This is the photograph my group took. Our group was inspired by the photo of a female peacock. Because we could not go to the zoo and take a picture of a real peacock, we decided to make a model. We used paper as our medium since it’s white and easy to play with. We took the photos in a studio with key light and back drop. We set up the photo with a string. Through photoshop, we removed the string that slightly appeared and removed the shadow to create a dreamy mood. The overall use of white on the background and the model itself contrasts with the black twig we used to place the peacock. The process our group went through to the final image wasn’t easy but we had fun and learned a lot through this project.
Jeremy Holmes is an inspirational photographer. He is specialized in infrared photography. Therefore he uses lots of filters in his photographs. These photographs are my favourite pieces of his works because I like the use of black and white, and the dramatic atmosphere of the photographs.
The reflection in the first photograph is so precise that the boundary between the ground and the water is lost. Also the shape of the cloud blends well with the overall atmosphere creating a very dramatic scenery.
The second photograph is very interesting to me because the overall mood is very dark. However the bright lighthouse captured my eyes. I like how the contrast played between the background and the lighthouse. It is a very dramatic photograph.
This photograph, Behind Saint Lazare Station, Paris, France, is the most famous piece of Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the most famous photojournalist in 20thcentury. The lighting style is considered dramatic because of the counter light. The sun, which is the light source, is directly facing the lens, producing a silhouette of the leaping man. The photograph was taken from the side, standing when he was taking this photograph.
What makes the photograph so well known and fascinating is that he couldn’t see what he was taking since he just took the shot with his camera lens placed in a small hole of a fence. That is why the image is slightly blurred and is cropped on the left side if the silhouette of the man leaping on a pond wasn’t there. However because the man turned out to be the focal point grabbing the attention, the overall composition and the framing became perfect. Considering the fact that he wasn’t looking while he took this photograph, it is magical how such an image was produced. The message Henri Cartier-Bresson wants the viewers to experience is that there is no need to be hasty because the opportunities to take decent photographs will eventually come to you if you wait. Henri Cartier-Bresson explained that he was never impatient and waited for the right moment to take this photo.
These are some experimental photographs I took with fast shutter speed.
Erin Wallis is an inspirational photographer. I like the style of her work because the atmosphere is very warm and dreamy. She often takes pictures of a happy family. The general mood and warm colour of the photograph adds to the characteristic of a family and emphasizes the peacefulness and happiness character. The composition is beautiful. Overall, her photographs provide calm and happy feeling to the viewer, making the viewer comfortable and make them smile just by looking at her works.
It was my first time taking objects and playing with light. I used natural light to take these photographs. I liked the colour harmony of the green, red, and yellow. Therefore I tried to take pictures from different angles and compositions. I wanted to have a dramatic effect on the photograph, so I didn’t use any reflecting light source to lighten the darkest shadow.
I overlapped layers by using transparency, flattening, and opacity. I used mask layers to combine the fire and the ice cube. I also played around with curves to adjust the brightness and contrast.
I wanted to create an ironic scene: an ice cube in a cup of tea. I added the fire image to show that the tea is still hot, burning the ice. I learned a lot about different functions in photoshop because it was my first time playing around with the transparency and mask layers.
Shutter speed: 1/640
ISO: 3200
F 4.5
The photograph on the top shows the fast shutter speed. I chose this photograph because I liked the single water particle separated while dripping. I also like the wavy line it created instead of a single straight stroke. It could have been a better photograph if I zoomed it in further to focus more on the bottle and the water.
Shutter Speed : 15 seconds
ISO : 100
F 22
I chose the photograph below as my final slow shutter speed piece of photograph because it shows the motion, as well as the silhouette of the people walking. The bright yellow and red light indicates the cars passing by. I four this photograph interesting because the foreground of the photo shows motion, but the background shows stillness.
I played around with the levels and curves to improve the tonal range and the exposure. Then, I used the Burn tool to darken some of the areas. I tried to give a playful atmosphere to resemble the characteristic of domino game pieces. I made the piece in the middle clearer and blurred the rest to to show more depth and perspective from the viewer(shallow depth of field photograph).
Great Depth of field
small apature opening : f22
manually focused
I took a picture of my desk because this photograph contains my characteristics. The art supplies show that I am interested in art, and the messy table shows that I’m not very neat. I made an attempt to take a photograph that represent me and has elements that describes myself because I like photographs that shows the photographer’s personality, which makes it different from other photos.
Shallow depth of field
large apature opening: f4.5
manually focused
ISO 800
The third photograph depicts my favourite perfume. I liked how light played on the glass and the texture it created. Because I failed to show a distinct shallow depth of field on the second photograph, I tried to focus more on the object in the foreground and blur out the rest to the extreme.
