1. The lighting in the coffee shop was a bit low and so I had to shoot at a certain angle in order to get enough lighting and emotion (considering everyone around me was taller than me and we were on a level surface)
2. I mostly thought about focusing on certain aspects of the scene. I tried not move the focusing nob too much and tried getting as close as possible.
3. I tried using framing by focusing on the coffee itself when Andrea (the girl who was learning how to make a new coffee drink) had her arms on a lever, creating a sort of frame around the coffee itself. Also, I tried simplicity by getting a simple action of Andrea dancing (when her friend taught her how to bellydance) and focusing on her emotion in that photo.

Focal Length of Lens- 400 mm

Shutter Speed- 1000

Effect- He was able to freeze action

Aperture- f/4.0

Effect- The background is soft and the image up front is clear and sharp.

The Rule of Thirds

This is a good example of Rule of the Thirds because the girls hands and face are on the left and top line.

Avoiding Mergers

This picture may have a lot of dead space, but it gets two subjects in it completely and there is no merging whatsoever.

Balance

The horses are almost completely symmetrical therefor making this picture balanced.

Simplicity

The colors in this photo go together, giving it a much simpler feel.

Framing

The whole in the wall upclose to the camera frames the left overs of the building in the background, which makes our focus go straight to them.

Lining

Most the parts of the buildings surrounding the guy in the photo point to him, directing our attention straight to him.

Cleaned Negatives- First, I checked if it had any smudges, and if it did, I dipped it in Photo Flo and held it there for 15 seconds. And after that I would pat it dry with photo wipes.

Loaded Negative Into Enlarger- I opened the head of the Enlarger and took out the flap that held the negatives and slipped my negative into it.

Focused Image- Using the nobs on the sides, I was able to focus the image. Then, I checked if my image was completely focused by using the little mirror thing to see if the crystals were clear.

Set Aperture- By using the nob under where my negatives were put, I brightened my image as bright as it could go, so that I can see if my focusing is good. After checking my focusing to make sure it was excellent, I lowered the aperture so that I could just barely see it and turn it off.

Made Test Strip- For my test strip, I cut off 1/3 of emulsion paper and placed it under where my image would be shown. Then, I covered 3/4 of the paper and pressed the button for the light to show for 3 second. For the second section, I covered 1/2 of the strip and pressed the button for another second, moved the cover down once more so that it only covered 1/4of the strip and pressed the button for another second. Lastly, I would go through the developing process by dipping the paper in developer, fixer and stopper. After I have developed the image, I brought the picture out to regular light and chose the section with the best image quality.

Made Final Print- After chosing the section that came out best, I went back into the room, grabbed a new paper and placed it where the image would appear and reset the clock to th amount of seconds (in my case, it was 6) that the section I chose was exposed. This would get me the whole image in that quality, the best quality. I then went through the same developing process- dipping the paper in developer, fixer and stopper. After the stopper, I put my image into the washer.

Josef Koudelka

André Kertész

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