I chose Trachtenberg's article "The Art of Instant Gratification" because it sounded like an interesting title.
The article covers a short history of photography and the multiple advancements that have improved the camera. They talk about the big advancement made by Polaroid where photographers (amateur or pro) could view the shot they just took instantly on hard copy. Trachtenberg says that photography was once this religious mystery and now is this technological wonder since most photos are stored on the internet through social networks or picture web sites.
This article is relevant to my own media practices because I used a digital camera to take snap shots and was able to instantly view them on my camera.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Video Hardware/Software Repsonses
1. How was your experience with the Olympus digital camera? How did it compare with other still or video cameras you have previously used? Were you able to successfully implement your Image Capturing Strategies using the features of this camera? In an ideal world, how would your still/video camera of choice function?
I had some problems with the camera assigned to me. When I tried turning it on it would take a couple hits of the button for it to work and when it did it the lens just went out and then back in and turned off. I figured it was the batteries so I switched them and still had some problems. I tried 2 or 3 more pairs before giving up and eventually used my Samsung digital camera, which worked a lot better, not only because I knew how to work everything already but the viewing screen is much larger and I could focus on more on detail. I’m sure if I got the Olympus to work I could have achieved my strategies but I didn’t want to dink around and troubleshoot when I could just use my camera. My ideal still/video camera would work just like my Samsung; a large viewing screen with a mode button that switches from still to video only, a play/view button, standard zoom functions and a circular menu button with frequent functions around it such as flash, red eye reduction, timer, and landscape/day/night changes.
2. Discuss your choice of video-editing software and describe your history with this software. If you used this software for the first time, explain why you chose this particular application and how you think it helped you to accomplish your creative goals (or proved detrimental). Will you use this software again for future projects?
My first choice of editing software was Windows Movie Maker but my computer started going on the fritz and I would have to reboot that program every 10 15 minutes when it froze so luckily I was able to use my friends Mac Book and use iMovie HD which is almost the equivalent to Movie Maker. I have used regular iMovie before and it is really simple and easy to use. I believe that I reached my creative goals using this software and I will definitely be using it in the future for smaller projects like this one.
I had some problems with the camera assigned to me. When I tried turning it on it would take a couple hits of the button for it to work and when it did it the lens just went out and then back in and turned off. I figured it was the batteries so I switched them and still had some problems. I tried 2 or 3 more pairs before giving up and eventually used my Samsung digital camera, which worked a lot better, not only because I knew how to work everything already but the viewing screen is much larger and I could focus on more on detail. I’m sure if I got the Olympus to work I could have achieved my strategies but I didn’t want to dink around and troubleshoot when I could just use my camera. My ideal still/video camera would work just like my Samsung; a large viewing screen with a mode button that switches from still to video only, a play/view button, standard zoom functions and a circular menu button with frequent functions around it such as flash, red eye reduction, timer, and landscape/day/night changes.
2. Discuss your choice of video-editing software and describe your history with this software. If you used this software for the first time, explain why you chose this particular application and how you think it helped you to accomplish your creative goals (or proved detrimental). Will you use this software again for future projects?
My first choice of editing software was Windows Movie Maker but my computer started going on the fritz and I would have to reboot that program every 10 15 minutes when it froze so luckily I was able to use my friends Mac Book and use iMovie HD which is almost the equivalent to Movie Maker. I have used regular iMovie before and it is really simple and easy to use. I believe that I reached my creative goals using this software and I will definitely be using it in the future for smaller projects like this one.
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