Contact printing is a method of printing where you lay a negative and a piece of photographic paper down right sides together under a contact printer and expose it to light to create a positive image, or 'contact print'. In the dark room, we used our negatives as a guide to size to the light … Continue reading Contact Printing
Category: Art & Photography
Light Drawing
Drawing with light is taking a long exposure photograph while moving a handheld light. We set the ISO between 100-400 over the different shots. Having a low ISO means that the camera will not be very sensitive to light - or in other words, wont let much light in allowing the strong light from the … Continue reading Light Drawing
Light
Ambient light is the available light in a scene, or "natural" light. Photos taken in natural light use are lit just by the the existing light sources - for example, the low sunlight coming through the window. All three pictures below were taken by William Eggleston with ambient lighting. You use Artificial light when you want more … Continue reading Light
Focal Length
Focal length is the distance between the image sensor in a camera and the centre of the lens, and it determines the angle of view. The angle of view depicts how much of the scene you want to capture. The focal length on high end cameras states 50mm as a normal angle of view, 10-18mm … Continue reading Focal Length
Elements of a Portrait
The four main elements of a portrait are the face, pose, clothing, and location. Taking a picture of someone's face (a typical portrait) can portray which emotion your model is feeling, or express their personality/character. Focusing on the model's pose could again hint to emotion, and in fashion photography, show off the clothes. The model's … Continue reading Elements of a Portrait
White Balance
White balance is the process of colour correcting, or removing unrealistic colour casts, so white will be rendered white. Your camera has to take in to account the colour temperature of the light source in your scene. It controls the colour balance of your images by adding red or blue light to balance out the … Continue reading White Balance
Video Games Influenced by Art
The majority of video games - and all types of creative ideas - were influenced by something. Every thought and vision you've had of a fantasy world or your own storyline for a book, movie, or video game has been influenced by something you've already seen. Maybe an artist, photographer, sculpture, or a place you've … Continue reading Video Games Influenced by Art
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