3rd Completed picture

Photo

This is another picture that I developed. It is a picture of me that my partner took outside on a sunny day. The process used is the same process i used for the picture I did before. Once you've taken enough pictures and used up your film you can move on. You will then load the film on the reel and put it in the developing tank while it's in the light-tight bag. You do this so your film doesn't get exposed to the light. After this step you will put the film through the chemical process while in the developing tank, this will develop your pictures. Once you are done with this you can move on to the enlarger and figure out your best picture. Then you will take your best picture and make a test strip with it to find the correct lighting. Using the enlarger again you will then make a big picture of your image. You can see my process in the picture above.

Film and Camera Pictures

To start this project you first need to take pictures with the camera. Once you've taken enough pictures and used up your film you can move on. You will then load the film on the reel and put it in the developing tank while it's in the light-tight bag. You do this so your film doesn't get exposed to the light. After this step you will put the film through the chemical process while in the developing tank, this will develop your pictures. Once you are done with this you can move on to the enlarger and figure out your best picture. Then you will take your best picture and make a test strip with it to find the correct lighting. Using the enlarger again you will then make a big picture of your image. In the picture above you can see the process from the contact sheet, test strip, and the final picture. The picture I chose was of a security camera.

Photogram Worksheet

1. You can achieve white on a photogram by placing an object down on the paper that is not see through.

2. You achieve black on the photogram by not placing any objects on the paper and then it will be black, it's also known as negative space.

3.You achieve gray on a photogram by placing an object down that can be seen through like a piece of tissue paper.

4. Photograms are designed in the classroom so you can see what your doing and where your placing your objects.

5. You need to make a test strip first so you can figure out which lighting and timing you need for the big paper.

6. Photograms are referred to as painting with light because you are making picture with lighting instead of using paint.

7. The developer developed the picture and makes the image come out.

8. The stop stops the picture from developing anymore.

9. The fixer stabilizes the image and removes the unexposed silver halide remaining on the film.

10. The fixer remover takes off the fixer so the chemicals aren't still on the film.

11. The final wash cleans the picture and gets rid of the remaining chemicals that are on the film.

Photogram Positive

In this project we took our photograms that we made and turned them into positive images. We did this by doing the same process as we did for turning our pinhole camera pictures into positives. First you use a test strip to find the correct lighting/timing you need. Once you found the correct time you will get a big paper and put shiny side to shiny side with your negative picture. After this you put it under the enlarger. Once the light goes off, you will put the blank paper through the chemical process.   After the chemical process your photogram will come out positive. You can tell if its positive if the negative space comes out white. In the picture above, the bottom row is the positive photograms.

Camera Know How

1. The camera i am using is the Promaster 2500PK. #27

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3. The button you use to take a picture is the shutter release button.

4. You change the shutter speed with the shutter speed dial

5.  The shutter speeds are 1,2,4,8,15,30,60,125,250,500,1000,2000

6. You change the aperture using the aperture ring.

7. My aperture settings are 22,16,11,8, 5.6,4,2.8,1.7

8. You focus the ring using the focus ring.

9. No the camera does't have a zoom lens.

10. You tell if theres enough light by looking through the viewfinder eyepiece.

11. You adjust the light using the meter.

12.  We haven't learned how to bracket yet.

13.  The film we use is the 35mm film.

14. The iso setting is used to set the speed of the pictures being taken

15. You rewind film using the film rewind crank and knob.

Making Photograms

          In this project we were assigned to create three different types of photograms. The three types are abstract, symmetrical, and landscape. The first step in this project was to make replicas of them on construction paper. After this you bring it into the dark room and put it on film paper. I used the enlarger to make the photogram. The final step was putting it through the same chemical process as I did when making positive pictures. In the picture you can see my process. The idea of this was to make a photogram with black, grey, and white color. My best example is my landscape where the negative space is black, the cloud is grey, and the mountains are white.

Photogram PowerPoint Presentation: Pablo Picasso

For this powerpoint on photograms, I chose Pablo Picasso to research. I used Keynote for my powerpoint. In my first slide I have the name, career, and an image of my artist. For the next slide I included his date and place of birth with a map of the country he was born in. The next slide explains three major activities he did in his career. Throughout my next three slides i have three images of each of the things he did. On my last slide I have his date and place of death  with an image of the country he died in. After i completed my powerpoint I exported the images of each one and put on my post. By creating this powerpoint I learned a lot about photograms and Pablo Picasso.

Positive Image

I made a positive image from using a picture that i took with my pinhole camera. To the left is the positive image and the right picture is negative. The picture i took with my pinhole camera is negative, but i used the enlarger in the dark room to change it to positive. Changing from negative to positive switches the blacks to whites and whites to blacks. When using the enlarger you have to start with a test strip to find out the correct lighting and time. You also have to get it to the brightest light and the the best focus point. After that you move the light to F8. Make sure your test strip or film isn't  in any light. The lighting and time can effect how light or dark the picture is. After you use the enlarger, you have to do the same process of chemicals as you did with the pinhole camera film. After the strip is in the chemicals and agitated correctly, it will come out with a nice positive picture.

Pinhole Camera Worksheet

1.  Camera obscure is also know as the dark room, which is a darkened box with a lens that allows light to come in and out for a picture.

2. A pinhole camera is a light-tight can or object that has a shutter and aperture.

3. The three things a camera has in common is aperture and shutter. They are also light tight, allows no light to come in.

4. The two parts that allow light in are the shutter and the aperture.

5. You test the pinhole camera for light leaks by putting in a new test strip and then taking the camera outside into light. Then you take it back in the dark room and if the strip is still white, then there are no leaks. You can fix by covering with black paper and making sure cap is tight.

6. Camera shake is movement of the camera while you try to take a picture. If the image comes out blurry there was either camera shake or something moving in the picture.

7. Developer is chemicals that bring out the image in the film. It is converted by a chemical reaction.

8. The stop bath removes all the chemicals and stops the chemical reaction process once it;s done developing.

9. The fixer is the last step in the photographic process. It stabilizes the image and removes the unexposed silver halide that remains on the film.

10. You need to agitate the chemicals so they are in a mild even motion while being processed. It prevents spotting, streaking, and staining.

11. You can prevent prints from sticking together by making sure they are clean and store them in a air tight bag.

12. You wash prints to get rid of any remaining chemicals still on the photo. If you didn't wash the image, it may deteriorate after while.

Pin Hole Camera

The beginning of the project consisted of trial and error where you have to learn how your pinhole camera works. We created our pinhole cameras by using a coffee can and wrapping it in paper mache which blocks light from going through the camera. After that we punctured a small hole in the camera known as the aperture and then put tape over it making a shutter. Then we used small test strips to figure out how much light was needed to get in for the picture. After the picture was taken we took the film strip in the dark room and put it in several chemicals which gave the picture color. Once it was done, you'll be able to tell if you need more or less light. If the picture came out black you need less light, and if it came out too white, you need more light. The pictures i took show my process. My first picture is my test strip and my last picture is my final product.

Rules of Composition

We learned six Rules of Composition in this assignment. Those rules consists of simplicity, lines, balance, framing, avoiding mergers, and the rule of thirds. In the assignment we were supposed to find two images out of catalogues and then put them on the paper. The assignment helps you learn the different ways you can take a picture to make them look more professional and better in general. The Rules of Composition helps especially with older cameras because you can't just take a lot of pictures and then delete them like you can with your phone. After learning about these six rules you will be a better photographer and will be able to take some interesting pictures!