Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Andy Warhol questions

1. Andy Warhol was born in Pennsylvania, 1928. In 1945 he entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology and majored in pictorial design. In his first job he worked as an illustrator for several magazines. Thoughout the 1950 he worked as a commercial
artist, and won several commendations from the Art Director's Club and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He then began to publishing interview magazine and renewed his focus on painting in 1970s after the attack in 1968 which he was shot by Valerie Solanis near death. He died on died February 22, 1987. During his life time he did a lot of photography.

2. Elizabeth Taylor, Mao Zedong,Brigitte Bardot,John Lennon, Micheal Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, and Diana Ross are some of the famous people that Warhol has photographed.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

Annie Leibovitz questions

1. Annie Leibovitz became interest in artists when she was in high school and became interest in photography after she took many pictures in Philippines. Her first picture was also takes in Philippines. She continues to practice her photography skills working in several jobs.

2. Brad Pitt, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, and Bob Marley are some of the famous people Lelbovitz has photographed.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

black and white photography questions

1.The three basic elements of a camera are an optical element (the lens), a chemical element (the film) and a mechanical element (the camera body itself).
2.SLR camera is the camera with a Single Lens Reflex camera the scene being photographed is reflected onto the surface of the film by a mirror.
3.The purpose of a camera’s aperture is to control the amount of light that reaches a digital camera sensor.
4.Shutter speed on a camera also controls the amount of light reaches the film for a exposure.
5.To get the right exposure for a picture, you have to balance film speed, aperture size and shutter speed.
6.I would use a low film speed because it is the best to use outdoors on sunny day and details are captured much more effectively.
7.Here are the four steps to developing black and white film: 1. dilute the chemicals, 2. The Developer - 1:3 Chemical to water mix, 3. The Stop Bath - 1:63 Chemical to water mix, and 4. The Fixer - 1:4 Chemical to water mix.
8.Paper type (or the type of another printing surface), exposure (including overall exposure of the entire print, and increased or decreased exposure of parts of the print by "dodging" and "burning"), and processing are use to make a black and white print.
9.The final image in black and white print is developed silver.

Monday, April 13, 2009