Pio Final

Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton was a German Australian photographer who is famous for his erotic black and white photos for Vogue magazine and other publications.  He was born in Berlin to a Jewish family and garnered an interest for photography at age 12.    He began doing fashion photography in the 1940s and 50s and gained a serious reputation.  He settled in Paris in 1961 and continued work as a fashion photographer.  He died in January 2004 in a car accident.

Wide angle lens

A wide angle lens has a focal length which is smaller than the focal length of a normal lens.  This allows the photographer to capture a larger area in their pictures.

Normal lens

A normal lens is a lens that creates a natural image that is similar to the look of the human eye.

Depth of Field

Depth of field is the balance between the background and foreground of a picture.  For example, a shallow depth of field would have the subject in focus and the background very much so out of focus. 

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Stephen Shore

            Stephen Shore is an American photographer born in 1947 known for his simplistic scenes and objects in the United States and his pioneering use of color in art photography.

I really like this photograph because of the serenity and peacefulness that is captured within it. The colors of the grass, mountain and sky compliment each other extremely well. I also appreciate how there is a woman dressed in all white on the right hand side. It requires you to take a closer look and observe the details within the frame.

I chose this photograph because of the eeriness presented within it. The dead trees paired with the deserted house give off a sense of loneliness. I feel as though the brown hues of the branches and the off white color of the house complement each other as well.

This photograph stood out to me because of the simplicity. The color of the car complements the green hues of the grass and trees. I like how nothing really stands out too much in the photograph and they all blend together until you take a closer look and distinguish between the different objects in the picture. The overall composition of the photograph is dull but it works for this frame.

Pinhole—describe the technique:

            A pinhole camera requires a box of any shape whose inside is completely pitch black. Inside the box there is a piece of film, which remains unexposed to light. On the front of the camera there is a hole the size of a pin, which is covered by a piece of black tape. When you want to take a photograph you aim the camera towards your subjects and remove the tape for a certain amount of seconds depending on the amount of light available—darker areas require more exposure while areas that are more lit up require less exposure. Afterwards you place the tape back on the hole and you are ready to develop the film.

Wide-angle lens:

            A wide-angle lens allows a photographer to have a focal length that is substantially smaller than that of a normal lens. It enables the photographer to include the background and overall scene in the photo. A wide-angle lens also allows an emphasis in the difference in size or distance between objects.

Depth of field:

            Depth of field refers to the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear sharp in the image. Sometimes the entire image may be presented as sharp requiring a large depth of field and other times a small depth of field may be used when emphasizing a subject of the photograph and deemphasizing the background.