Friday, 18 September 2015

LO1 Mindmap

Terms:

Ambient Light: Natural light from the sun

Artificial Light: Made by an artificial light source, like a lamp.

Rule of thirds: The rule of thirds states than an image is most pleasing when its subjects or regions are composed along imaginary lines which divide the image into thirds, both vertically and horizontally.

Exposure: How much light is exposed in an image for a certain amount of time.

Shutter Speed: How long the shutter is open.

Aperture: The device that controls the size of an opening made by the lens to control how much light gets to the CCD (charge-coupled device) for analog cameras and CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) for digital.

F Stop: Focal-Stop setting, which determines the measurements of the aperture.

ISO: The less the ISO number the less sensitive the camera is to the light and vice versa.

Macro: An extreme close up of something very small.

Leading Lines: A composition of a photo that show an image where the image leads lines from one place to the other, normally facing forward from the bottom of the image to near the top.

Fish-Eye (lens): A lens that shows a 180-degree of all directions that’s in front of the camera, which creates a circular image.

Resolution: The dimension of an image measured in megapixels.

Focal Point: The point of focus, the most interesting point in a picture, mostly in the centre.

Negative space: The empty space around the focal point or subject.

Composition: The way the Photo is taken and how things are placed in the picture.

Tripod: Stabilizes and elevates the camera.

Tone: The brightness of a photo.





What is Photography?
Photography is the art of taking and processing photographs by using photography techniques like Rule of thirds and Leading lines.

What photographs I would take to explain my identity or another objects identity?
Me: Cars, Gaming, Music, and Drawing.
Sheffield: Henderson’s relish, landscape/Cityscape, Culture and history (Research), Steel.
Britain: Countryside, Tea, Yorkshire puddings, Fish and Chips, History and culture (Research).

What is the millennium gallery like?
Millennium Gallery is a part of Museums Sheffield which is a charitable trust which Western Park Museum and Graves Gallery is also a part of. Millennium Gallery its self is a place full of Art, Craft and design which features artwork like metalwork which has made Sheffield world famous. A few of their past exhibitions have been:
·      Charlene Mullen Textiles (A range of cushions)
·      Graphic Nature (Digitally made pieces that are made of natural patterns from giraffe skin to cauliflowers and Italian marble are transformed into edgy dramatic designs.)
·      John Martin: Painting the Apocalypse (A famous artist in the 1900s who people have rarely heard of, his dramatic art has inspired sci-fi films and rock albums, the showcase displayed his best oil paintings)
·      Designed to shine – 100 years of Stainless Steel (An exhibition to celebrate a 100 years of stainless steel (Rustless), which was made by Sheffield’s Harry Brearley, in 1913.It was open for just under a year and displayed a century of design and innovation, showcasing the diversity and quality of products made in stainless steel in Sheffield and beyond.)
·      Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014 (the only chance to see one of the country’s leading photography exhibitions outside of London.)

Examples of Exhibitions posters






What do I think makes a successful photo?
The Photo has a great Focal Point which stands out in the picture.
It has great Monochrome and contrast which makes it stand out more clearly. Great quality so that it looks professional and clear. The composition needs to be perfect. It needs to create an emotional response that makes the viewer feel something. It needs to be unique which makes it more special.

“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.”―Don McCullin

What genre/type/style of photograph should I use?
Landscape, Technology, Cityscape, Architecture, History, Monochrome and Still Life.

Which Photographers Should I explore and what techniques do they use?
Mike Moats and his Macro-still images of natural forms. Philipe Saint Laudy and his colour landscape photos.

What Terminology do photographers use?

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