Tayler Poist

Period 4

Positive Image

After taking pictures outside and putting the film through the chemicals, it was time to choose the best image from the film strip and create a positive image. In the dark room, I made a test strip of my strip of film to find the best image that was the most focused with black, white, and grey. After I found the best image, I put the one image in the enlarger and made a test strip of just that image. Then I shot it on the best amount of time and then made it into a larger image until I got black, white, and grey. 

Tayler Poist

Period 4

After making the photogram negative, the next step was to make the photogram positive. This process is easy. In the dark room, I used the enlarger and set it to the brightest light. I then set it to F8 and made the light a clean crisp hard edge. The first step is to make a test strip and put the images together shiny side to shiny side and used cardboard to make the light shine every 2 intervals on the test strip. After going through the developer, stop bath, fixer, and fixer remover, I decided what amount of time needed to be on the strip for the best results. For best results, you want to look for black, white, and grey. Once you make another strip of the time needed, you move to the big image and make sure to get all three colors needed and you then have your positive.

Tayler Poist
Period 4

Camera Know How 

1. I am using the Photomaster 2500.
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3. The button you press to take a picture is called the shutter release button.
4. You change the shutter speed using the shutter speed dial on the top of the camera. 
5. The shutter speeds are 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000, and 2000. 
6. You change the aperture using the aperture ring. 
7. The aperture settings are 22, 16, 11, and 4. 
8. You focus the camera using the focusing ring. 
9. My camera does not have a zoom lens.
10. To tell if your camera has enough light, you use the meter, the shutter speed dial or the aperture ring. 
11. To adjust the light you adjust the shutter speed dial and make sure that a green LED and red + or - sign is appearing at the same time.  
12. We don't know how to bracket yet.
13. We are using 35 millimeter film. 
14. The iso setting returns the film to its original recessed position.
15. You rewind the film by using the film rewind crank and the film rewind knob. 

Tayler Poist
Period 4

Photograms

Making a photogram is very easy to do. To start off, you must make samples of the kind of photograms you are going to create. In this case, I made a landscape photogram, a symmetrical photogram, and an abstract photogram. The most important factor in making photograms is to make sure you use items that will create white, grey, and black. Overlapping is also a great way to get the best results possible. In the dark room, you take in the pictures you have created with all the supplies and recreate that image on the photo sensitive paper. Before you do anything further, you need to work with the enlarger. Start off by turning on the regular light and make sure you adjust the enlarger to get a clean crisp edge and set it to F8 to get the perfect amount of light. Then, turn the light off and place your image underneath the enlarger. You are first creating a test strip with light intervals of 2. You use a piece of cardboard and slide it over to the end of the strip giving each section different amount of light. This will determine the amount of time needed to get the perfect image on the big paper. Once you determined a time, you set the enlarger for that amount of time and shine the light on the entire image. Then it goes through the chemicals (the developer, the stop bath, the fixer, and the fixer remover.) If you see all three colors white, grey, and black, then you know that your image came out the way it was supposed to!

Tayler Poist
Period 4

Photogram Powerpoint Presentation 

  

To make a powerpoint, there are things to keep in mind. Always think about your audience, you want to make sure that the slides are not filled with text and if there is text make sure it is big enough for the people in the back to see it. Pictures a very important when it comes to powerpoint presentations. When putting pictures on the powerpoint, make sure that there is an equal amount of negative space so that it looks professional and balanced. Having too much text on a powerpoint can make it look boring and will lose interest of the audience. To use powerpoint, you go to key point and add a slide depending on what you are writing about, like title pages, pictures, and bullet points. It is important to make your slides look neat and professional especially when presenting it to an audience. 

Positive Image

Tayler Poist
Period 4

Positive Image 

To create a positive image from a negative, the first step is to make sure the light is set up properly. You must take your negative image into the darkroom with you. You set the light to the brightest light to start and from there bring the light down to F8 and make sure the frame of the light has clear cut lines. The first step you need to take in creating a positive image is to first create a test strip. You place a light sensitive paper test strip with the shiny side facing up in the rectangular area under the light, making sure the light is turned off. Then you take your negative image and place is facing down on top of the test strip. Then you take a piece of cardboard and place it section by section over the image. You set the timer on the light to 2 seconds and move the cardboard on intervals of 2. This helps to determine the time needed to get the best possible positive image. Once you determine the time needed you take a big sheet of paper and create a big image of the time that you calculated it would take. After exposing the image to the light, the next process is to put the image through the chemicals. You put the image through the developer for 1 min, the stop bath for 30 seconds, the fixer for 3 min, and the fixer removes for another 3 min. Your positive image will then develop. 

Kodak Rules of Composition

Tayler Poist

Period 4

Rules of Composition

While doing this assignment, I was able to learn the important rules of taking photos and the steps you need to take to ensure the perfect shot. I learned about simplicity, lines, balance, framing, rule of thirds, and avoiding mergers. These rules will help in taking good quality photos. We did this project to help us learn how to properly use our pinhole cameras. There are many things to keep in mind when taking pictures, and it is always important to take all of these rules into consideration.

Tayler Poist 

Period 4

Pinhole Camera Worksheet

1. Camera obscura is a darkened box, in this case a can, that consists of an aperture, a shutter, and it must be light tight. The aperture is for projecting the the image of an external object onto the light sensitive paper strip inside. It is very important in the development of photography.

2. A pinhole camera consists of an aperture and a shutter and is light tight, so that no light can enter it. There is no lens on a pinhole camera.

3. The three most important things that all cameras have in common is an aperture, a shutter, and a light tight surrounding.

4. The two parts of the camera that allow light to enter in are the aperture and the shutter. The shutter covers over the aperture, but allows the light into the camera when lifted to reveal the aperture.

5. To test the pinhole camera for "light leaks" you must take light sensitive photo paper and put it inside the can directly across from the aperture. Then you must seal your can so that no light gets in. After taking it outside for a few second in the light, you must come back in and go straight for the chemicals. Once the paper goes through the developer, the stop bath, and the fixer, if it is white then there were no light leaks, if the paper is black, light got into the camera. To fix this, you must make sure that there is black paper covering your entire can and the lid is securely covered as well, make sure the shutter is completely covering the aperture as well. There should be no light what so ever getting into the can.

6. Camera shake is when the camera moves while you are trying to capture an image and it results in the photo being blurry. To prevent this, you need to make an equal distance between your subject and your camera and set it down on  a stool or table that way there will be no movement. If the camera and subject don't move, there will be no camera shake.

7. The developer is the first step in the darkroom and it brings out the latent image of the photo sensitive sheet.

8. The stop bath stops happens after the developer and it stops the developing process.

9. The fixer is the last step of the process and it stabilizes the image. This will remove any excess chemicals that is still on the photo paper.

10. It is important to agitate the chemicals when printing because the chemicals must cover the entire photo strip. If you do not cover the entire photo strip, there will be blotches on the photo strip and you won't be able to see the full image.

11. To prevent prints from sticking together, you must keep agitating the chemicals so the strips are moving around and use the prongs to move them around if they become too close together.

12. We wash prints because it is important to wash off any excess and unwanted processing chemicals. It may cause destruction of the image if not washed.