Photographic Process
ART147-Digital Materials and Processes
is the study of:
Light
Professional Workflow
Photographic Materials & Processes
Equipment Technology & Application
Photographic Process
light • Theory of light
• Color of light
• Types of light sources
• How to control our
photographic equipment to
achieve professional results.
I think this [Tomoko in her Bath] personally is the best photograph I ever made,
it came to say what I was trying to say... W. Eugene Smith
Photographic Process
workflow Bringing knowledge
of photographic
materials & processes
together with
shooting skills and
creativity to develop a
personal style and
vision.
To say a photographer has a vision is to say the photographer has something….
……unique to say to about the world. Why do some photographers have something
unique to say, when so many others just shoot pictures that are general and
lacking vision? Most people would say it has to do with talent. Maybe. But maybe
not. Maybe it has nothing to do with talent. Maybe it has to do with the ability to
express one s feelings. - Rodney Smith
http://rodneysmith.com
http://rodneysmith.com/blog
Photographic Process
image capture • Digital equipment used for
image capture
• Sensor technology and types
• Shooting parameters and incamera processing
It's so important that your idea "reads";
so that means every prop, costume
choice, and character has to resonate
with your audience, and serve your
"idea"… - Chip Simons
• Image size and resolution
• Exposure, tonality, and color
control
Photographic Process
image ingestion • Ingestion tools • Software
• Naming
Photo by: Anna Gaskell
• Organiztion
• Metadata Management
http://the-artists.org/artist/Anna-Gaskell
Photographic Process
optimization • White balance
• Color space
• Software settings
• Monitor calibration
I realized that the only way I can photograph
people is if I get close enough to touch them….
I ve been called to task many, many times, and I
never blame a single person when they simply say:
You have no right to take this picture.
I think, Do I? - Eugene Richards
• Paper profiles
http://www.eugenerichards.com
Photographic Process
image output • File preparation for file
delivery
• Printing processes & ink
sets
• Paper types
I want people to decide what to see, whatever they
do decide, they're not likely to forget it
- Loretta Lux
http://www.lorettalux.de
Photographic Process
archiving • Archiving Methods • Storage
• Permanence
I began to realize that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those
differences can make a photograph more powerful than
what you actually observed. - Galen Rowell
http://mountainlight.com/
Photographic Process
holy cow "I found that I
enjoyed making
funny photos more
than serious photos.
- Chip Simons
Photography
photo = light
graphy = write
Photography is the capture of reflective light on some type of light
sensitive material. Photography
The world s first
photograph was taken
by a French inventor
Joseph Niepce in 1826 but the process had a
problem with image stability and
permanence.
Photography
The first commercial
photographic process; The
Daguerreotype was patented
in 1839 buy another
Frenchman, an inventor
named Louis Daguerre. It
was a very stable and
permanent process on
polished metal plates but to
develop the image required
using the fumes off of heated
mercury, a very dangerous
process.