PSA

Andy Warhol

·         Real name is Andrew Warhola (8/6/28-2/22/87) (Became Warhol after a misprint)

o   Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Parents from Czechoslovakia (does not exist anymore)

o   Father worked in a coal mine

·         In High School, kicked out of art club because he was “too good”

·         Graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Fine Arts)

·         Graduated with degree for pictorial design & wanted to become a commercial illustrator

·         Designed advertisements for women’s shoes

·         Used Polaroid camera

·         Fear of hospitals and doctors, hypochondriac

·         Favorite print making technique was silk screening

·         Friends & family described him as a workaholic

·         His sexuality was speculated upon and how this influenced his relationship to art is “a major subject of scholarship on the artist”

·         First solo expedition in 1952

·         Coined the term “15 minutes of fame”

·         1960s: iconic American products (pop art)

·         Created The Factory, his NYC studio from 1962-1968

·         Celebrity portraits developed into one of the most important aspects of his career

·         Made films (first one called Sleep – 6 hours of a man sleeping) (1963)

·         1965 said he was retiring from painting

o   1972 returned to painting

·         Designed cover for the Rolling Stones’ album Sticky Fingers (cover made out of real jean material)

·         Produced Velvet Underground’s first album

·         Started a magazine called Interview, worked for Glamour Magazine, Vogue

·         Shot by Valerie Solanas 3 times for being abusive and “too controlling” (6/3/68)

o   Solanas authored the S.C.U.M. Manifesto, a separatist feminist document

o   "Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there – I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. People sometimes say that the way things happen in movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television – you don't feel anything. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. The channels switch, but it's all television."

·         Marilyn Monroe = favorite model (not painted until after death)

·         Wore silver wigs until he dyed his hair silver

·         Practicing Ruthenian Rite Catholic who described himself as a religious person

·         Died of a heart attack brought on by a gall bladder surgery and water intoxication

·         $100,000,000 for one of his paintings (highest amount paid) (“Eight Elvises”)

·         Referred to as the “Prince of Pop”

Photoshop Portfolio

This is 5 pictures combined into one all of which were taken by myself. 10mm focal length

Little Toy

This is my photoshop image of my little toy. I combined a photograph of a hand in the desert with my Diana F+ Edelweiss edition.

This photo was take on the job site in a bathroom that my dad and I were remodeling over the weekend. The camera is sitting on a work bench against the freshly tiled wall.

Focal Length: 10mm

Aperture: F/3.5

Shutter: 1/15th

I took this photo when I went on a drive along Skyline and highway 1 over the weekend. The photo is taken on the hood of my car at a wide focal length.

Focal Length: 10mm

Aperture: F/3.5
Shutter: 1/250th

Architecture Blog

This is a photograph of my Great Grandmothers 1908 Craftsman home in Palo Alto.  The house is on the market and this is what the living room looked like set up for sale.

Focal Length: 10mm

Flash: 1/60th

This first photograph is a mix between my 'On High' shot, a Thanksgiving Shot, and a landscape shot.

The building is put into the landscape picture from the On High shot, and to maake the shot more fantasy-like, I added the turkey on the roof.

This next photograph is a blend between a picture I took of a fence in Portola Valley and a picture I took in my bathroom that is currently being remodeled.

Landscape

This was taken at Crystal Springs resovouir. The yellow is the dividing line on the sidewalk.

D90

10mm

This is taken in Portola Valley off of 280. I like it because it reminds me of Ansel Adams road shot.

D90

10mm

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams is a famous American photographer born during the turn of the 20th century. Adams is most famous for his role in saving Yellowstone National Park. He was born in San Francisco and died at the age of 82 in Monterey. Adams and a couple of his friends, also professional photographers founded F/64. The founding of this group allowed photography to join in the Museum of Modern Art.

Architecture

This was the first spot that I took an archetecture picture at. The building is the Redwood City courthouse square in downtown Redwood City. I have always liked this building and now it is also a museum for the city.

Nikon D90

Tamron 10-24mm

This is a photograph of my Great-grandmother's house in Palo Alto. She owned the house for 60 years before she passed away in 2007.The house is currently on the market to be sold so I went over there to take my photos. This is an early 1900s Craftsman style home.

D90

Tamron 10-24mm

This is a shot out of the slate windows in my great grandma's house. The whole out side of the house is covered in the wooden shingles and I felt that it would be cool to show the outside from the inside. The house also has many of these windows with the metal paning.

D90

50mm f/1.8

This is the living room of the Craftsman Home. It is currently arranged to be sold so I took a photograph of how the brochure would show the living room.

D90

Tamron 10-24mm

This photograph was taken in Redwood City on the side of the John Dihlmann home. This house was also owned by my great-grandmother. She bought it from the fire department of RWC for $1 and had it moved to a vacant next to the library. I practically grew up here, seeing as my parents owned a restaurant in the Diehlmann home for 16 years.

D90

50mm f/3.5



Chapter 9

Abstract- shows a part of a landscape that isn't always seen at first
Details- a closer shot that allows the sharing of details
Grand shot- overall layout of the landscape
Early landscape photographers looked to paintings
Carleton Watkins (18829-1916) wanted photos of the American Wild West
 *C.W. Example: http://enticingthelight.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/carleton-watkins-the-three-brothers.jpg
Ansel Adams is known for taking incredible photographs of Yosemite
 *A.A. Example: http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ansel-adams.jpg
Timothy O'Sullivan (1840-1882)- Shot for a more documentary style photograph
 *T.O. Example: http://www.photomuse.org/media/database/00187.jpg
Landscapes can be artistic by using depth of field and framing.
Photographs must have an even balance between unity and variety.
Camera settings- use a high f/ number in order to bring up more detail.
The two most common times to shoot landscape photography is just after sunrise, and just before sunset.
If shooting film- use ISO 100 to obtain more detail.
Use a wide angle lens for the grand landscape shot.
Macro lenses are good for closeup shots.
Filters- yellow filters bring out clouds, red filters darken the sky and light then cloud.

example: http://www.photoclub.eu/photoforum/threadimg/460px-El_Gouna_Egypt_BW_Filter_Comparison_EN.png

Use a tripod because of the slower shutter speeds.
Grand Landscape Example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottsaier/5095450546/

Detail Example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottsaier/5329624786/

Abstracted elements- images of line, shape, etc. but clear image is not always viewable.

Chapter 8 Notes

Architecture and Urban Landscape
creates an indirect portrait
The big view- an overall picture of a building or piece of architecture

Interior View- a photograph of the inside of the building

Detail shot- a photograph that shows detail in the architecture.

Architecture has always been a common subject for photographers because buildings do not move and a picture could take hours to expose.

Frederick H. Evans- British photographer from 1890s to 1920s. Known for showing emotion

Charles Negre- 1840s- French painter who began photography to mimic his sketches

Eugene Atget- French sailor in 1890s. Self taught, used 'old fashioned' cameras and lenses

Camera settings- use a smaller f stop and slower shutter speed to bring in light and get a larger depth of field.

Color emphasizes setting and color of building

B&W- emphasize values, shapes, and textures

Incandescent light is too orange while fluorescent lights are green

Use an 80A blue filter if shooting film

Use wide lenses but try to cut down on distortion in the picture

Tripods allow for more setup time on the actual photograph and help to create a better exposure

Filters- While using B&W film, orange and yellow filters help to separate clouds in the sky from each other

Orange and yellow will also bring out textures in stone and allow the photo to feel more touchable

Polarizer- filter that can darken the sky to create separation 

The big view- wide angle

perspective distortion- strong converging lines in a building, sides angle together

Angle of shooting is very important, whether straight away or angled

This photograph is taken straight away

Detail shot features the individual architectural elements of the interior or exterior

Stone buildings allow for powerful inspiration while shooting detail

Interior views show the inside of the buildings, ranging in distance of 4-20 feet. The aperture should be somewhere between f/11 and f/22

• Daily News (1919) is the oldest photo news tabloid in the US.
• Daily News logo was a camera with wings.
• Picture of Ruth Schneider being executed. Camera snuuck in on leg of photographer.
• 1920s photographers began to use artistic qualities for photographs and advertisement.
• Advertisements allowed people to become famous 
• Behind the Prince of Wales, Babe Ruth was the most photographed human being.
• Ruth was used in advertisements from sardines to candy bars to zippers
• A shutter can be open for however long you want.
• Photography stimulates all senses.
• Photographs influenced every aspect of American life.