Visual Perception / GRA226

Project Requirements:

35mm Camera with a standard lens and if possible plus a tele lens, a tripod. 35mm

Camera with a standard. One Roll (36 exp.) Medium speed (FP-4 Ilford) B&W Negative

film. Make at least 6 good prints on 18x24 or 20x30cm Ilford glossy or semi-matt

surface Multi-grade paper. One sheet of contacts.

1. Photograph a subject, using selective focus to make your subject stand out. Your subject can be a person, animal, or object. Whatever you choose as your subject, it should fill most of the frame, but some of the background should also be visible. In this picture use selective focus to achieve a narrow depth of field so that the subject is in sharp focus and the background is thrown out of focus. Try to choose a location in which the background is busy and would be distracting if it were in focus.

2. Select interesting subjects outside and position yourself so that the foreground and background (up to 2,5 ~3mt) includes detail in good lighting take the following pictures: (both with standard & tele lenses) if necessary use a Tripod.

2A. With the lens focused tor the main subject and set to its widest aperture.

2B. Without changing your place, the lens focused for the main subject again, using the

smallest aperture on your camera. (Increase the shutter speed proportionally.)

Bonus: Repeat 2A, 2B with your tele lens Compare your results and decide which picture(s)

of your subject works best (optional).

3. Your objective is to produce a picture that gives a feeling of distance - a feeling of near to far. The subject of this picture is the wonderful view that stretches as far as the eye can see. To achieve this effect use the greatest depth of field. Set your lens for its hyperfocal distance. As you may recall, this means that you will use the Depth of Field Scale on the lens as follows: Set the lens to its smallest aperture - say, f/l6. Set the distance to infinity. Now rotate the barrel back until thef/16 marker on the right side of the Depth of Field scale lines up with the infinity marker. At this point you've achieved the hyperfocal distance setting, and you will have the greatest possible depth of field in your picture.

TIP:
Using Depth of Field, you can focus attention on the main subject. You can

1. either get a wide clear area by using a greater number of f/stops or

2. a narrow clear area by using a smaller number of f/stops.