Film is Amazing

Photograms and chemigrams

In class last week we made a chemigram, but there is another thing you can do with the light sensitive paper called a photogram.  To do this you need to take out a sheet of paper in the dark and expose it to light while part of it is covered by an object.  To do this you need a dark room.

In this lesson you need to work backwards, find out what a photogram is and explain how to make one, you also need to explain what we did in class to make our results.

Things to find out:

1. how many ways can you make one?
2. what sort of chemicals do you need?
3. what paper do you need?
4. what objects work best?

Add images of work you find online and add you own work to the slides

If you finish all this, find out what a cyanotype is and made a post that explores this technique

List of links

wikipedia

V&A

captured shadows

Illuminated negatives
DIY

Matchbox Camera

Expectations for Matchbox Camera post

Your matchbox camera post should include the following:

• Artist research on Justin Quinel including images (continued)
• Instructions on the construction of the camera using the video. Including resources needed 

Camera Sim

Use the camera sim to take 4 photos of the scary girl, keep the setting on manual and adjust the settings yourself.  Once you have have taken your photos try it again in darker conditions.

1. Slightly blur the toy wind mill
2. Blur the background
3. Freeze all movement
4. Keep everything in focus

If the embedded version doesn't work, then use this link

6 month exposure

Watch The ‘life of a pin hole photographer’ video

Now watch the institutional video about making the 6 month duration pin hole camera. Make notes on all the equipment that you need.Don't worry about the paper.

Task - 

• Spend some time thinking about where you could leave a beer can camera, consider the path of the sun and the shot you may get.  
• Create a slide that looks at the work of Justin Quinell, who is he and what does he do?
• Create a slide that explains what you are going to
• Add a screen shot of google maps that shows where you are going to place your camera
• Bring in a WASHED OUT, Aluminium drinks can for next lesson

Bokeh

Your images are here

the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light

objective:

• To identify images that contain examples of bokeh and
• produce your own images that contain bokeh

Task (lesson)

• Find some images from the web that contain some bokeh
• Explain how these images are created and how to create the most dramatic bokeh

Homework (deadline 10/11/17)

• Create your own images at home that show off the effect - the best images will have an object in focus while having some bokeh in the background like this:

Extension task

• Create a heart shaped bokeh

Tips (will be discussed in class)

• De-focus the background
• Use a low aperture setting 1.8
• Other compensations will need to be met to enable a low aperture setting
• Zoom in
• When focusing on the foreground, make sure the difference between the foreground and background is large
• I don't want just blurry images