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Landscape Assignment

Abstract

Big Picture

Photoshopped Big Picture

Detail

Architecture Assignment

Location 1: Big Picture

Location: El Camino del Mar

San Francisco

Location 2: Detail

Location: American Cupcake

 Union Street, San Francisco

Location 3: Big Picture

Location: Legion of Honor

San Francisco

Location 3: Detail

Location: Legion of Honor

San Francisco

Location 3: Interior

Location: Legion of Honor

San Francisco

ANSEL ADAMS

Ansel Adams (February 20, 1902 - April 22, 1984)

• was an American environmentalist
• famous for his black and white photos of the American west and Yosemite
• developed the Zone System with Fred Archer to determine proper exposure and adjust contrast on a final print. 

http://gardenofpraise.com/images2/ansel.jpg

http://jeffbean.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/ansel_adams_mountains.jpg

Artistic elements and principles: value, unity in the snow, rule of thirds with the clouds, texture of snow and mountains. 

http://www.cs.umd.edu/~djacobs/CMSC426/ansel_adams.jpg

Notes pgs.202-217

CHAPTER 9: LANDSCAPES

LANDMARKS IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

• photography invented in 1839. 
• photographers looked to landscape paintings and the land for inspiration. 
• Carleton E. Walkins
• learned photography in 1854
• opened up his own gallery in San Francisco
• took pictures of Yosemite, which became famous and one of the first to be made art
• Ansel Adams
• mostly took pictures of Yosemite 
• took some of the best known photos taken there
• tried to capture the experience of being in the wilderness

PHOTOGRAPHING THE LANDSCAPE

Thinking Artistically

• composition and viewpoint very important
• explore different angles
• pay attention to value and how it ties in with the mood you want for a photo
• achieve balance between unity and variety

Camera Settings

• small f-stops and slow shutter speeds
• tripod for shape images

Light

• just after sunrise and just before sunset are best times to take pictures
• emphasizes shapes and textures
• warm, gold color
• easier to deal with direct lighting for distant subjects that it is for closer ones
• captures highlights and shadows
• gives 3-D effect
• overcast days better for close up shots

Film

• ISO 100 to capture a lot of detail
• black & white vs. color

Lenses

• wide-angle lenses to capture more of the scene
• allows you to include close object with distant objects on one shot
• telephoto lenses
• for mountains/range of mountains
• helps capture objects you cannot physically get close to
• macro lenses
• useful for getting really up close
• detail and small objects

Filters

• yellow filters bring out clouds
• red filter - blackest skies and whitest clouds

http://www.studiolighting.net/wp-content/images/phototools2.jpg

THE GRAND LANDSCAPE

• the "big view" for pictures of the great outdoors
• wide-open and shows the beauty of the natural world
• do not always have to pick "pretty" objects to photograph
• sky almost always prominent in photographs

http://www.petebarnesphotography.co.uk/uploaded_images/Landscape-photography-of-a-beach-in-Harris,-Scotland,-with-stones-and-clear-blue-water-and-moving-clouds-(IMG_2327-Edit)-730284.jpg

LANDSCAPE DETAILS AND CLOSE-UPS

• imposing landscapes are more inviting and comfortable
• parks are a good subject for detailed photos
• direct sunlight makes it harder to get a good shot
• cloudy/ overcast better

http://www.matrixrock.com/images/services-water-feature-construction-and-design.jpg

ABSTRACTED ELEMENTS IN THE LANDSCAPE

• can eliminate clues that tell the viewer the context of the photo
• composed of lines, shapes, textures, and values
• get really close to object
• telephoto or macro lens
• a lot of depth of field, slow shutter speed, tripod

http://www.sc-photos.co.uk/home/galleries/abstract/AbPICT14091.jpg

Notes pgs.190-197

ARCHITECTURE & URBAN LANDSCAPES


THE BIG VIEW

• most architectural photos rely on the big view, the wide-angle overall view. 
• shows the whole building
• far away using wide-angle lens
• perspective distortion appears as strong converging lines in a building, where sides lean toward each other than parallel in reality
• going farther away from building lessens the distortion
• straight on or angled?
• shooting from the side creates a three-dimensional effect

SHADOWS

• try capturing shadows of objects instead of the real thing

THE DETAIL SHOT

• detailed shot features the individual architectural elements of a building's interior or exterior
• details become indirect portraits of craftspeople who made them. 

INTERIOR VIEWS

• can record overall shots of whole rooms
• concentrate of the presence of the people living in them
• depth of field important