Thursday, March 3, 2016

Pinhole Camera Questions















1) a camera obscure is Latin for "Dark Room" its an optical device that consists of a box or room with a hole in one side.
2)pinhole camera, also known as cameraobscura, or "dark chamber", is a simple optical imaging device in the shape of a closed box or chamber. In one of its sides is a small hole which, via the rectilinear propagation of light, creates an image of the outside space on the opposite side of the box.
3) an aperture, a shutter, light-tight are the three things every camera has in common.
4) the aperture and shutter are what allow light in.
5)we test the camera for light leaks by using a test strip
6) camera shake is caused by movement of the camera (hence the name :-)), which becomes noticeable as blur when using a slow shutter speed.to prevent this we need to keep a steady tripod, keeping the person still and keeping the camera still.
7) the developer develops that photo.
8)the stop bath used in processing traditional black-and-white photographic films, plates, and paper used after the material has finished developing.
9)the fixer stabilizes the image, removing the unexposed silver halide remaining on thephotographic film or photographic paper, leaving behind the reduced metallic silver that forms the image.
10)Agitation helps to speed-up and achieve an even development while processing film or paper. It also prevents spotting or staining by keeping the developerstop bath, or fixer in motion.
11) To prevent prints from sticking together you put them shiny side to shiny side.
12)We wash the prints to wash off excess chemicals.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Rules of Composition


The reason for this project is to understand the way a camera works. The ways to take a good picture and understanding the differences in taking a picture. lines are the way lines create a sense of having the simplest things in a picture. A balanced picture focuses on an object in the middle that is surrounded by a balanced background on both sides. Framing is when you have an object that you can focus on and it has a natural frame to help focus on the object in the center. Simplicity is when you have an object and the background is plain and just one shade. The Rule of Third is when you have an object of to the side.