Task 1
Bokeh
This is the first in-camera technique that I found, to create this technique you need either black card or tin foil and you make a small shape for example a heart and put this over the camera lens then take a photo of something with several lights, this should make the lights in the shape of the shape that you made in the tin foil or black card. This technique usually works better with tin foil. I think this technique looks effective because it makes the lights stand out.
Vaseline
To create this technique all you do is put a bit of vaseline over your lens which creates this blurriness that you see in the photo. This technique looks good because it looks photoshopped when really its not.
Pin hold photography
This technique is making your own camera, to create photos using this technique you get an empty tin or box which should be black inside to stop light reflecting. You then make a small hole in the box/tin, put photographic paper inside the box and expose the hole for a few seconds to whatever you want to take a photo of then cover the hole back up. Once you have done this you develop the photographic paper in a dark room and you should end up with an image.
Task 2
These are some of the test images I did in class sessions to show some of the in-camera techniques that I researched. The first one I did was an example of the Bokeh technique, as you can see I made a shape of a heart in black card and this showed up in the lights on the building that I took a picture of.
This picture I used cling film over the camera lens to create a blurry effect, it didn't really work apart from the edges a bit.
For this picture I used cling film again but put black nail varnish over to see what it would look like, it didn't work very well as it mostly just covered the lens and made it look more blurry than I expected.
For these last two images I also used cling film but put red lipstick over the cling film to create a red and blurry effect, this worked quite well as the lipstick isn't as thick as the nail varnish which made the image just look a bit pink/red.
Task 3
As well as in-camera technique's there are digital ways to create the same effects such as Vignette and Gaussian blur:
Vignette
This is the vignette effect, it makes the object in the image more brighter and the edges darker. This is how you create the effect on photoshop:
- Firstly you open the image you want to edit on photoshop and duplicate the layer.
- Then you change the curve to make the image quite a bit darker.
- Next you use the eraser and put the make the opacity to 10% and make the eraser circle as big as you can.
- After that you make circle motions with the eraser tool to get rid of some of the darkness on the object or main point in the image.
- Finally to finish the image off you flatten it to put the two layers together.
Gaussian blur
This digital effect is called gaussian blur, which is like using vaseline on your camera lens to create the blurry effect around the edges of the image. This is how you create this effect on photoshop:
- Firstly open the image on photoshop that you want to use and duplicate the layer.
- Then you make the whole image blurry by choosing Filter at the top of photoshop, then Blur, Gaussian Blur.
- Next you use the eraser tool and make it as big as possible and make circle motions on the object or main point of the photo which makes that part of the image sharp and the rest will remain blurry.
- Finally flatten the image to put the layers together.
Task 4
Photoshopped filters
Health and Safety risks
Whilst going out and shooting my images I thought about the risks that could happen when taking photographs using in-camera techniques.
Some of the risks could be:
- When using vaseline if it got underneath your shoes and could make you slip over.
- When doing the Bokeh technique if you're using a slow shutter speed and need a tripod to keep your camera still then you have the risk of people tripping over the tripod legs.
- If using cling film in one of your in-camera techniques you hold the risk of getting it caught on your face and suffocating you.
These are the photos I have chosen to recreate using different in-camera techniques:
Task 6 - Produce own images
Task 7 - Evaluate own work
For task 1 I think I did quite well as I researched 3 in camera techniques and described them as much as I could, I also think that I used good images to show the examples of each camera technique. I think I could of have improved on this task by going into detail a bit more on each technique and maybe using more than one image to show an example.
For task 2 I took some images in class of some of the techniques that I spoke about previously in task 1, I think I did this task also well because they show a good example of the techniques. It could have been improved as I could have used a more variation of techniques and maybe got some images that were also outside of class to show the techniques a bit better.
For task 3 I described two filter techniques that are used in photoshop, I think I did quite average in this task as the steps in photoshop are quite easy to follow and used good example images but I think I could improved by possibly print screening photoshop step by step as I did it to show in more detail how to do the Vignette and Gaussian Blur.
For task 4 I did my own examples of the photoshop filters that I spoke about in task 3 with several images, I did good in this task as the images turned out well that I edited on photoshop and looked the same as the examples I used in task 4 but I could have improved it by doing a few more.
For task 5 I chose 3 images that used either/both in-camera techniques or photoshopped filters, I think this task went okay as I copied the techniques properly but could have been improved if I used the same subject or scene in the images that I chose.
For task 6 I took my own images based on "student life" so I chose to photograph a few of my friends doing typical student type things such as reading, studying, shopping and using the computer. I liked how my images turned out as they look like the kind of images you would find in a college leaflet and the photoshopped filters that I did look good on the images that I took. I think I could have improved on this task by taking wider range of photos of more people doing more things, also some of my images turned out that they weren't in focus so next time I will make sure that all my images are on focus how I want them to be.
Task 15
Wide angle lens:
These types of lenses are used for getting more in your photograph, if you are not able to move it ables you to capture more of the scene in the photograph. It can also be used to make something look bigger in the photograph or to show the difference in the size of objects in the foreground and background.
Telephoto lens:
These type of lenses are used to zoom in really far, another name for this lens is a long-focal-length lense.
Macro lens:
These lenses are used to photograph small and detailed things to make the subject in the photograph seem greater than actual life size.
Lighting - daylight:
If you take a photograph outside not using flash it will make your image look more natural as only natural lighting is used.
Lighting - flash:
When taking a photograph using flash it will make your image look more artificial as it is unnatural lighting which would make things look more clearer and brighter.
Task 18 - Pictures showing mixture of lenses
Task 19
Task 6 - Produce own images
Task 7 - Evaluate own work
For task 1 I think I did quite well as I researched 3 in camera techniques and described them as much as I could, I also think that I used good images to show the examples of each camera technique. I think I could of have improved on this task by going into detail a bit more on each technique and maybe using more than one image to show an example.
For task 2 I took some images in class of some of the techniques that I spoke about previously in task 1, I think I did this task also well because they show a good example of the techniques. It could have been improved as I could have used a more variation of techniques and maybe got some images that were also outside of class to show the techniques a bit better.
For task 3 I described two filter techniques that are used in photoshop, I think I did quite average in this task as the steps in photoshop are quite easy to follow and used good example images but I think I could improved by possibly print screening photoshop step by step as I did it to show in more detail how to do the Vignette and Gaussian Blur.
For task 4 I did my own examples of the photoshop filters that I spoke about in task 3 with several images, I did good in this task as the images turned out well that I edited on photoshop and looked the same as the examples I used in task 4 but I could have improved it by doing a few more.
For task 5 I chose 3 images that used either/both in-camera techniques or photoshopped filters, I think this task went okay as I copied the techniques properly but could have been improved if I used the same subject or scene in the images that I chose.
For task 6 I took my own images based on "student life" so I chose to photograph a few of my friends doing typical student type things such as reading, studying, shopping and using the computer. I liked how my images turned out as they look like the kind of images you would find in a college leaflet and the photoshopped filters that I did look good on the images that I took. I think I could have improved on this task by taking wider range of photos of more people doing more things, also some of my images turned out that they weren't in focus so next time I will make sure that all my images are on focus how I want them to be.
Task 15
Wide angle lens:
These types of lenses are used for getting more in your photograph, if you are not able to move it ables you to capture more of the scene in the photograph. It can also be used to make something look bigger in the photograph or to show the difference in the size of objects in the foreground and background.
Telephoto lens:
These type of lenses are used to zoom in really far, another name for this lens is a long-focal-length lense.
Macro lens:
These lenses are used to photograph small and detailed things to make the subject in the photograph seem greater than actual life size.
Lighting - daylight:
If you take a photograph outside not using flash it will make your image look more natural as only natural lighting is used.
Lighting - flash:
When taking a photograph using flash it will make your image look more artificial as it is unnatural lighting which would make things look more clearer and brighter.
Task 18 - Pictures showing mixture of lenses
Task 19
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