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by ashleyf
Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:33 pm
Forum: Fall 2012
Topic: Wk7 - Computational Camera
Replies: 25
Views: 104671

Re: Wk7 - Computational Camera

Yoav Schechner and Nir Karpel researched a way to get clear underwater vision. They explained that underwater imaging is important for scientific research and technology but also can be used for recreational purposes. The research started when they noticed that the computers visions were degraded wh...
by ashleyf
Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:47 pm
Forum: Fall 2012
Topic: Wk05 - Elings Open House OR Review Assigned Paper
Replies: 21
Views: 41460

Re: Wk05 - Elings Open House OR Review Assigned Paper

Gabriele Peters described six dimensions of the human visual system which include these aesthetics: color, form, special organization, motion, depth and human body. These are all different forms that we use for visualization. These all shaped how we view photography. For color, Peters describes that...
by ashleyf
Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: Fall 2012
Topic: Wk04 - Barthes' Rhetoric of the Image
Replies: 24
Views: 36690

Re: Wk04 - Barthes' Rhetoric of the Image

hutweber_hitler_chaplin.jpg In terms of linguistics, this minimalist advertisement says “it’s the hat” under a silhouette of the the mans hat and what appears to be a hitler like mustache. In the top right corner, the company’s logo Hut Weber. The linguistic message is what aids the viewer into und...
by ashleyf
Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:39 pm
Forum: Fall 2012
Topic: Wk03 - Chronophotography
Replies: 25
Views: 39018

Re: Wk03 - Chronophotography

“One can say that digital media have blurred the line between work and play, between science and art, between product and process” Etienne-Jules Marey changed the game when he became obsessed with motion. His motion pictures were the result when he thought about merging the study of science and art ...
by ashleyf
Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:37 pm
Forum: Fall 2012
Topic: Wk02 - Photography in Cinema
Replies: 28
Views: 51177

Re: Wk02 - Photography in Cinema

Blow up by Michelangelo Antonioni, is a movie from 1966 which follows a photographer who believes he may have witnessed a murder. The main character, takes professional photos of models but winds up taking pictures of people in the park enjoying themselves When he goes to develop the pictures he no...
by ashleyf
Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:28 pm
Forum: Fall 2012
Topic: Wk01 - Camera Obscura
Replies: 30
Views: 300255

Re: Wk01 - Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura translating from latin as “dark room”. Johannes Kepler, a german astronomer, was the first to use this phrase in the early 17th century. The Camera Obscura is a natural effect which if there is a small hole in a darkened room, the image produced would be inverted from the opposite wal...