Assignment 4

This assignment was quite challenging in terms of the technical aspect. It was difficult finding a location indoors with nice lighting, even harder trying to find lighting outside during the evening. However, I find it was best shooting outdoors with natural lighting during the day. The majority of my pictures were taken during the daytime because it was much easier working with the lighting I had. It was difficult doing stop motion shots indoors due to poor lighting, but it was simpler, in my opinion, to shoot blurred pictures indoors. I did not have a tripod with me so it was hard doing blurred pictures, but I managed somehow, although it would have been much better in terms of quality. It was also easier doing stop motion indoors while using flash, although the quality weren't so great. Panning I had some difficulty in, but once I got used to panning, it became more simple for me.

Stop Motion
Blurred

Assignment 3

The two most effective effects were the sepia and black and white colour change. It made the picture looked more meaningful in terms of reminiscence, as if someone is remembering about his/her past. It also changes the entire vibe the image gives off. The sepia effect gave it an "ancient" feeling while the black and white gave it a more "intense" feeling. I also loved how I was able to blur out the surrounding area of the picture because it makes the viewers focus onto the picture. It also gives off a "teary" feeling, as if the person is about to cry, or is crying. Also, the black and white focal point gave it a feeling of hope, and optimism on the picture, while the area around it is colourless and bleak. However, the best effects that were most helpful was the highlights and shadows. They were able to make the image a lot more sharper and dramatic.

The effects that did NOT work for me were the saturations and the warmify effects. They did not work well with the given colour in the image and it made it look very artificial and edited. I also did not like to use the filter for my image. It just did not do well and any other colour would have made it look out of place. Tinting was also not a helpful tool because it did not provide the image with any pros that may help improve the image itself.

Assignment #2

Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander is an American photographer that specializes in street images, flowers, trees, gardens, landscapes, nudes, the industrial and post- industrial environment, portraits, self-portraits. He shot primarily with a Leica M series 35mm camera until the early 1990's at which point he switched to a medium format Hasselblad Superwide.

 1. what kind of photographs do they make?

- Initially, he began photographing musicians, mainly jazz musicians, then began photographing artists for album covers. Today, his photos mostly consists of portraits and "social landscapes".
2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
- Lee would often use shadows of figures (usually himself) and other subjects overlap in the photographic image. Also, he frames his shots with fences, posters and signs quite often.

3. What do the pictures look like? black and white, vertical/horrizontal

- A majority, if not all, of his pictures are colourless and are usually in black and white. They're generally either horizontally stretched or they're squared.
4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
-  The projected outline of Friedlander’s body as within the picture frame implies the notion that the photographer can be both behind the camera and in front of it. Interpreted further, Friedlander’s shadow can be taken to represent the imposition of the photographer upon his world and his subject.

http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/leefriedlander/leefriedlander.shtml
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tbio?tperson=6514&type=a
http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/friedlander_lee.php


Walker Evans


Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. He took pictures of poor people and cityscapes during the Great Depression.

1. what kind of photographs do they make?
- Walker takes pictures that are "literate, authoritative and transcendent".
2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
- His photos are often taken with natural lighting and his subjects are usually centered on the photo or they are used to frame both sides of the picture.
3. What do the pictures look like? black and white, vertical/horrizontal
- His pictures are usually photos of people struggling in the Great Depression and landscapes of cities in its grim state.
4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
 - Evans was influenced by the French photographer Eugène Atget who photographs architecture and street scenes of Paris.

 http://www.metmuseum.org/special/walkerevans/learn.htm
http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo8/walkerevans.htm
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/evans/evans_articles1.html

Link to my album