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Joiners

A joiner is a photographic technique in which one picture is assembled from several overlapping photographs. It can be created from prints or created digitally on a computer. A panograph is distinct because overlapping edges of photographs aren't removed.

A joiner is a photographic technique in which one picture is assembled from several overlapping photographs. It can be created from prints or created digitally on a computer.

A panograph is distinct because overlapping edges of photographs aren't removed.

This is an example of joiners, it was made by taking lots of photos from different angles and different positions and then merging them together to create one photo, it is quite odd because the boys face has moved a lot.

This photograph is another example of a joiner,  however it doesn't have as much movement as the other joiners,  really like this because it is quite simple, there isn't a lot going on but David Hockney made it look very busy.

Work Diary - Depth of Field

Work Diary - Depth of Field

I took photos of Depth of field today and yesterday, I was using a new camera that I've never used before so it took a while to get used to, I took photos for both wide and shallow depth of field, wide depth of field looked like most photos because the entire thing was in focus, however the shallow depth of field looked really good because it meant that depending on what I was focusing on, it dragged your eye to that thing. I did shoots in both the studio and the college campus, I did mostly shallow depth of field outside but I did both in the studio.

Progression: Next time I will take more photos outside because I only got 12, I will also try going to different places off campus to take photographs. However I did get 24 in the studio.

This photo is an example of shallow depth of field, I like this photo because the focus and the lighting is a lot better than some of my other photographs, you can see the camera in really good focus and the face and body in the background is a lot more blurry. I liked shallow depth of field a lot more than wide depth of field because you can actually see a difference in the foreground and the background in pictures using shallow depth of field.

This is probably my worst photograph, I couldn't control the lighting as much in this photo because I was outside and I think that the photo was too bright, additionally it's not really in focus, I don't think I had the settings correct when I took this photo.

Definition Post - Depth Of Field

Definition Post - Depth of Field

Depth of field is the front-to-back zone of a photograph where the image is sharp, when an object is out of this range it begins to lose focus. Shallow DOF is when the zone where it focuses is very small, a couple of inches or maybe a foot, deep DOF is when the included range is much larger, it can be the entire picture or a few feet.

The closer the subject to the camera, the more shallow the DOF.

This is quite a shallow DOF because only one of the people in the photo are very well focused, the others are getting out of focus.

This is also quite a shallow DOF, it is only focused on the one ball and the rest of the photo is very unfocused.

This is an example of wide DOF, it doesn't have any unfocused parts which works really well in this photograph, the photographer may have done this by making the aperture a high f-stop number like f22.

This is an example of shallow DOF as it is only a few inches long to fit the dragonfly.

Image Bank - Joiners

Image Bank - Joiners

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This is an example of a joiner, it is one of the joiners made by David Hockney, who was the creator of joiners, I like this style of photography because it shows a lot of movement, the boy obviously moved around a lot during this photo-shoot which creates the affect that there is a lot of people.

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This is another example of a joiner, however it is a digitally made joiner, it is also different because the photographs overlap each other, I think this looks quite good but I prefer David Hockney's version of joiners personally because I think it looks better, this looks too perfect, everything fits together and there aren't really lines out of place in the photographs.

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This is another example of a joiner by David Hockney, I think this looks good because although we can see what the photograph is about, we don't really know what is going on because it's quite cluttered, I can't tell if it's on the table or if it's on floor for example.

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This example of joiner photography was most likely made on photoshop, I like this quite a lot because it is more like David Hockney's joiner works, the picture is a lot more messed up than the other one I looked at that was done on photoshop.

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This joiner is really nice in my opinion because you can tell what it is meant to be and it mostly fits together, there are bits of the face that aren't right but it looks good, as if the person has moved whilst the photos being taken, however the arms are mostly in proportion and fit together quite well.

Image Bank - Depth of Field

Image Bank - Depth of field

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This photograph is very well taken in my opinion because it has quite a shallow depth of field which works really well, we can see the man standing in very good focus but the background of the photo quickly gets out of focus after the man. I like this photograph because it isn't over or underexposed.

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This photo is of a dog, it is in very good focus and shows shallow depth of field really well, I like this photo a lot because there isn't any motion that ruins it and it's not over exposed and looks slightly dreary.

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This photo was taken using a wide depth of field, it's good because you can see all the details of the flowers as well as the globe structure and the sky. I think on some photos like this one a wide depth of field looks better because it shows you everything in the photograph.

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This example of wide depth of field works really well because the background is as important as the foreground, blurring some of the foreground would mean the eye would be dragged to the background or whatever object is in focus, although this works well for photographs with something in it that stands out, it doesn't work very well for photographs of landscapes like this.

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I like this photograph because I think it looks really nice, it's very simple and the photo isn't cluttered at all, we can see the dandelion is the main focus of this photo and anything else isn't important to the photo, this photograph inspires me to take more photographs using shallow depth of field because it can  look really good if done well like this one.

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Work Diary - Motion

Today I studied motion in photography, I also learnt how to use shutter speed and aperture, if the shutter speed is slower then you will catch more movement, however if you make the shutter speed slower you need to make the aperture lower so less light gets in, otherwise the photo will be over-exposed. 

I did most of my motion photography in the college studio and in the college campus, in the studio we turned off the lights and used a phone light to create movement using lights.

Progression: Next time I will do more photos outside college campus, I took a few of cars but these weren't very good as I was having problems with the aperture and a lot of my photos were over-exposed, I also didn't time the photos very well so there was cars that weren't in frame which didn't look very good.

This is probably my best photo because it shows movement very well in contrast to the person holding the umbrella. I really like this photo although I'm not very happy with the bottom right of the photo being black because I didn't get all of the background the right colour.

This is my worst photo because it is framed so badly, I think it shows movement really well but it is not captured well at all.

Glossary

Glossary

• Shutter
• Aperture - Allows light into the camera like an iris, you can change it manually but it does it on auto by itself.
• ISO - International standards organisation. The lower the ISO is the less sensitive the camera is to light.
• (D)SLR - (Digital) Single lens reflex.
• Shallow DOF - A shallow depth of field is when a small part of the photograph is more in focus than the rest. For this effect you need a low aperture
• Wide DOF - A wide depth of field is when a photograph is when a large part of the photograph is more in focus than the rest, it can be that the entire photo is in focus, for this effect you need a high aperture.
• Horizontal lines - Horizontal lines imply tranquility, peace and harmony.
• Vertical lines - Vertical lines imply power and strength.
• Curved lines - Curved lines imply quiet, calm, or sensual feelings.
• Converging lines - Converging lines imply depth, scale and distance.
• Diagonal lines - Diagonal lines show change and movement.
• Analogous colours - analogous colours are colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel, usually one of them is a primary colour, for example red, red-violet, and red-orange.
• Muted colour - muted colours are colours that are less intense than usual.
• Saturated colours - a saturated image has overly bright colours.
• Complimentary colours - complimentary colours are colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel, for example purple and yellow or red and green.
• Texture - In some photographs the variation in the light and the dark are so convincing that we can almost 'feel' the texture although it's not actually there.
• Patterns - Patterns happen whenever strong graphic elements - lines, colours, shape, form - repeat themselves.
• Form - Form is a three dimensional shape, such as a cube, sphere or a cone.
• Tone - Tones are created by the way light falls on a 3D object. The parts of an object on which the light is it’s strongest.
• Shape - Shape can be geometrical, for example, squares, triangles and circles. Shape can also be irregular, these are shapes like the human form or flowers.
• Reflection - Reflection photography is the art of using reflective surfaces like mirrors, glass or bodies of water to capture images.
• Motion - Motion in a photograph is capturing the movement of someone or something by changing the shutter speed and sometimes aperture.
• PPI - Pixels per Inch, 72 PPI is the conventional PPI used for viewing images on the web, 300 PPI is how to get the clearest image when printing.
• Snoot - a snoot is a tube or similar object which fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam.
• Parabolic Reflector - a reflective surface used to collect energy or protect energy such as light, sound or radio waves.
• Film Noir - a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish hollywood crime dramas, particularly such that emphasise cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.

Contact Sheet - Motion

Contact Sheet - Motion 

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I like this photograph because of the contrast, the train is moving very fast as we can see but the seat is completely still which looks really good next to each other, this photograph is well taken as it is not over exposed so we can see everything in normal colour, it is also not shaky which can sometimes happen when you make the shutter speed slower to get pictures like this, I think the photographer probably used a tripod which improves the photo immensely.

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I like this example of motion because of the lights on the car and how they are moving as well as the cars, I think this looks really good, this photo inspires me to go out and take photos of cars as they can create really good motion examples if you do it right. However this photos a bit shaky as you can see from the buildings because they are also showing a bit of movement. This can be fixed if you use a tripod so I think I will definitely use one.

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I think this example of motion photography looks really good because of the contrast between the woman and the train, it almost looks fake, she is in perfect quality whilst the train is very blurred, the photographer obviously knew what he was doing when he took this because the photo is very well taken and framed, she is not in the centre which can look really bad, she is on one of the rule of thirds lines.

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I think this photo looks especially good because the only thing showing movement is the bus, I think this looks good because the rest of the photograph is very still which shows me that the photographer wasn't shaky and took the photo well 

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This photo shows a lot of motion because the aisles have a motion blur which shows that there is quite a lot of speed going on, it makes the trolley seem like it's going faster than it probably is, I really think that it looks good because it is quite a casual photograph, it's not been framed perfectly but it still creates a good effect.

Definition Post - Motion

Definition Post

Motion in a photograph is capturing the movement of someone or something by changing the shutter speed and sometimes aperture. The slower the shutter speed the more movement you will catch in a photo, however this can cause mistakes if the shutter speed is slow and the object is fast, it may become invisible or very hard to see.

This is an example of motion, it shows the child on the roundabout in good focus, whilst the rest of the photograph is blurred, this shows us that the roundabout is spinning round so it looks like the rest of the world is moving from that perspective.

This is a photo of someone running, it shows motion because we can see where his arms and legs have moved, the ground is also showing movement a bit which looks cool.

This photograph shows a lot of movement, almost all of the characters in the photo show movement and I think the photographer probably didn't use a tripod because the ground is also showing movement which shouldn't happen unless they are moving as well.

This photo shows a lot of movement by using long exposure, the shutter speed was probably very slow for this photograph, meaning that a lot of movement was captured. you can tell this person used a tripod because the lights in the background aren't moving as well.