Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Camera Know How

1. #13
2. There is no on button
3. Shutter release is what takes the picture
4. The film speed dial changes the shutter speed
5. 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000
6. The aperture ring changes the aperture
7. 1.7, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22
8. The focusing ring focuses the camera
9. Yes my camera has a zoom lens
10. Push the button halfway, you will see a green light or a red light if there isn't enough light
11. You use the lens to adjust the light
12. You bracket by finding the f-stop that you are using w the green light, and then adjust the f-stop to one above the normal f-stop and one below
13. The film I'm using is called Kentmere 400 Black and White Film
14. The iso setting the sensitivity of the sensor to light
15. You turn the rewinding wheel clockwise

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

I lost both of my other negatives so i wasn't able to finish my last two positives.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Photogram Worksheet

Photogram Worksheet


1) Don't let any light hit the photo paper
2) You can achieve black by shining light on the photo paper
3) You can achieve gray by letting only partial light hit the paper
4) Photograms are designed in the classroom so you can get an idea of what you want to make, since you can't see anything in the dark room
5) You have to make a test strip to test the amount of light so you can get the perfect photo
6) Photograms basically are paintings with light because you get the blacks whites and grays with the enlarger (which shoots light).
7) Man ray, Len Lye, Picasso
8) The developer brings out the light in the paper and makes the image visible
9) The stop, stops the developer from developing
10) The fixer makes your paper no longer light sensitive
11) The fixer remover removes thew fixer
12) The final 3 minute wash rinses all of the chemicals off the paper

Friday, March 11, 2016

Positive Pinhole picture

This is my positive pinhole camera picture. I used the enlarger to bring out the positive light in my picture.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Pinhole Camera Worksheet





1. A darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside
2. A pinhole camera films a picture only in black, white and grey
3. They all have a shutter, aperture, light tight 
4. The shutter and the aperture
5. You can test your camera for light by going outside and opening the shutter for 10 seconds, if the picture paper has any blacks (negative light) then you need to add more blacks to the outside.
6. Camera shake is when you are moving the camera causing the image to blur.
7. The developer brings the invisible image up.
8. Stage 2, and it stops the image from becoming visible
9. The fixer is the first stage that makes it so light won't affect the picture
10. You agitate chemicals while printing so the chemicals can successfully 
11. You can prevent prints from sticking together by laying them in a tray spaced out
12. We wash the prints to get all the chemicals off

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Dans Poster

I made this poster to learn the guidelines and skills to better photography.