Light Painting

F Stop: 6.3

ISO: 200

F Stop: 6.3

ISO: 200

F Stop: 5.6

ISO:400

F Stop: 5.6

ISO:200

1. The lower the F Stop, smaller the opening is :less amount of light.
2. The Higher the F stop, bigger the opening is: more light/ brighter.
3. The shorter the exposure, less amount of time for light to come in. Less Light
4. The longer the exposure, more amount of time for light to come in: more light, or brighter,
5. It depended on the image. But for most, longer exposure and higher F Stop worked well. 

Ken Bonekin

Zombie Cranford

Grayscale Photos

Photo #1

Brightness/Contrast

Curves

Layers

Photo #2

Brightness/Contrast

Curves

Layers

Questions

1. Which tool worked best for your first image?

• The Brightness/Contrast tool worked best for the first one.

2. Which tool worked best for your second image?

• The Curves tool worked best for the second image.

3. Which tool did you like working with the most?

• I enjoyed working with the Curves tool the most.

4. Did the texture in your image look better after you applied the filter?

• Yes, depending on where I put the brightness and contrast settings, I could make the textures and value in my images shaper and more jarring or softer, and I adjusted each image to be a different level of sharpness or softness.

The President's Photographer Questions

1. What type of photography does Pete Souza practice as the present's photographer?

• He practices photographic archive.

2. Who was the first president to have a photographer?

• LBJ Was the first.

3. What did Nixon do to his photographer?

• He severely restricted the access of his photographer, and was rude to him sometimes.

4. The President's photographer's office used to be the what?

• The President's barber shop.

5. Where are most of the photographer's photographs displayed?

• In the West Wing of the White House, hanging up all along the walls.

6. How long is the photographer's typical day?

• As long as the president's day is, he usually mirrors whatever the President does.

7. Can Pete delete photos if he does not like them? Why/why not?

• No, it's illegal because all of the photos go to the national archive.

8. Would you want to be the President's Photographer? Why/why not?

• No, it seems extremely demanding and tiring, and I would pretty much have to give up my current life entirely.

Shutter Speed and F-Stop Differences

1. Which setting worked the best?

• Out of the settings I used, I thought putting the shutter speed at 1/20 and the F-Stop at 5.0 had the best results.

2. Which setting did not work at all?

• Putting the shutter speed at 1/25 and the F-Stop at 10 was the worst, since the picture became much too dark as a result.

3. Did this exercise help you understand F-Stops better? How?

• This exercise definitely helped, since I had absolutely no idea what they were before we learned it in class.

4. If you want to increase the depth of field in a scene and keep the same level of exposure, what are your options?

• Decreasing the size of the aperture or decreasing the shutter speed while increasing the F-Stop. 

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