Carols Workshop Practice Studio

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Week 2: Monday. Class and Self Directed

Francesca Woodman inspired pictures

Class Task

Original

f/22

Shutter speed: 1/40

ISO: 250

f/22

Shutter speed: 1/30

ISO: 200

Original

f/22

Shutter speed: 1/30

ISO: 125

Experimentation

f/20

Shutter: 0.8

ISO: 500

*close up of the inside of a hanging light inside the chapel i attend. although the light was stable and wasn't moving, the movement i made by taking this picture with a shutter speed of 0.8 created this blurred photo.

f/8

Shutter: 1/4

ISO: 500

*i took this picture as my subject was walking to sit down, she was actually giving me the 'evils' when she saw me because she was caught off guard by me taking the photo. having the shutter at 1/4 blurred the motion, including her annoyed expression on her face at the time. haha.

If i had used a tripod i could have had the background in focus, adding more emphasis to the motion blur.

f/22

shutter: 1/4

ISO: 160

f/22

shutter: 1/4

ISO: 160

f/22

shutter: 1/4

ISO: 160

f/22

shutter: 1/4

ISO: 160

*this is my favourite of this series of my niece spinning around in the backyard.

I like her pose and where she is positioned in this photo.

Although i didn't have a tripod, i was still able to keep a steady hand to keep the background in focus.

Richard Avedon inspired photos

f/22

shutter: 1/40

ISO: 6400

*this photo is pretty clear and not so grainy for a photo taken with a high ISO.

f/4

shutter: 1/80

ISO: 6400

*Its a shame that this photo isn't clear and is grainy, because i like the pose that my nephew did when emulating the original.

Having a lower iso, and maybe using a tripod could have helped.

Week 2. Research: Francesca Woodman and Richard Avedon

Francesca Woodman

She produced an extraordinary body of work (some 800 photographs) acclaimed for its singularity of style and range of innovative techniques. Many of her photographs show young women who are nude, blurred (due to movement and long exposure times), merging with their surroundings, or whose faces are obscured.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Woodman#Photographs.2C_1972.E2.80.931980)

I like this photo because of the effect the long exposure and slow shutter speed has created.
Normally if you were to spin around, your background would blur. i like how in this picture it shows the actual person being the 'blur' while the background is clear.

Her photos have a solemn and sometimes scary feeling to them.

It's interesting that not only are her subjects sometimes camouflage with their background, but that because of how she photographs in black and white, it adds more to the feeling of being visible but invisible at the same time.

Richard Avedon

He was fascinated by photography’s capacity for suggesting the personality and evoking the life of his subjects. He registered poses, attitudes, hairstyles, clothing and accessories as vital, revelatory elements of an image. He had complete confidence in the two-dimensional nature of photography, the rules of which he bent to his stylistic and narrative purposes. As he wryly said, “My photographs don’t go below the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues.”

*the crop in this picture is kind of off balance and yet its still interesting and doesn't detract from the photo. I like how he was able to capture the innocence of the child in this close up portrait.

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Week 1. Thursday, Class Task and Self Directed

Manny Librodo

Original

f/7.1

Shutter speed: 1/200

ISO: 6400

*I got my mom to put on the rings and earring and pose like the woman in the Lee Jeffries photo.

If i had used a tripod i could have gotten a more clearer photo, that was less grainy. Also lowering the ISO would have made the photo be less grainy.

The eyes aren't very clear or sharp, so next time i know to make sure the eyes are in focus before taking the photo.

Rehahn

Original

f/ 7.1

Shutter speed: 1/2500

ISO:6400

*having a lower ISO and making sure the eyes are in focus would make a more sharp and less grainy photo.

Lee Jeffries

Original

f/22

Shutter speed: 1/25

ISO: 400

*i increased the clarity of this photo in bridge to make my brothers hair and beard look more defined.

Week 1. Thursday, Research: Lee Jeffries and Steve McCurry

Lee Jeffries

Homeless

"He infused them with light, not darkness...

I think Jeffries intended his art to honor these people, not pity them."

i love the feeling of these picture, that despite them being black and white, the colours of emotion captured of those being photographed creates some intense beauty. a type of innocence and raw simplicity even.

Steve McCurry

Solitude

"Since then, McCurry has gone on to create stunning images over six continents and countless countries. His work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture alike - yet always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image."

I like how he has captured the scenery in these photos. I also like how the use of certain vantage points and the composition of the subject in each photo draws the viewers eye to both the scenery and the people.

Monday, 12 October 2015

Week 1, Monday. Class Task and Self Directed

CLASS TASK

Landscape with wide DOF

f/22

Shutter: 1/200

ISO: 800

*i edited this photo on Bridge, increasing the vibrancy to make the landscape look more green and more bright. I also decreased the highlighting to give the clouds more definition.