger the number the smaller the aperture. I like to think of the f as 1. So in the case of f/22 I would think of it as 1/22. Obviously 1/22nd is smaller than 1/5 (i.e f/5)
Shutter speed
Shutter speed describes how long the shutter is open for. The longer the shutter is open the more light is let in.
Camera shake
Camera shake is a common problem in photography when telephoto lenses or long shutter speeds are used with a non-stabilized camera. The resulting images will appear blurry and smeared. There are two primary ways of counteracting camera shake. A tripod will stabilize the camera. Additionally a higher shutter speed will help. As a rule thumb the inverse of the focal length is a good speed as a minimum. (e.g. a 50 mm focal length would require a shutter speed of at least 1/50 second).
ISO
ISO describes the sensitivity of the film or sensor. A higher number indicates a higher sensitivity. With higher sensitive more grain (in film) or noise (with digital) occurs.
Hyperfocal Distance
Distance of the nearest object in a scene that is acceptably sharp when the lens is focused on infinity.
White balance
White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "color temperature" of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. Our eyes are very good at judging what is white under different light sources, however digital cameras often have great difficulty with auto white balance (AWB). An incorrect WB can create unsightly blue, orange, or even green color casts, which are unrealistic and particularly damaging to portraits. (from http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm)
Aperture
The aperture is the hole that the light passes through. Usually we talk about the size of the aperture however. A larger aperture lets more light in however it decreases depth of field. Conversely, a smaller aperture lets in less light but increases depth of field. Aperture size is usually described in f-numbers. The larger the number the smaller the aperture. I like to think of the f as 1. So in the case of f/22 I would think of it as 1/22. Obviously 1/22nd is smaller than 1/5 (i.e f/5)
Shutter speed
Shutter speed describes how long the shutter is open for. The longer the shutter is open the more light is let in.
Camera shake
Camera shake is a common problem in photography when telephoto lenses or long shutter speeds are used with a non-stabilized camera. The resulting images will appear blurry and smeared. There are two primary ways of counteracting camera shake. A tripod will stabilize the camera. Additionally a higher shutter speed will help. As a rule thumb the inverse of the focal length is a good speed as a minimum. (e.g. a 50 mm focal length would require a shutter speed of at least 1/50 second).
ISO
ISO describes the sensitivity of the film or sensor. A higher number indicates a higher sensitivity. With higher sensitive more grain (in film) or noise (with digital) occurs.
Hyperfocal Distance
Distance of the nearest object in a scene that is acceptably sharp when the lens is focused on infinity.
White balance
White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "color temperature" of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. Our eyes are very good at judging what is white under different light sources, however digital cameras often have great difficulty with auto white balance (AWB). An incorrect WB can create unsightly blue, orange, or even green color casts, which are unrealistic and particularly damaging to portraits. (from http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm)
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