Cambridge in color

Cambridge in color is basically just giving us information about camera exposure, understanding exposure,the exposure triangle which is aperture ISO and shutter speed. The rest of this is just shutter speed and it gives you a chart of typical examples. 

Irving Penn

This is a photograph by Irving Penn. He is known for his iconic fashion, portrait and still life images which appeared in Vogue, ranks as one of the most foremost photographers of the 20th century.   

Ansel Adams

-The color on this picture focuses more on the rose because since the picture is black and white the most light part is the rose.

-The texture is soft mostly on the rose.

-The contrast is mostly on the rose because it doesn't have background.

So mostly this picture has a focus on the rose there isn't anything around except for where the rose was placed. It seems to be placed on a wooden table. It has a dark background as well.

This will be one of my favorite pictures. The reason why is because stars to me are the most beautiful thing on earth. They just shine so pretty and I could just sit there and watch them for hours and hours and never get bored. I see something different in them. 

Weegee by Weegee

I find Weegee very strange and different. I like how he is his own boss and doesn't have to deal with others. His pictures grab my attention because they are in the moment and he doesn't need models.

This pictures makes me think of an afternoon at the beach and getting to play volleyball with my team. 

is always me, available at any time. When you lose a loved one, you suffer. But if you know how to look deeply, you have to realize that his or her nature is truly the nature of no-birth, no-death. There is manifestation, and there is the cessation of manifestation. You have to be alert to recognize the new manifestations of one person. But with practice and effort, you can do it. pay attention to the world around you, to the leaves and the flowers to the birds and the rain. If you can stop and look deeply, you will recognize your beloved manifesting again and again in many forms. You will release your fear and pain and again embrace the joy of life.

Space Shutter

Shutter speed is a measurement of time that a camera's shutter is open—allowing light, usually after it has passed through a lens and through the aperture diaphragm, to strike a photosensitive surface, like film or a digital sensor.

What is shutter speed?


Shutter speed is the amount of of time that the shutter is open. Shutter speed is measured in seconds, in most cases you'll probably be using shutter speed of 1/60 of a second or faster. 

F/Stops

f/stops are a bit more confused because the numbers appear a bit arbitrary. The reason that both the halving and the smaller numbers mean more lighter light things make sense is that the f/stop is a ratio. The ratio is between the diameter of the aperture in the lens and the focal length of the lens. The focal length is generally measured in millimeters, so we'll stick with those as our unit of measure. On a 50mm lens, f/2 is saying that the diameter of the aperture is 25mm. The ratio is: 50/25 = 2. That seems pretty straightforward. A good question might be, what is the area of that aperture? Well, the aperture is usually a set of five to fifteen blades which form a roughly circular hole, so we'll use the formula for the area of a circle, which as I'm sure you'll recall is &pi * radius2. For π I'll use 3.14159265. On our 50mm lens, the aperture at f/2 has a diameter of 25mm which is a radius of 12.5mm. The area of the aperture is thus π X 12.52, or 3.14159265 X 156.25, or 490.9 square millimeters.