A Level Photography

  Still Life Photography This still life photo interests me as the light is not explicitly white, it uses a more natural, sunset or sunrise which allows a natural look. Three point lighting system. 

Aperture   The aperture ring functions the same as our iris, making the hole in the centre function like our pupil, regulating light traveling through, its angle and amount; large aperture (low f/stop numbers) is the same as a large pupil and vice-versa. Aperture size is inversely proportional to the size of the f/stop (aperture number),  f/32 is very small and f1.4 is relatively large.  The aperture is displayed on this diagram, including light, depth of field and "sweet spot" of the lens Larger aperture sizes (Smaller f/stop numbers)  make a more obvious depth of field, making the background blurred due to larger amounts of light entering. Smaller aperture sizes (Larger f/stop numbers)  make a lesser depth of field and allow more of the image in focus, better for landscape photography,  less light that is cascading will enter, making more straight light beams and making a more "focused image".

Vladimir Kush - Butterfly Apple This image is painted by the Russian artist, Vladimir Kush, the image portrays an apple whose cross-section is a white butterfly, showing the seeds as a part of the wings. The apple indeed shows surrealism as butterfly apples have never existed naturally. The image does indeed exhibit some parts of the original surrealist manifesto, to challenge rationalism, expresses irrationalism and ill-logic.  The image also displays shapes to aid in imagery which motivates ideas in your unconscious mind. My picture is related to the painting in this article. as both exhibit apples with illogical and unnatural fillings, one being a butterfly, the other being brick walls. Both defy standard human reasoning and logic, thus being surrealist.

  EISENWALZWERK, IRON ROLLING MILL (1875) Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel  (8 December 1815 – 9 February 1905) was a German Realist  artist noted for drawings, e tchings , and paintings. Along with Caspar Dave Friedrich,  he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of the 19th century,  and was the most successful artist of his era in Germany.  First known as  Adolph Menzel , he was knighted in 1898 and changed his name to  Adolph von Menzel [cite] . The social context of this painting is in the 'modern' times of the late 18th century Germany in the ' Upper Silesian Königshütte' [cite] , which refers to a part of Poland named Chorzow which was under German administration from 1794 to 1921, Iron rolling mill for railroad tracks. The painting illustrates a group of hard-working people in the 'modern' times, showing that hard work kept countries running. The workers are illustrated as having no gloves and being barefoot in clogs in which they

 8 Rules Of Composition Leading Lines  Rule of Thirds Deep Depth of Field Shallow Depth of Field Framing Reflections Patterns Cropping Crop images to remove certain parts and also let you "move" the location of the subject by changing the size of its margins

 Assignment 1 - Daily Routine Challenges How can you show your daily routine from YOUR perspective Rules A minimum of 9 images using your phone. You may not show your own face They must be taken from perspective  They  must show emotion

          3872 x 2592 [Landscape],  Focal Length is 40mm,  F-stop (aperture) is f/4  Exposure is 1/20 seconds 3872 x 2592 [Landscape],  Focal Length of 70mm,  F-stop (aperture) is f/4,  Exposure is 1/2000 Resolution of 2592 x 3872 [Portrait],  Focal Length is 300 mm,  F-stop (aperture) is f/5.6,  Exposure is 1/2000