Architecture Assignment

This is my interior picture location 3. It is inside the Ferry Building on the Embaradero in San Francisco.

This is my detail picture of location 3. It is the side building of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero.

This is my big picture of location 3. It is the Clock Tower and front building of the Ferry Building.

This is my detail picture of location 2. It is a small building on the other side of the Embarcadero away from the water.

This is my big picture location 1. This is a picture of the Noe Hill Building also on the other side of the Embarcadero.

This is another detail shot of location 2. It is another small building on the left side of the Embarcadero.

Carr Clifton

Carr Clifton is a contemporary photographer and also an accomplished wilderness guide and traveler. He is also a large format landscape photographer most famous for his photos of endangered or wild life landscapes. He began shooting in 1977 when he was inspired by his mentor and friend Phillip Hyde. Carr graduated from Colorado Mountain Springs with a degree in commercial photography. And after began free lancing. His pictures are most famous for certain regions like Alaska and Africa. Many of his pictures are showcased in the magazine "Outdoor Photographer". He has won many recent awards, his pictures are showcased in many museums, and even bought all around the world.

-space

-detail

-color

-pattern

-reflection

-variety and unity

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20th 1902 and he died on April 22nd 1984. He was born in the great city of San Francisco and is a photographer as well as a environmentalist. He had no formal training in the profession of photography because his family was poor and lacked financial needs. His passion for nature and pictures likely came from the Golden Gate Bridge and other Sf surrounding because he lived close by it. He started off when his parents gave him a Kodak n.1 Brownie Box. He explored Yosemite, went on hikes, nature walks and built his profession and self confidence by himself . Soon after he joined the Sierra Club which he took photos for the daily bulletin. His photos became noticed and soon was discovered by Albert Bender, a patron of the art who immediately jump started his whole career. After Bender helped his career projects were endless for him .

He is best known for his black and white landscape shots, especially in Yosemite National Park. To add to his accomplishments he developed the zone system which determines proper contrast and exposure. With such great photos, he primarily used large format cameras because they ensured sharpness . He confounded the group f/64 and worked with many great masters of photography. But till this day his photos and legacy

still remains especially in his black and white photogra

phs of nature.

Here is an example of some of his greatest pieces

-rule of thirds

-pattern

-value

-the great landscape shot (distance)

-space

Landsape Notes 202-217

Landscapes

• abstract
  
  
  
  


• details
  


• the grand landscape
  

Landmarks in Landscape Photogrpahy

• Carleton Watkins(1829-1916) SF, took pictues of Yosemite Valley


• Ansel Adams(1902-1984)laanscape photogrphy
  

Photogrphing the Landscape

• compostition is the most imnportant aspect


• viewpoint is the most important aspect of composition


• value is most importnant in black and white landscape shots.


• one goal is to achieve balance between unity and variety


• Composition, Balance, and Rule of thirds


• placing objects if intrest in the intersections of the vertical and hirzontal lines, or along the lines themselves results in more intrseting images

Camera settings

• change the f-stops, either f/16, f/22, or f/32(results in longer shutter speeds) tripod is necessary.

Light

• just after sunrise and just before sunset are the two times of day when landsacpe photograhers do most of their work.
  


• the sun is low and make warm and soft beautiful colors


• direct light creates shadows and highlights, not the best for landscape photography

Film

• try to use high ISO film such as 100 to capture all details


• black and white film is the most popular choice


• -it showcases value, line, shape, texture, and pattern.

Lenses

• as a general rule, photographer try to use wide-angle lenses that capture more of the scene. its also creates greater depth


• for trying to capture things in a great distance use a telephoto lense


• use macro lenses for close up shots and detailed shots

Filters

• yellow filters are useful to bring more color.


• use other red and blue filters to achieve dark skies and other things

The Grand Landscape

• is the big view for pictures of the great outdoors-- wide-open expanses that showcase the magesty of the nature world.

• use wide angle leses to capture a whole entire scene.


• use composition and Rule of thirds by placing the horizon one-third from the top or bottim of the image

Landscape Details and Close-Ups

• ignoring everything but small details can result in beautifully simple images


• direct sunlight can have negative effect on detailed or landscape photos

Abstracted Elements in the Landscape

• abstracted elements are images composed of lines, shapes, values, and textures.


• one tip is to get really close to your subjects and photograph only a small part of it

Architecture and Urban Landscape Notes

-when you take pictures of buildings, towns, cities you create indirect portraits of people who live in them

-architecture photography can be formal or informal

-3 views, the interior, the big view, and detail.

-a quick tip is to use a line to draw the viewers eye.

-look at the vertical and horizontal lines

-observe space around the building and consider its surroundings

-pattern, the repetition of any of the elements of art is usually apart of every image of architecture

-smaller f-stops gives greater depth of field

-use value, the greater the difference in the tones or contrast, the more 3 dimensional the image will look

-differences in tonal values also accentuate texture, which is the tactile quality of a surface.

-texture and value are the most critical

lighting is important in interior architectural photography

-use filters to even out the light

-wide angle lenses are most useful because the wider the area of the building you will catch.

-polarizer is very useful, it can darken images, reduce or eliminate reflections

-most commercial architecture photography rely on the big view, the wide-angle overall view.(usually the whole building)

-perspective distortion appears as strong converging lines in a building, where the sides of the building angle in toward each other instead of looking parallel.

-shooting straight on makes it look flat and 2 dimensional

-shooting with an angle give the image more dimension

-shadows are another great way to capture architecture

-the detail shot features the individuals architectural elements of a building's interior or exterior

-they are indirect photographs

-many details in buildings are above eye level so its better to use a stronger lens

-for interior shots the photographer is always challenged on where to place the camera.

-interior shots look better when everything is usually in focus

-always think about the depth of field in a interior shot

-and use color or black and white film for any architectural aspect.

American Photography Notes

-The Daily News is the Oldest tabloid News Paper in the United States
-They wanted the biggest lousest picture on your newspaper to attract attention
-1980's were the years of the tabloid wars
-the new york graphic was the most extreme graphic tabloid in the world
-The New York graphic came up with posing the photographs
-in the 1920's photographs began replacing drawing in advertisments
-People believed photogrpahs to be the truth
-The photography modernized objects in advirtisments, made the objext become wanted
-Photography created a celebrity . The more they were seen in photogrpahs the more famous they came.
-Babe Ruth became the most photographed human being on earth
- He was the first sports star to have pictures taken and publicized on objects
-photography has enabled our 5 senses to be broadended