 For old news please check out the blog: Old news Older news even older news Follow us on twitter for daily updates! --------------------------------------------- Well were almost ready to get this round of pic it forward started, sorry about all of the delays, getting things going has proved a little bit more challenging than I thought it would but anyway lets get things started! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To make things easier (its a big blog post) I've split the updates into sections on the pic it forward blog and put the quick links here. Its very, very important that you read everything: I need a list of every photo Learning the limits of the camera (and film) General tips for an awesome time! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But before we get going there are a few things I need to clear up to make the project easier for everyone. really need you guys to put together a list explaining the photos: Who took which photo What you’re calling the photo When you took them Where you took them And a little bit about them , doesn’t have to be anything too huge and I realise a lot of this is covered in the above description but I’m basically working on the idea that the more you can tell us about each photo/set of photos. Maybe something interesting happened when you took the photo or maybe the place you took it has some kind of emotional meaning to you, I just think it’ll be something cool to read. I’ll take photos of the notes and uploaded them as well as type them up (to the best of my ability for everyone to see. How many shots do we get each? Well there’s no set answer but the rule of thumb is the amount of exposures (the amount of shots) divided by the number of people on a route. If a camera has 27 exposures and there’s 5 people in a route (roughly average for a route) then its 5.4 which of course doesn’t divide very well but it means each person has five photos with two left over. Using the camera Disposable camera were designed to be easy to use in a pre digital age which meant that they tried to design it so that almost everything was done for you which as a result means that were using a very limited medium but if we learn more about the cameras then we can push those limits. So what do we need to keep in mind? A disposable camera uses a fixed focus lens, its focusing distances is roughly 4 or 5 feet away from you’re subject to infinity. With a disposable camerayou cant change the focus which means that if you try to shoot any close up’s they will appear blurred but you’ll have no way of knowing because you cant check the photos. So what does this mean? Well disposable cameras do tend to favour landscape shots but as long as your careful and keep the subject 4 or 5 feet away then you’ll be fine doing portrait shots. Understanding film Film speed is a measurement of how sensitive a film is to light. A film that is highly sensitive to light is called a fast film, a film with a low sensitivity is a slow film. The most common way to quantify film speed is according to its ISO speed (international standards organisation) rating. A film with a higher ISO number needs less light to properly capture an image that a film witha lower ISO number . For example ISO 400 film is more sensitive to light than ISO 100, it will take 4 times more light to properly expose ISO 100 film as it will take to properly expose ISO 400 film. Things to consider: ISO 400 tends to be the most common film speed we see in disposable cameras because it’s the most versatile; it’s good for dimly lit outdoor conditions and in doors. If your doing night time photography be aware that you’d normally need to use at least a 1600 or even 3200 speed film to capture night shots without using a flash and when you do use a flash it only captures the object directly in front of the lense. General rules for an awesome time: 01 Take your camera everywhere You never know when the perfect photo will appear. 02 Its a part of your life not an interfeance Going out on purpose to take photos is cool, don’t get me wrong even I did that but sometimes its just nice to catch those random moments around you. 03 find the awesome Go out and find those places in your world that make you think wow, I live here and show it to us! 04 Shoot at a jaunty angle One of the joys of film is you never know exactly what your taking photos of, so why not surprise yourself and take the photo at the hip? 05 don’t think The photos that happen by chance are amazing because they’re a time capsule of what was happening at that moment. 06 think big Some of the greatest photographs in the world are works where the artist has spent a long time crafting the piece, setting up lighting, adding props and dressing models. If your going to plan a shoot think big. 07 have fun! Seriously what’s the point if you don’t?
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Aug 22 '08 by
I'm planning on using the blog to host all the photos from now on so its alot less confusing (dont worry they'll still be stored on flickr).