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Exteriors

Exteriors that were taken at and around belconnon mall. With two of the images had to fix the converging lines ether by using photoshop or a tilt shift lens. I attempted to use the tilt shift to fix the converging lines of the buildings, the problem that I found in using this was that it was the first time that I had used the lens so they didnt turn out as well as I would have hoped. But I know what I would need to do now need, to use the rise and fall. I got confused with all the knobs when I just needed to use one of them.

Interiors

As a class we were luckily enough to take photos in belconnon mall. When taking photos of Interiors it is important to use a wide lens so it is possible to get the whole scene. Interiors more often then not have low light conditions, so a tripod is a must so image is not burred. similar to the industrial workshop it is just as important to focus on the small details in the space, by doing this it adds interest to the series.

Landscape

These photos were taken on top of Mt Stromlo. The workshop was to demonstrate landscape photography and the different skills that are needed when shooting landscapes such as HDR and stitching for panoramas. When shooting landscapes it also important to take into consideration the filter that are used, different filters have different effects. The filters that most landscape photographers would use be neural density these allow the photographer to have more exposure because the filter is so dark this lets the photographer have shots of very whispy water. another thing that is just as important is the time of day the photos are taken.

CIT - Fyshwick

As a class we went to the Fyshwick campus to take photos in an industrial setting. The shot list that we had to complete was shots that may be used in an industrial setting. Such as space with the floor and ceiling shot in landscape and portrait, view of exterior of building, detailed shot interior, a person completing a task, chiaroscuro, then four images had to be stitched to produced a panorama and finally four images had to used to produce a HDR image. We were there for a few hours so we had more than enough time to get all the shots done. I personally found this very interesting because I enjoy taking this sort of photos. The reason that I did like it so much was because there was lots of colour, shapes, light and patterns which are all thinks that I am drawn to in my photography.

lens test

f2.8 50mm)

f4 (50mm)

f8 (50mm)

f11 (50mm)

f22 (50mm)

2.8 (fixed)

f4 (fixed)

f8 (fixed)

f11 (fixed)

f22 (fixed)

f2.8

f4

f8

f11

f22 (above 24mm)

The lens that I tested was the 24-70mm (L- canon). I found that my results were that when using 24mm there was calibrations on most apertures. the other focal length that was used was 50mm, these photos had a lot less colour calibration then the 24mm. When the lens was on 50mm there was no calibration from f22-5.6 . But the 24mm has at least some form chromatic aberration in every photo. After saying all that it helps a lot when it is fix up in lightroom.

large format cameras

- 4/3/11

In our location class we were focusing on large format cameras. The large format used sheet film which gives good resolution but the camera can be attached with a digital back, this allows the photographer to take the same photo but without going into the dark room (The digital back for large format at CIT is only about 11megapixels). The biggest advantage of having a large format camera is the ability of movement. It is used in architecture a lot because it acts as a tilt shift lens and eliminates converging lines. The camera is big and bulky but is designed in modular parts this is so it can be packed away neatly from where it came. The size and the weight of the camera means that in nearly always needs to be on a tripod. Scheimpflug principle is a term that refers to DOF. Normally the lens and image are parallel to the plane of focus but with the movement of a large format camera the DOF can be changed by moving lens up or down.

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