Pre-Digital Photographic Technology
The pre-digital photographic technology I chose is the black and white roll film. Black and White films have been around for a good amount of time. "Black and White Cinema is the first study to consider the use of black-and-white as an art form in its own right, providing a comprehensive and global overview of the era when it flourished, from the 1900s to the 1960s." Depending on putting an image with color or black and white, it can effect the way the photo looks. In How-To Geek it says color can make it look "surreal" and black and white could make it "stand out more". There is 6 steps in order for the black and white roll film to work. The first step is turning off the lights, you need to make sure it is really dark in the room you will be in. Second step is to load the film into the tank. Third step mix the chemicals, that depends on which film roll you get they might need different chemicals. Fourth step is develop the film, this is when you add the mixed chemicals in the tank where the film is. The fifth is dry the negatives, just hanging the films up to dry. Finally scan the images. When an image is black and white you can see more texture and details then if it were to be in color like it is being said in PhotographyPro.
By Meg Smith
Watching the video "Weegee Tells How", Weegee says "There was another photographer there and he made what we call a 10-foot shot, he made a shot of just the guy laying in the doorway that was said. To me was this was like a back drop, I slept all the way back about 100 feet. I use flash powder and I got this whole scene." This shows that in the old times, they weren't just taking photos of one specific thing. They wanted to take a photo of the whole scene the people around, the building and the actions that were happening. Just like it shows on the photo above. It shows a man and woman being affectionate but it isn't just zoomed in on them. It shows the chair and tables next to then the place they are at, and just so much in the scene. Also when there is no color you are being distracted by the bright things, everything is merged together when it is black and white. Another video that I watched was Before There Were Pixels - Part 1, in this video John Nordell says that "photographers could freeze the action". This reminds me of other photos I saw in the past and how they took pictures of people who are falling from mid air, wars and guns being shot. Even the photo above is a showing action that is frozen with the two people hugging. The last video I watched was Before There Were Pixels - Part 2, John Nordell says "there was many experiments people started off where they'd have a black and white picture and then just gently paint colors over it." This really had me thinking that in the past color was a big thing. They weren't just thinking of the angle and how close the photo should be. But also the way the color might look and just experimenting with that. Color should still be a very big thing now because that how you show emotions in a photo and make the photo stand out more.
By Stacy Gonzalez
This photo above is a picture of flowers that I had in my room. I was going to do outside but I though of doing something a little different. I wanted to see how my flowers would look in black and white in a certain angle. Would it show more texture in black and white? It did, I think that when I put it in black and white it made it look better and not as plain if I were to do it in color. People see flowers all the time in color and zoomed in and out, but they rarely see flowers black and white and zoomed in. This photo was taken February 11, 2021, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
By Meg Smith
Watching the video "Weegee Tells How", Weegee says "There was another photographer there and he made what we call a 10-foot shot, he made a shot of just the guy laying in the doorway that was said. To me was this was like a back drop, I slept all the way back about 100 feet. I use flash powder and I got this whole scene." This shows that in the old times, they weren't just taking photos of one specific thing. They wanted to take a photo of the whole scene the people around, the building and the actions that were happening. Just like it shows on the photo above. It shows a man and woman being affectionate but it isn't just zoomed in on them. It shows the chair and tables next to then the place they are at, and just so much in the scene. Also when there is no color you are being distracted by the bright things, everything is merged together when it is black and white. Another video that I watched was Before There Were Pixels - Part 1, in this video John Nordell says that "photographers could freeze the action". This reminds me of other photos I saw in the past and how they took pictures of people who are falling from mid air, wars and guns being shot. Even the photo above is a showing action that is frozen with the two people hugging. The last video I watched was Before There Were Pixels - Part 2, John Nordell says "there was many experiments people started off where they'd have a black and white picture and then just gently paint colors over it." This really had me thinking that in the past color was a big thing. They weren't just thinking of the angle and how close the photo should be. But also the way the color might look and just experimenting with that. Color should still be a very big thing now because that how you show emotions in a photo and make the photo stand out more.
By Stacy Gonzalez
This photo above is a picture of flowers that I had in my room. I was going to do outside but I though of doing something a little different. I wanted to see how my flowers would look in black and white in a certain angle. Would it show more texture in black and white? It did, I think that when I put it in black and white it made it look better and not as plain if I were to do it in color. People see flowers all the time in color and zoomed in and out, but they rarely see flowers black and white and zoomed in. This photo was taken February 11, 2021, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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