Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Photomontage

David Hockney, Kasmin, Los Angeles, March 28, 1982, composite polaroid

Arguably, David Hockney is the best-known British artist of his generation. HIs career has incorporated the disciplines of painting, printmaking, papermaking, photography, and theatre set design. IN the 1980s, he began working with the concept of photomontage and cubism and this piece is an example of that period in his creative life.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Weekend Wanderings

Along my way to do other homework

Saw this at the vets as I was driving...envy!

Pigeon Perch...a bit dark though

These guys were excited to see me, but not enough to come visit.

Trucks racing

Pile of tires or magnificent opportunity for art?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Shutter Speed

Let’s review…light is everything in photography. It enters the camera via the aperture, and the shutter speed.

The shutter is that thing in your camera that 'clicks' when you take a picture.

The shutter speed refers to the length of time the shutter stays open wen you're taking a photo: the longer the shutter stays open the more light enters the camera, the shorter amount of time the shutter stays open the less light enters the camera. Remember, how much light enters the camera determines the appearance of your image.

Shutter speed is measured in seconds or fractions of a second. A shutter speed of "1" (one second) is considered a slow shutter speed; a shutter speed of "1/1000" (one-thousandth of a second) is considered a fast shutter speed. While the aperture is used to control the depth of field (how much of the photo is in focus), shutter speed is used to convey the motion of the subject in your photo.

If a person or animal were to dash across your line of sight and your shutter speed was set to "1" it would result in a blurred image as a lot of movement would happen during the slow setting of one second.

If the shutter speed was set to "1/1000" it would capture the subject as if frozen in action.

Capturing Motion = Purpose of Shutter Speed

So to recap:

Aperture controls depth of field
Shutter speed controls the motion

Kodak Bows Out of Camera Business

February 10th, 2012, by Prasad - on gsmarena.com

The Eastman Kodak Company, better known simply as Kodak, has announced that they will not be making cameras anymore, bringing an era that lasted a 124 years to an end. The company responsible for the invention for the roll film, which played an instrumental role in movie making, is having a hard time financially and this latest decision is the result of that.

Kodak will now be expanding its current brand licensing program, and seek licensees for cameras. It will also continue with its online and retail-based photo printing, as well as desktop inkjet printing. Kodak also said that it will be honoring all the warranties as well as provide technical support and service to the cameras sold so far.

It’s sad to see that a company that has been around for so long go down like this. It’s sadder to know that they have to resort to suing other companies simply to keep afloat. Unfortunately for them, there’s not much else they can do at this point.