Learning Log #11

In today’s class I am so glad that I learned a new technique in the photography by using the flash and trying to have a dark or blur background. This is my Outdoor shoots . Every picture I set up the ISO was different in each  picture it was between 100 and 400 , the aperture was different too in each picture , it was between 5.6 and 8.0 and the shutter speed also was  different in each picture which was  between 1/125 to 1/200 .Also I had to adjust the flash light  in each and every picture where to located related to my model and by increasing and decreasing the power of the flash light .

     For these shots, a lot was required. First of all, PATIENCE. Second, the right ISO and aperture. The ISO had to keep changing because of the amount of sunlight we kept receiving. It was interesting trying to get the shadows in the right place using flash. What I liked the most was capturing the last image since there is a kind of dramatic effect to it, due to the shadow that was created on the left side.

For this shot we had to do a lot of angling to get the light hitting my face right

This photo has a great example of dramatic split lighting.

This photo has a good example of some leading lines.

This photo also uses split lighting but in a broader way since the side of his face that the flash comes off of is more toward the camera.

This photo uses nice flash lighting and it also makes it look like he is floating a little bit.

This shot is unique with the ice cream cone and the different pops of color from the sprinkles and her hair really go well with the flash.

Link to fairytale: https://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm/Margaret_Hunt/The_Girl_Without_Hands.html

1. The miller in the forest collecting wood
2. The miller looks up from collecting wood and sees the wizard
3. The wizard comes over to him offers him money and points past him over to his tree behind his mill
4. The miller accepts the money and believes that the wizard is going over to his apple tree.
5. The  miler’s daughter is actually behind the mill sweeping and sees the wizard approaching her
6. The daughter draws a circle around herself with chalk to protect herself from the wizard taking her…The miller realizes that the wizard wants his daughter and not the tree
7. The wizard confronts the miller and demonstrates to him cutting off her hands or else the wizard would take him instead
8. The father looks down at his daughter contemplating about cutting off her hands while the daughter kneels down with her wrists exposed
9. The daughters hands are cut off (not actually going to cut anybodys hands off)
10. The wizard departs the scene

“Snow white fairytale”

My final project will present snow white story  I will use take shoots that  will represent the character in different scenes that we know from the fairy tale.

1. Snow white in her custom.

2.     Snow white holding the bird.

3.   snow white taking to the seven draws

4.       snow white singing in the garden by herself.

5.       snow white holding the candle inside her cave.

6.      snow white holding the apple.

7.       snow white holding the cup and she will be seeing the wicked witch.

8.     snow white with the mirror.

9.      snow white poisoned and sleeping on the bed.

10.   snow white awake and back to her life.

Gail Albert Halaban: Italian Views

I recently had opportunity to view the Gail Albert Halaban: Italian Views exhibit currently being held at the Aperture Gallery located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.  It was an interesting exhibit which exhibited photographs by Gail Albert Halaban which were taken in Italy.  The work focuses on photographs by “observing life through windows.”  The artist has used varied Italian architecture to frame different moments in the everyday life of Italians as she views them through windows.  The works were somewhat reminiscent to me of Hitchcock’s “Rear View Window.”  As you view each photograph, it is if you are peeking into a personal moment in the lives of the people being photographed.

The photographs were large and were for the most part well framed.  The subjects were focused and well lighted so that they stand out in the windows of the buildings.  One photograph, “Necklace, Via Pietro Maestri,” that was well executed.  I noticed that all the other windows have their shutters and windows closed.  In the upper right hand corner, there is one open window showing an older couple.  The woman is trying to put on a necklace and the man appears to be helping her.  It made me wonder if they were preparing for an evening out or if perhaps, he had given her the necklace as a gift.  Another photograph which was interesting was “Boy and His Dog” which shows a boy in a dining room.  The outside of the window has large black shutters.  I had to look closely to see the dog which the boy was feeding a treat. In this photograph, the windows on the left were also closed.

I enjoyed the exhibit and peering into the windows to determine the actual subject.  It gave me a different perspective on how to frame my work. In my opinion, the works were well done and interesting.  However, in some of the photographs I had to look closely to determine the actual subject.  Perhaps, that was the intention of the artist.

Final Project / Fairy Tale

My final project will present story of “The Fellowship of the Ring.”  I will use figures which represent the different characters from the story in locations which resemble the settings in the story.  I will also use some miniatures for props.

1.       Photo of the ring in the story with closeups.

2.       Bilbo and Gollum in a cave.

3.       Frodo and Bilbo Baggins in the Shire.

4.       Frodo and Gandalf in a garden.

5.       Frodo and Samwise Gamgee starting their journey in a farm.

6.       Frodo and Samwise with Aragorn.

7.       Aragorn and Legolas in an Elf setting with a waterfall like Rivendell.

8.       Gimli and Legolas in a forest setting.

9.       All characters surround the ring.

10.   Photo of Frodo with the ring.

Some issues that I ran into when I was creating these photographs were that on the camera it looked apparently sharp. However, when importing them into Adobe Lightroom, they all of a suddenly became really out of focused. To captured these photographs through, I simply took photographs of people who were unaware that they were being photographed by me. I also had to bring up the shutter speed a lot with a low aperture and ISO 100, too. Lastly, I sometimes just waited at a certain spot for people to pass by to take a photograph of them.

I used a faster shutterspeed and higher ISO to try and capture random people on the street in the moment without having blur.