Learning Outcome Context: you need to research

Learning Outcome Context: you need to research

Originally my community was solely going to be about Football (Soccer) but I'm also apart of another special community, an online community, so I decided to fuse those two communities together.For my project I already had an idea of what I was going to create, a Photo Mosaic. So I did a little bit of research about it, Basically a Photo Mosaic is a large scale detailed photograph made up of many smaller picture's. Which was perfect for me because my community was an online community (Soundcloud). So everyone that followed me on Soundcloud, I could use their profile photo's as the smaller photographs to make up the large scale photo of someone in my football community.

Reference

http://www.aolej.com

Task eleven: Learning Outcome: Practice

Task eleven: Learning Outcome: Practice

You can find examples of practice on my blog, But here's an example of practice

In this picture I wanted to bring the bird into focus and blur out the background.
So I had adjusted my aperture for a deeper depth of field. 

 I've also learnt what kind of photo's not to take.

Haiku

I've learnt about art

And it's now part of my life 

Along with friends

Task Thirteen: Learning Outcome: Evaluation

Task Thirteen: Learning Outcome: Evaluation

I have gained a lot of photography techniques and skills during this course,
I had a lot of questions about photography and during this course most of them have been answered. Here are some pictures I've taken in my own time demonstrating what I've learnt.


Here's a picture I've taken of stray cat in my backyard, In this picture I had to be on a vantage point to take the picture, because I didn't want to disturb the cat. I had my shutter speed high so I could freeze the cat's movement if he did see me and ran, I would be able to capture a clear shot. I also zoomed in basically cropping the background, but I also wanted space around the frame.

In this is a picture I took of a picture of a couple of House Sparrow birds, that were sitting

on my neighbour's clothes line. In this picture I wanted to blur out the background and bring the focus to the birds. So I had adjusted my aperture for a deeper depth of field. 

Here I wanted to capture both a shadow and a bright object in one shot something different. Lines can also be seen in the pictures, the darker tree is kinda leading the attention and focus towards the brighter tree, I also cropped this picture, the original had a house in the shot. I lost the original but if you look to the bottom of the left, you'll be able to see the tip of the roof.

Task Seventeen: Manual

Task Seventeen: Manual

Heres a photograph I took of a friend dribbling with a football.

Before you start, you'll need to have an idea of you want to photograph 

The first thing your going to do is set your White Balance to suit your environment with this picture I had set the White Balance to (5200K Direct Sunlight) 

Then you want to set your ISO to something low cause you don't want an Overexposed photo, Especially if your outside in direct sunlight. So adjust your ISO suitable to your environment. (Note If you adjust the ISO too high you will get digital noise)

You also want to check your Shutter and Aperture because they both have a see-saw affect, when you change one the other get's affected. So you'll have to know exactly what you want to photograph.

Vantage is basically the relationship between the camera and the subject

Then you'll have to decide if your photograph is going to be have a foreground shot, middle shot or a background shot, also you'll have to decide what's going to be in those shots.

Next is a couple of composition techniques, one is to Simplify the scene which I've done ii the photograph above. There are many other composition techniques such as Filling the frame, Aspect ratio,Leading lines, Space to move etc. 

Framing is what we decide to include in the frame and what not to include in the frame. (Cropping) which is very important because it allows you to change the whole meaning of the photo. 

Lines can provide many elements to a photo movement, pattern, energy, etc. I did not use this technique in photograph. A powerful method of improving the composition of your photos is the use of lines. 

Colour is important when your taking a photograph, You could use complimentary colours, contrasting colours or harmonious colours to really bring out your picture.

Texture can often take the form of curves. These curves can be very effectively utilized for composition purposes.

Decide what Light your going to use, How bright do you want the light to be, Also decide the direction the light will be coming, I used Daylight in my photograph, lighting is important in controlling the image

The Community I choose is my local football club and in the photograph I took of a photo of a team mate dribbling with a football.

Task TwentyThree: Interview

Task Twenty Three: 

Interview With Jim Richardson

Jayden : What got you interested in photography ?

 Richardson : Well I grew up on a farm with my dad, He was
an amateur photographer,so that's what really got me inspired to get started with photography.

Jayden : What are some of your favourite things to photograph ? 

Richardson : Well I do a large range of subjects, Culture, Celtic world, Scientific subject's like GMO's (genetically modified organisms) I've done landscapes and a few others. So I do a big range of subjects.

Jayden : How did you get involved with National Geographic ? 

Richardson : Well basically I had been doing all these projects in cuba kansas, rossville etc. and that's what led me to some attention from the Photo Journalism world, That I was doing something interesting even tho it was in small time places. So I called up the director of photography at National Geographic Tom Kennedy and told him I was a freelance photographer and that was it.

Jayden : How necessary is a photographer in this new age, with all these photography applications ? 

Richardson : In this world, in which millions on pictures are taken and uploaded onto the internet everyday, there is still the necessity of Focus, because the great vast majority of those pictures are lacking the view point of someone who is alive today looking into their world and trying to make sense of what their seeing.

Jayden : What do you look for when your taking a photograph  ?

Richardson : I look for connection and excitement in a photograph. If I can't get the viewer to connect to the photograph I've missed the point.

Jayden : And finally what are some of your tips for someone who's new to photography ? 

Richardson : Think about taking useful pictures instead of good pictures and also don't be boring and use your camera to explore your surroundings and the world we live in.

Jayden : Thank you very much!!

Richardson : My pleasure 

Bibliography

photography.nationalgeographic.com

tscpl.org

ngm.nationalgeographic.com

Task Ten: Learning Outcome: Surface Research

Task Ten:

Surface Research

Originally my community was solely going to be about Football (Soccer) but I'm also apart of another special community, an online community, so I decided to fuse those two communities together.For my project I already had an idea of what I was going to create, a Photo Mosaic. So I did a little bit of research about it, Basically a Photo Mosaic is a large scale detailed photograph made up of many smaller picture's. Which was perfect for me because my community was an online community (Soundcloud). So everyone that followed me on Soundcloud, I could use their profile photo's as the smaller photographs to make up the large scale photo of someone in my football community.

Example of Photo Mosaic

also another example of surface research 

Reference

http://www.aolej.com

Task twenty two: reflected light

Task Twenty Two

Take a photo that uses reflected light

I took these two photos at home, The first thing I needed to do was get a Reflector.

I read that there are hundreds of different types of reflectors, which differ in sizes and colors, I used a reflective fabric I found in my garage. 

Reflected Light

Task twenty one: Direct and diffused light

Task Twenty One

Take two photos; one that uses direct light and one that uses diffused light

Defused Light 

This photograph was taken using diffused light. You can tell by the shadows around the ball, compared to Direct Light, Diffused Light is more pleasant for taking photos. The shadows are more soft and spread out.

Direct Light

You can see the difference in the shadows with Direct Light, the shadow of the ball is much more sharper, not the best for taking portrait photos but also depends on the photographer.

Task sixteen: Camera: Line

Task sixteen: Camera: Line

With this two picture's I've taken a diagonal shot and a horizontal shot, following the lines and edges.



also the second picture has much more thicker horizontal lines then the above picture.

Lines can provide many elements to a photo movement, pattern, energy, etc. I did not use this technique in photograph. A powerful method of improving the composition of your photos is the use of lines.

Task eighteen: camera: texture

Task Eighteen: Camera: Texture

Texture can often take the form of curves. These curves can be very effectively utilized for composition purposes.

In this picture you're able to distinguish between the two different types of textures, one of a fabric cloth and the other a wooden table.

In this picture you're able to distinguish between the material's, velvet and a cotton like texture form.

Task twelve: camera: composition

Task Twelve: Camera: Composition

Your task is to take a photograph that uses the rule of thirds.

I've taking a picture of Vao using the rule of thirds.
It was pretty difficult but with a few attempts I managed to get one picture. I used some of the Composition Tips, an example was 
Simplifying the scene (The Background) and avoiding the Middle (The Object).

Task fourteen: Camera: edge of the frame and cropping

Camera: edge of the frame and cropping

Think about what is on the edge of your frame, what is touching the frame? What is cropped? And where?

    Image of a bee being cropped example.

    Before                                       After

The edge of the frame is an image of a flower.

The Bee is the object being cropped. The background looks like a garden. 

Task Ninteen: Camera: Pattern

Task Nineteen: Camera: Pattern

Two techniques come into practice while working with patterns; you can emphasise the pattern, or you can break it:

With this picture I decided to emphasise the the vertical pattern and fill the frame with it, Also not to break the pattern 

         

With this second picture I placed a chair on the bottom right to upset and break the colorful cloth pattern.  

Task twenty: Colour

Task twenty: Colour

Complementary Colours

Here's a picture I took of a bird on top my house. 

The photo uses complementary colours with a blue background and a orange feathered bird.

Here's a pamphlet from NASA, ariel shot of Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland

The photo uses contrasting colours.

Task Seven: shutter and aperture

Task Seven: Shutter and Aperture

 Take two pictures of the one subject: one with a fast shutter, one with a slow shutter.


Here's a picture of a cone being tossed into the air with fast shutter. 
You can see the difference between the other picture with the slow shutter.
A fast shutter will freeze a moving object and a slow shutter blurs a moving object.

Take two pictures of the one subject: one with a high aperture and one with a low aperture.

Here's a picture I took of a bird using a higher a aperture and another with a cat using a low aperture. The larger the aperture the more shallow the depth of field.

 The smaller your aperture the deeper the DOF (depth of field) the larger the more shallow your DOF.

Task Six: Learning Values

Task Six: Learning Values

Think about Learning Values, what are they? 

(engagement, time management,  commitment, attitude, understanding)

Create your own tabloid title with the hand-out provided, use this to remind yourself what is needed to succeed with this Learning Outcome

Some learning values I've understood are time management, managing my time to finish the given tasks, Also attendance is very important to stay up to date with the course. Something I can relate to.

I related towards my tabloid were understanding, attitude and Commitment.

Task Eight: Descriptive Letter

Task Eight: Descriptive Letter On Souncloud

The community I belong to is an online community, where music producers from all levels, amateur to professional share their music and fans and listeners can enjoy and experience the music directly from the artist, without influence or interference from the music industry itself. 

 Soundcloud is an online audio distribution platform based in Berlin, Germany and the online community which I belong to. On Soundcloud you meet so many different kinds of people from all over the world, different backgrounds, ages, occupations etc. With a worldwide audience Soundcloud is able to bring the experience of music to another level. 
SoundCloud is the world’s leading social sound platform where anyone can create sounds and share them, recording and uploading sounds to SoundCloud.

The first time I stumbled across Soundcloud was when my brother and I had visited a friends home studio, I remember him playing us his music and being so inspired to start learning more about music in detail. For example hearing the pitch,tempo,vocals,bass and drums, I was learning a new perspective of music.