ISSUE 3 1996 H - I a Photography: the art of not only capturing a moment, but rather, the art of creating a moment and conveying it onto paper in order to share it with other people. The field of photography is insanely diverse; the trick to it, is to be able to apply its diversity in such a way that emotions may be aroused. It's not so easy. Colour, texture and light, along with the subject itself, are the factors which all need to be considered when attempting to create a photograph. Colour alone can arouse emotions such as excitement andor romance. One scene could be photographed several different ways to create feelings of joy and happiness or, in contrast with a few technical manipulations, to create a romantic and warm feeling. The texture of a scene is also to be considered and ought to be chosen in such a way that it coincides with the feeling conveyed by the colour. For example, a scene of bright gold-yellow leaves contrasted against a brilliant blue sky, with sharp focus and appropriate distance, may create feelings of joy, surprise and excitement. The same goes, of course, for black and white pictures. If the contrast between black and white is very high, the same feelings can be aroused. On the other hand, if the same frame were to be slightly out of focus, a little further away and photographed at a higher aperture, feelings of surprise and joy would likely not be as easily conveyed, but rather a mellow, easy feeling would likely be portrayed. Light plays along with both colour and texture to convey a particular mood, especially with black and white film. Depending on the light's angle, ie. sunrisesundown, and its intensity (what type of weather), several different feelings can be conveyed from the same scene by simply varying the time of day at which a picture is taken and taking photographs under varying weather conditions. For example, a mountain photographed around sunrise will likely convey very soft and gentle moods due to the soft light, whereas the same mountain photographed the same way except for alterations in the lighting (ie. midday in bright, overhead sunlight) will be quite different in comparison. After light, texture and colour have all been 31 taken into consideration, the subject remains. Everything must be taken into consideration and manipulated in such a way to match the chosen desired feeling. Several important things one can do to become more skilled at taking pictures are to maintain a log book and in it, record the time of day, weather, shutter speed, f-stop, film speed, and the type of lens and if used, filters. Then afterwards, one can take one's pictures and one's log book to a local camera shop such as W.D West and ask them what technicalities should have been done differently to have made the picture different. GOVU) IN THE FOREST! yavKy pkesi- 1 he Monkey Foret H i locally owmmJ business that has qjulckiy faerore ft comm urry fiacttiMS. The bast of our sor starts, for" away U other parts of thts world, wheip we work In smalt villas' wiih. iridivitiual crafts persons., enabling? us tb brirs hrrt Unique and erotic: gtfR. Ws- thJwIe you wilt emoy our casual, elajdr atmosphere. Please drop in for yot,r next iteastrrie "Lsril!T 1604! 562-0909 331 Qeofgge Street f& Pa-itaflM iinntAt . R ft MaW - n