Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 11
01/11/2021 (Week 11)
Reagan Val Adelbert Mahadi / 0349177
Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
LECTURES
From this week and onward, the class will be on dual-mode where the demo class will be held on campus.
On week 11, Mr. Fauzi presented us about Digital Photography.
Exposure Setting
In photography, exposure is the amount of light that reaches your camera sensor or film.
The camera consists of the camera body and the lens. In the body, there are a shutter, image sensor, and LCD screen, while in the lens there is the aperture/iris. The camera body is a light-proof box.
There are only two camera settings that affect the actual "luminous exposure" of an image: shutter speed and aperture. The third setting, camera ISO, also affects the brightness of photos.
Fig. 1.1 Exposure triangle
INSTRUCTIONS
For our fourth project, self-titled, we are required to create surrealistic imagery using mostly our own photographs edited and manipulated in Photoshop then animated in AfterEffects. Self-titled is an exploration project for us to express our own individuality and reflect our personality into digital art self-exploration. The main idea is to build up self-confidence and discover their interest.
So I begin by writing a biography of myself.
Intro:
FEEDBACK
There was no feedback given on this week.
REFLECTIONS
This week's lecture is a bit new for me so it will take quite a while to understand most of it. I never really knew anything about cameras and now I get it now it a bit more since I will be using it in the future more often. For this exercise, it didn't take me a long time to come up with most of the ideas there, and I really think that my idea is quite straightforward, so I just need to learn more about the features in Photoshop so that I can execute this project smoothly.
Reagan Val Adelbert Mahadi / 0349177
Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
LECTURES
From this week and onward, the class will be on dual-mode where the demo class will be held on campus.
On week 11, Mr. Fauzi presented us about Digital Photography.
Exposure Setting
In photography, exposure is the amount of light that reaches your camera sensor or film.
The camera consists of the camera body and the lens. In the body, there are a shutter, image sensor, and LCD screen, while in the lens there is the aperture/iris. The camera body is a light-proof box.
There are only two camera settings that affect the actual "luminous exposure" of an image: shutter speed and aperture. The third setting, camera ISO, also affects the brightness of photos.
Fig. 1.1 Exposure triangle
Iris/Aperture
Iris/Aperture controls the flow of light entering the lens. Iris/Aperture is measured by f-stop, indicated by the sequence of f-number. The lower the f-number, the larger the lens opening.
Fig. 1.2 F-stop and its lens opening
Shutter
The shutter is a small plastic sheet that opens and closes to allow light onto the film or prevent light from reaching the film. Shutter speed is measured in seconds.
Fig. 1.3 Shutter speed measurement
ISO
ISO refers to the sensitivity—the signal gain—of the camera's sensor. ISO is originally referred to the sensitivity of film—it's "light gathering".
The common ISO camera settings are:
Iris/Aperture controls the flow of light entering the lens. Iris/Aperture is measured by f-stop, indicated by the sequence of f-number. The lower the f-number, the larger the lens opening.
Fig. 1.2 F-stop and its lens opening
The shutter is a small plastic sheet that opens and closes to allow light onto the film or prevent light from reaching the film. Shutter speed is measured in seconds.
Fig. 1.3 Shutter speed measurement
ISO
ISO refers to the sensitivity—the signal gain—of the camera's sensor. ISO is originally referred to the sensitivity of film—it's "light gathering".
The common ISO camera settings are:
- 100
- 200
- 400
- 640
- 800
- 1600
- 3200
- 6400
The lower the number of ISO the less sensitive the camera is to
light and finer the grain.
Lens Perspective
There are wide-angle lenses, standard lens and tell lenses. Different lenses are designed for different purposes. Lenses can be categorized by focal length.
Focal Length
The shorter the focal length, the wider the angle of view, and vice-versa. Focal length is the measurement (in millimeters) from the optical center of a camera lens to the camera's sensor.
Depth of Field
The proportion of the image is reasonably sharp and in focus. The smaller the aperture you see, the greater the depth of field.
Wide-angle lenses are ideal for fitting a large area into the frame. A wide-angle lens is especially useful for landscape photography or street photography. With wide-angle lenses, almost everything is in focus, unless your subject is very close to the lens. Standard lenses offer a fairly accurate representation of what the human eye sees, both in terms of visual angle and perspective.
Images created by the standard lens are perceived as more natural than those taken with other types of camera lenses.
Tele lenses are great for isolating a subject that is far away. Tele lenses also allow us to photograph subjects from a distance thanks to their magnification.
DLSR vs Smartphone
DLSR cameras are designed to capture images. Phones are designed to carry out a multitude of functions. Phone cameras are very limited by size. The size of the lends and the size of the sensor that captures the photos. Entry-level DLSR has much larger lenses and sensors than mobile phones do.
After we finished the lecture session, we moved to another Zoom meeting for the tutorial class. The tutorial class was held on campus but I wasn't able to be there since I haven't moved to Malaysia yet. However, Mr. Martin shared videos for new learners to explore the lightning technic.
Lens Perspective
There are wide-angle lenses, standard lens and tell lenses. Different lenses are designed for different purposes. Lenses can be categorized by focal length.
Focal Length
The shorter the focal length, the wider the angle of view, and vice-versa. Focal length is the measurement (in millimeters) from the optical center of a camera lens to the camera's sensor.
Depth of Field
The proportion of the image is reasonably sharp and in focus. The smaller the aperture you see, the greater the depth of field.
Wide-angle lenses are ideal for fitting a large area into the frame. A wide-angle lens is especially useful for landscape photography or street photography. With wide-angle lenses, almost everything is in focus, unless your subject is very close to the lens. Standard lenses offer a fairly accurate representation of what the human eye sees, both in terms of visual angle and perspective.
Images created by the standard lens are perceived as more natural than those taken with other types of camera lenses.
Tele lenses are great for isolating a subject that is far away. Tele lenses also allow us to photograph subjects from a distance thanks to their magnification.
DLSR vs Smartphone
DLSR cameras are designed to capture images. Phones are designed to carry out a multitude of functions. Phone cameras are very limited by size. The size of the lends and the size of the sensor that captures the photos. Entry-level DLSR has much larger lenses and sensors than mobile phones do.
After we finished the lecture session, we moved to another Zoom meeting for the tutorial class. The tutorial class was held on campus but I wasn't able to be there since I haven't moved to Malaysia yet. However, Mr. Martin shared videos for new learners to explore the lightning technic.
Fig. 1.4 Laws of Light: 5 Portrait Lighting Setups
(https://youtu.be/D_O6pbT7Ovw)
Fig. 1.5 6 Easy & Amazing Lighting Setups with 1 Light: Cinematic Lighting Techniques
(https://youtu.be/uwaqfXSIQhQ)
(https://youtu.be/D_O6pbT7Ovw)
Fig. 1.5 6 Easy & Amazing Lighting Setups with 1 Light: Cinematic Lighting Techniques
(https://youtu.be/uwaqfXSIQhQ)
Before we moved on to the tutorial session, Mr. Fauzi already explained to us about the next project. He gave videos that can be used for example and also a sample for the google slides that we need to fill in for this project.
INSTRUCTIONS
For our fourth project, self-titled, we are required to create surrealistic imagery using mostly our own photographs edited and manipulated in Photoshop then animated in AfterEffects. Self-titled is an exploration project for us to express our own individuality and reflect our personality into digital art self-exploration. The main idea is to build up self-confidence and discover their interest.
So I begin by writing a biography of myself.
Intro:
My name is Reagan Val Adelbert Mahadi. I am from Indonesia and born in 29 January 2004. I am currently studying in Taylor’s University on the first semester. I am a pretty lazy person and I like to procrastinate. Paragraph 1: I like to draw and play games. I usually spend my time on my room playing games during free time. I also like to watch youtube videos when I’m bored. Paragraph 2: I want to help out my parents by achieving my dream. I also want work as hard as I can so that I won’t have to worry about my life. Summary:
I want to create an artwork where I motivate myself (where I am a lazy person) so that I can achieve my dream.
I also write a statement for myself.
Tell us about your work.
I want to create an artwork where I motivate myself (where I am a lazy person) so that I can achieve my dream.
What is the concept behind it?
I want to create an artwork where I look upon myself that I am a lazy person and full with negative emotions reflect upon myself so that I can change.
What is the message you want people to understand it?
The only person that can help/save/change yourself is you.
What is your motto/quote?
Get yourself together.
Then I searched on the internet for some poster references for this project.
Mood Board
Fig. 3.1 Sketch 1
Fig. 3.2 Sketch 2
Tell us about your work.
I want to create an artwork where I motivate myself (where I am a lazy person) so that I can achieve my dream.
What is the concept behind it?
I want to create an artwork where I look upon myself that I am a lazy person and full with negative emotions reflect upon myself so that I can change.
What is the message you want people to understand it?
The only person that can help/save/change yourself is you.
What is your motto/quote?
Get yourself together.
Then I searched on the internet for some poster references for this project.
Mood Board
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Fig. 2.1 Poster 1 |
Fig. 2.2 Poster 2
Fig. 2.3 Poster 3
Fig. 2.3 Poster 3
Sketch
I made a sketch that looks like poster 2 (Fig. 2.2) that has a concept of looking at yourself in the mirror. For sketch 2, I used both poster 2 (Fig. 2.2) and poster 3 (Fig.2.3) as the reference, which shows my negative emotions coming from my head.
FEEDBACK
There was no feedback given on this week.
REFLECTIONS
This week's lecture is a bit new for me so it will take quite a while to understand most of it. I never really knew anything about cameras and now I get it now it a bit more since I will be using it in the future more often. For this exercise, it didn't take me a long time to come up with most of the ideas there, and I really think that my idea is quite straightforward, so I just need to learn more about the features in Photoshop so that I can execute this project smoothly.
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