part of task 4 - gaussian and vignette effect.

task 1 assignment - tom - artist research - documentary photography

Jim Goldberg is best known for his photography books, video installations 
and multi media exhibits. Goldberg photographs a lot of sub cultures, 
and creating photo collages. In 1985 Goldbergs book 'Rich and Poor' was 
published, the book is full of photographs of people in their homes along 
with their handwritten comments made by the subject giving the reader an 
insight to their lives. 

slow shutter speed research!

'In photography, shutter speed is a common term used to discuss exposure time,

the effective length of time a camera's shutter is open. The total exposure is 

proportional 

to this exposure time, or duration of light reaching the film or image sensor.' *

i think when you use a slow shutter speed you can get photo's that look 

magical, because by leaving the shutter open for longer it allows the 

camera to take in more light and you end up with pictures that a filled 

with what seems like the light moving and dancing around the photograph. 

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed

tilt shift photography..

'Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital post-processing, the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.' *

when i was researching tilt shift photography i came across the photographs below and they really stood out strongly as some of my favorites. 

'Movements have been available on view cameras since the early days of photography; they have been available on smaller-format cameras since the early 1960s, usually by means of special lenses or adapters. Nikon introduced a lens providing shift movements for their 35 mm SLR cameras in 1962, and Canon introduced a lens that provided both tilt and shift movements in 1973; many other manufacturers soon followed suit' *

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography