I took some pictures at the boy's volleyball open gyms. These were my favorites!
As a group, our whole photography class came up with different ideas for light painting, here are a few of my favorites: Bokeh is the out-of-focus spots in the background (usually) of an image. Getting bokeh can be achieved by using a large aperture, getting further away from your subject and increasing the distance between your subject and the background. By decreasing the depth of field, the background of the image will have unfocused areas. Using a fast, long lens will give the best bokeh effect.
As time continues to move along, we industrialize. With inventions ranging from a small radio transmission to a printer that creates 3D scaled objects, there is no limit to what can be accomplished. These high tech machines are advancing rapidly, and humans are becoming more dependent on technology. We rely on electronics to do our simple everyday tasks, yet we have done everything manually just a few decades ago. Instead of experiencing the proud emotions linked with watching our own children scoring their first goal, we are watching through the lens of an IPhone. Instead of reading an amazing book at our own pace, we have the internet read it to us. Not only is technology restricting us from feeling complex emotions that can only be obtained first-handedly, it is also creating the illusion that older, more exhausted concepts of technology, should be exiled. This pattern of ignorance keeps true in photography.
While the convenience of digital photography increases, the reputation of shooting film plunges. As an amateur photographer, I understand why this is a popular theory, but I do not agree. Analog photography is the manual substitute for film, requiring more labor effort, and motivation, something that seems to decrease in society as time goes on. Without film photography, the personal experience of taking pictures is lost. Within my experience of shooting film, I have learned an important concept that has helped me throughout my practice. I learned that film has a completely different aesthetic than digital does. Film expresses and old, vintage look, while digital gives off a new, clear type of look. They give the audience different feels and emotions when looking at them. Today I scanned my first roll of black and white film since freshman year. They could have been better in my opinion, but I am out of practice so i'll cut myself some slack.
Last week, I had decided to shoot my first role of color film. I rolled the film Mr. Yeager had for us in the photography room and shot that weekend. It turn out, the canister that I had used was bent and had caused light to leak into my film. The film wasn't ruined, it turned out fine and only a little flawed. I think I like the look that the light gave my film. It gives you the feel that it's old and antique. The colors in the pictures are rich purples, blues and pinks. Here are some of the pictures I took:
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