It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.♥
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Just some thoughts.
I'm actually going to begin write things besides assignments in here. I know. Gasp, right?
Today is a perfectly normal day. It's been rainy lately. I fought the traffic to get to PFA, got incredibly annoyed with every driver in the road besides myself, and even stopped for some caffine on the way. Being rainy out, there's no light in the art room, which makes it incredibly hard to do projects, sometimes. The room was cold, as always. I had a crappy lunch. I talked, I laughed, as always. It's weird to think that today marks three years since my life changed totally and completely, and--as much as I wish it could be in some ways--will never be the same, ever, ever again. Today, three years ago, was anything but normal. It was almost surreal, like I wasn't actually living it... I was standing outside myself, watching from a distance. And now, three years later, I feel as if it was all a dream. Of course, with two vital people missing from my life and no other explanation, it was most definitely not a dream. As much as I wish it was a dream, part of me can accept that it wasn't, and be thankful. As much as it hurt, I took a lot out of the tragedy I was forced to face. I've used it to tap inside myself and find the artist in me. My focus is fashion, yes, but contrary to popular belief, fashion is more than just the clothes you wear. I love putting a little piece of me into everything I create. I enjoy telling my story through my creations, whether it be a top I made, or a self portrait I draw. I can honestly say that I am glad that I'm where I'm at, and that I can reflect upon it and realize that it did teach me something, and my suffering wasn't in vain.
♥
Today is a perfectly normal day. It's been rainy lately. I fought the traffic to get to PFA, got incredibly annoyed with every driver in the road besides myself, and even stopped for some caffine on the way. Being rainy out, there's no light in the art room, which makes it incredibly hard to do projects, sometimes. The room was cold, as always. I had a crappy lunch. I talked, I laughed, as always. It's weird to think that today marks three years since my life changed totally and completely, and--as much as I wish it could be in some ways--will never be the same, ever, ever again. Today, three years ago, was anything but normal. It was almost surreal, like I wasn't actually living it... I was standing outside myself, watching from a distance. And now, three years later, I feel as if it was all a dream. Of course, with two vital people missing from my life and no other explanation, it was most definitely not a dream. As much as I wish it was a dream, part of me can accept that it wasn't, and be thankful. As much as it hurt, I took a lot out of the tragedy I was forced to face. I've used it to tap inside myself and find the artist in me. My focus is fashion, yes, but contrary to popular belief, fashion is more than just the clothes you wear. I love putting a little piece of me into everything I create. I enjoy telling my story through my creations, whether it be a top I made, or a self portrait I draw. I can honestly say that I am glad that I'm where I'm at, and that I can reflect upon it and realize that it did teach me something, and my suffering wasn't in vain.
♥
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Shutter Speed
Shutter speed is very easy to understand. It is simply the amount of time the shutter is left open, controlling how in focus the photo is. How will one know what shutter speed to set their camera at? It all depends on how in focus you want your picture to be. For example, if you wanted to take a picture of a bird flying through the sky, and it was flying relatively fast, you would want to make your shutter speed faster. Vice versa, if you wanted to take a picture of a chair, you wouldn't need to set your shutter speed as fast.
Aperture
Ok Mr. Reeder, I'm finally writing about aperture.
Simply, aperture is a small hole through which light is admitted. This hole can get bigger or smaller depending on how exposed you want the film to be.
A part of the lens that causes aperture size is called the diaphragm. The diaphragm works a lot like the iris in the eye. The diaphragm controls how wide the aperture is.
Oddly to some, reducing the aperture size does not reduce the depth of field (the amount of the photo that is focused). It actually increases the depth of field, bringing more in focus. So if one needs to take a picture with as much of the photo in focus as possible, they would want to decrease the aperture size.
Simply, aperture is a small hole through which light is admitted. This hole can get bigger or smaller depending on how exposed you want the film to be.
A part of the lens that causes aperture size is called the diaphragm. The diaphragm works a lot like the iris in the eye. The diaphragm controls how wide the aperture is.
Oddly to some, reducing the aperture size does not reduce the depth of field (the amount of the photo that is focused). It actually increases the depth of field, bringing more in focus. So if one needs to take a picture with as much of the photo in focus as possible, they would want to decrease the aperture size.
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