Random Roll Prints - January

 

Random Roll Prints - December

New Years

2011

I like the brightness of this photo, the curves of the letters along with the curves of the background rides and streetlights make the entire photo flow. This shot very literally tells that it is new years eve, with a woman writing the new year's number in light from a sparkler. These lines lead the eye around the rest of the photo where the longer exposure as allowed the lights to blur and create interesting patterns.

Photos of Twenty Ten

"A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain, southern England August 12, 2010. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris left by comets. Picture taken using a long exposure."

 This surreal image, achieved by long exposure during a meteor shower, is my favorite due mainly to the colors. the long exposure creates white streaks in the background, which add to the strange feel.
you can tell that something is moving across the sky. The gradation of color brings the eye to the bottom of the photo where the main focus is brought to attention.

Macro/ Aperture

Macro Examples

Aperture Terms

Aperture/ F-stop - F-Stop is the ratio of focal length to the aperture. this controls how much light enters and how much of the photograph will be in focus.

Aperture Priority - A setting on automatic cameras which allows the photographer to set a desired aperture leaving the camera to use the appropriate shutter speed.

Ambient Light - Available lighting in the environment

Artificial Light - Set by the photographer to achieve the desired effect

ASA/ISO/Film Speed - Controls the speed at which the film absorbs light, higher ISOs will absorb light at a higher rate, but as film speed increases the images will begin to grow grainy and the quality will lessen

Bracket - the technique of taking multiple shots of the same subject using different settings, often used in images where it is difficult to obtain a satisfactory image

Depth of Field - the Amount of the photograph that can be put in focus based on aperture

Exposure Triangle - Talks of the three main elements of exposure; being ISO, shutter speed, and aperture

How to control depth of field - Setting the aperture to allow the desired focus

Light Meter - A device which measures the available light and will tell the photographer which shutter or aperture to use based on their choice of the other