Optical Illusions

This great site was very informative for me. I though optical illusions or toys were new things that came into our stores not too long ago but I guess I was proven wrong. Optical illusions have been around for many years and some are quite historic. My favourite one would have to be the Chromatrope or better known as the kaleidoscope. Back when it was first invented it was large glass disks turned by a large handle in front of a "magic lantern". This gave a trippy surreal look when you looked through it. Later on the more convenient kaleidoscope was made and became pocket friendly. I never thought before looking at this sight that optical illusions were so complex or have been around for so long but the only way for you to find out is to look for yourself. CLICK HERE

Recommended Pinhole Site

The website I have been looking at is a page developed by Justin Quinnell. He is a pinhole photographer who specializes in my favorite aspect of pinhole photography. He builds cameras out of the weirdest things. He has a camera made out of a watermelon , and he also has one that goes in his mouth. I find this very interesting. Go see for your self. Clicky -------> PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY

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Trash Wall

Hancho Pump

Forest City

On the field trip we went to Gallery 44 in downtown Toronto. We had an instructor and he helped us build and use a pinhole camera. He walked us through every step and made his points clear. After we built our cameras we were equipped with photography paper. We were let out of the building and were assigned to take a few pictures. We used the gallery's dark room and developed our photos there. After the trip we took our cameras back to school and used them for assignments there. I learned everything about pinhole cameras and, am happy I did. This excited me thinking of all the different things you could use to make cameras. Pinhole cameras work around the basis of a light-tight container with photography paper inside. There is a small hole in the container positioned in front of the blank photography paper. You set up the desired shot and slowly remove the thing that you used to block the hole. Doing this will result in slowly letting in light making your paper a picture. Developing this later in a dark room will give you a photo negative.

This particular photo uses photography lines to express it's real qualities. The diagonal lines make movement across the picture to a solid bar that gives stability a third way up the picture. This stability being a third way up also utilises the Rule of Thirds taking the focus away from the centre of the frame.

With this picture I decided to talk about the aspect of Focal Point. Your eye is un doubt ably drawn to the lock leaving the rest of the photo shadow. It really distinguishes one thing from another enhancing all of the surfaces. I also believe that this picture is very simple and easy not really going extreme with angles or dynamics. This enhances the Simplicity element as well.

This photo i took of a Scarf sitting on a pump. I digitalized it really bringing the shadow of the scarf out. This really changes the amount of texture you can see in the scarf almost giving you the image that it is there. The lines in the back use repetition and rhythm to keep your moving all across the picture therefore enhancing its elements.

This picture can be a little hard to make out. It is a photograph of a door handle. I adjusted the aperture to make the handle really stand out and the background stay as a lower element in the photo. This can be easily explained by saying I used the selective focus element. I decided to make the handle a third way across the frame making sure your eye is not in the middle. This uses the Rule of Thirds.