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sports photography

movie notes

• photographs matter of life and death that we take for granted
• some photos become huge parts of history and are proof that something really did happen
• brownie camera
• $1.00
• small and solid
• few controls
• original kodak too expensive for most people
• picture postcards --> newspaper photos
• books didnt have pictures because it took too much money and time to hand glue them
• National Geographic magazine
• 1905
• pioneered the printing of color photos
• Edward Curtis
• photographed American Indians
• developed people's perception of what Indians should look like
• dressed his subjects in clotehes he thought they should wear to fit people's stereotypes
• people started editing photos
• painted chemicals to look like brush strokes
• scratched negatives
• tried to make them look like paintings
• became big part of industrial field
• Gilbert - invented a motion detector for cameras
• used photos to improve conditions
• housing reform
• child labor
• straight photography
• took things the way they looked in real life
• focused on framing and line, shape, and form
• censorship
• government doesn't want anyone to see pictures of dead soldiers
• people started staging photos

pictures from walk 110210

Notes pgs. 114-125

FORMAL PORTRAITS

CAMERA SETTINGS

• wide aperture = increased shutter speed
• f/2 of f/2.8 for normal lens
• f/3.5 of f/4.5 for zoom lens
• shutter no less than 1/60 of a sec.

LIGITHING FOR FORMAL PHOTOTS

• INDOORS
• 45 degree angle
• use reflectors
• lighten shadows
• OUTDOORS
• direct sunlight bad
• open shade good but avoid deep shade
• reflectors
• cloudy days good

CANDID PORTRAITS

• capture a person going about everyday life & activities; no pose
• include surroundings, gives context and meaning
• pay attention to expressions

 CAMERA SETTINGS

• shutter greater than or equal to 1/250 of a sec.
• flash but ranges only 10 ft.
• get close

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS

• uses subject's surroundings to help tell that person's story
• combination of formal and photojournalism
• balance person and background

CAMERA SETTINGS

• wide angle lens
• f stops of 5.6 to 8

self portrait - become own subject; can reveal as much or as little as you want about yourself.