Professor Michals

Author: Agustin Melo

Agustin Melo Galvez – The Final Project Statement

Topic: What is it about?

My topic is going to be food photography, the concept that I want to explore is hinting at the sense of hunger and taste. Ensuring that the message of “wow I want something like that”. The purpose of this in my portfolio will be to highlight the lighting skill that I can achieve and also my conceptual thinking.

Subject Matter: Literally, what will you shoot?

I want to explore food from all ranges of textures, this means food from my neighborhood or common food found all over the place.

Style: What will it look like?

I will shoot at a bird’s view and try to convey the emotion of hunger and taste.

Lighting: How will you light your project?

Since I don’t have access to an outdoor space for natural lighting I will be using an overhead light with 2 diffused lights on the left and right to add shadows and highlight the delicacy of the place.

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Agustin Melo Galvez -Homework 8: Photographic Style

Identify the lighting style used including the angle of view, lighting pattern: Rembrandt, split, butterfly light, broad or shot light. How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? What is the palette? How tight is the framing?What is the angle of view?

Lighting pattern: Split light

How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? There is a soft fill to bring out and enhance the muscle structure.

How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? There doesn’t seem to be a background light but there is definitely light pointing towards the back of the subject to allow for streaks of highlight around his body.

What is the palette? The palette is composed of Dark jungle Green, Baltic Sea, Dusty Grey, Cadet, French Grey, Ash Grey, Regent Grey, and Flint.

How tight is the framing? The framing is of a 3/4 body shot and is not really tight.

What is the angle of view? This is taken from eye level.

Homework #1- Describe a photo

The photograph I choose is part of a collection from Chris Gregory Rivera in 2014. The collection is called Evidencia and is a search for answers in Mexico for the The photograph I choose is part of a collection from Chris Gregory Rivera in 2014. The collection is called Evidencia and is a search for answers in Mexico for the many people who went missing. The location of this image is the hills of Iguala which is near Sierra Madre a town nearby. This image is of a landscape shot that captures the human-made road and all the plant life on this hill. Since this image has to do with his search for answers so it’s where many of the local town folk go in search of those who either went missing or are currently missing due to cartel activity in the area. Christopher Gregory Rivera captures just how often the road is used and just how big this hill is and how it seems to go on forever. I feel a sense of disconnect from what I am used to seeing everyday this is a change of scenery for me since I don’t see much forestation or human-made roads often in the city. I like the image because it goes to show a nice depth of field and really goes to show just how far/big something is.

The use of leading lines is present in this image because your eyes are lead to the middle of the page with the human-made road. The road also seems to reappear again leading your eyes deeper into the image. symmetry can also be seem slightly present in this image, it can be seen on both sides of the human-made road where you can see plant growth but on one side more than the other. The rule of third is also present, this can be noticed by the way the pictures guides your eyes to the middle making that road the subject of the image.

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