FRIDAY, MARCH 4 - - - To Do Items For The Day.

Hi Photogs,

I'm sorry I am out today.

Today, I would like you to do the following:

1. Develop the NEW (15 or more) macro photographs that you did for homework.
You can develop/post-process them in any way we have so far (i.e. Black/white, Cross-Process           (Curves), Photo Filter, or any combination of these). Remember, these need to be NEW photos; not the photographs you made for practice in class on Tuesday. 

2. Make sure that after/before processing the photos you adjust the Brightness/Contrast, Exposure, Levels.

3. Post all 15 developed images to your blog.

4. Title the post "MACRO/APERTURE HOMEWORK."

I will check your blogs tonight.

See you on Tuesday.
Hohman :)

The EXPOSURE TRIANGLE.

WHAT IS EXPOSURE?


APERTURE


SHUTTER SPEED


ISO

PROJECT #5: MACRO (Aperture & Depth Of Field Priority)

DIRECTIONS: 

A.  If you are working with a DSLR,
1.   Set your mode to "A" for "aperture priority." 

2.  Then, set your aperture to as WIDE OPEN a setting as possible. That means, the SMALLEST f/stop number. Look at these aperture sizes in relation to the numbers below them:

This will give you the smallest sliver of focus possible with your lens. 

3. If you are in Aperture Priority setting, your camera will then set the shutter speed to compensate for the wide open aperture. 

B. If you are working with a point-and-shoot camera, or a phone camera,

1. Set your camera mode to the "macro" function: 

2. This will open your aperture as wide as your camera lens is able. 

BOTH: Now, make 15+ macro photographs to bring to next class.

UNDEVELOPED:

CROSS-PROCESSED:

Macro photography refers to photographs made with a lens that allows the photographer extreme close-ups.  It is an image where the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater. If it is recorded life size on the negative/sensor we refer to that ratio of as "1:1".

For our purposes - and since I don't necessarily want you to purchase a specialized macro lens - we'll call this project close-up photography. 

This is the symbol that denotes close-up/macro mode on point-and-shoot cameras.

Tips for macro photography. CLICK HERE.

       

Aimish Boy photographs HERE (THEY'RE GREAT!)

Tips for shooting close-up photography with a point-and-shoot camera HERE.

Macro photography at Wiki HERE.

DIY photography discusses macro HERE.

Understanding magnification HERE.

Niko Voyage's beautiful close-ups HERE.

Macrophotography.net HERE.

Black and white macro images HERE.

Stunning b/w photos HERE.

Reversing a lens HERE.

Close-ups with a mobile phone HERE.

An interesting cell phone lens HERE.

Another cell phone lens HERE.

And another HERE.

Alexey Kljatov. CLICK HERE.

The link. CLICK HERE.