Homework 1

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Samy Acosta

Thomas Holton took a photograph of a Chinese family when they were about to get ready to have lunch. The album in which this photo is in is called “The Lams of Ludlow Street”. The photo was taken inside the Chinese family’s home it looks like it is in their living room. This family lives with everyday struggles but they are happy with the little they have, you can see in their faces and their family structure that they have order in a world of chaos. I believe that the photographer try to show how this family lives in such tide space but it also to show how they can find in their hearts to show the little they have like for example you only see 5 members of this family 3 kids and 2 adults but there are 6 plates on the table meaning that they had one place for Thomas Holton. You get a mood of poverty but also of happiness you see the poverty on the way they live but the happiness on their faces and their body language.

There are some photography elements in this photo like pattern and repetition and dominant eye. You can see the pattern with the coats, lights, plates, and even the cloths that the woman is wearing. Thomas Holton also used the element of Dominance because you can see how the family dominates your view because they are the center of attention he focused on them I believe he did this because there is nothing more important than family. Thomas Holton also fill the frame with everything in the family living room, it wasn’t a big room so I believe getting as much details as he could was not too hard. In this photo Holton defiantly show some of the values of this particular family.

http://www.thomasholton.com/ The Lams of Ludlow Street

Samuel Acosta

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Class Shoot – Lilly

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Laura

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This is one of the first shots my group took of this lily. It was taken with the lighting in front and to the left of me when I took this picture. I like the way the flower is lit from this direction as it brings out the rich color of the petals.

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Favorite photograph: Flower (lily) – lighting (not the monument hw)

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Elijah Lugo

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During a class photoshoot session the students were split into groups to take photos of flowers. During my groups shoot we were able to use the soft box with the light and the focusing grid which does not shine as much light. This photo is and was my favorite photo that someone from my group took. It is my favorite because it looks like a painting, a colored pencil sketch and a photo all in one just because of the lighting and the lighting position. The other photos were nice as well but seemed like very high quality photos with different lighting which can be interesting and was to me but not as interesting as this photo which was one of the first photos shot during the class session. The lighting direction was neither backlight, or side light, it was more just straight on or in photography terms known as “Front light(ing)” and the best part is that the flower didn’t cast too much of a shadow because of the soft box we used, this is known as a soft shadow because of the direct light.

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The Fragile Flower

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Jamar Callender
The fragile flower

The fragile flower

This weeks main topic was lighting direction with flowers.At first I was really excited that we was going to use a back drop with a light bulb source. It took us a while to set up how we wanted to place the flower to get the right composition, testing the aperture to get the best lighting and quality on the canon 50d I believe we used and what I mean by “we”I’m referring to my group. As we took turns taking photos I realized that our flower was falling apart 🙁 so we took the initiative to use the fallen petal of our flower to some use. I had this idea that we should take a picture of the flower while I drop the petal in front of the camera in the process to capture motion. I can honestly, say it was the best decision. Because we was taking pictures of the same thing over and over so we just added a little spice to it to make the photo seem intriguing.

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Flower Shoot // Lighting Direction

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Justine Lee

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This photo was taken during our in-class shoot. Our group didn’t get to use the softbox focusing grid, so instead we used a continuous lighting. The lighting direction used during this particular shot was side light. Also, because our subject was too dark we had to increase the ISO to 800. I like this photo because of the great contrast between the subject and the dark background, that the subject is centered, and that this shot captured the entire subject. The entire subject being the two bloomed and unbloomed lilies, as well as, the stem and leaves. The contrast allows the yellow lilies to stand out and the colors to pop. Overall, I thought this was a beautiful, well-composed shot.

 

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Lighting Directions

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Geneva Finklea

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This is one of my favorite photos from the studio lighting session we had in class, because of how beautiful the silhouette of the flowers and vase looks. The way the flowers are placed is quite interesting and I think it gives the photo that much more to look at. The direction of the lights are Back Lighting, this not only creates a silhouette of the object in the foreground but it makes the background brighter and whiter, also creating a high contrast.

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Lillies

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Shaiwattie

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Side light

Extension tube

Grid Light

 

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Alex Webb: Exhibition

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Shaiwattie
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MEXICO. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (Border). 1978. Prostitute outside nightclub.

Taking this photography class allowed for me to experience several locations throughout the city. One of these locations being Aperture which is located in Midtown, Manhattan. Aperture is a gallery which features works of well known photographers from around the world. During the time that I was there, the featured photographer was the well renowned Alex Webb.

Upon entering the gallery I was immediately taken in by the vibrant colors of the walls which held Webb’s photos. The focal subject of this specific exhibition was Mexico and the everyday lives of the locals. Most of the photos included several factors that embodied the country which allowed me to interpret how life may be for the locals. I also found it interesting how he was able to capture emotions through the use of colors and shadows in some of this photos. Most of the subjects in his photos are people and some of these subjects didn’t show their faces. This didn’t matter to me because I was able to interpret their mood through the way Webb captured shadows and colors in the photo.

One particular photo that stood out to me was the prostitute outside the nightclub. I was interested in this photo because of the color, decisive moment and shadows. The color that is dominant in this photo is blue. This tends to give off a more somber emotion since that it is a very cool toned color. The subject of this photo is presumably a prostitute who is reading a book. I would think that is the decisive moment that Webb is trying to capture since that prostitutes aren’t usually engage in reading. Another factor that stood out to me was the sign on top of the club. The sign is red which greatly contrast with the overall color of the picture. The shadows of the subject is also predominant is displaying the mood of the photo.

I found this exhibition to be very intriguing and encourage anyone who has the opportunity, to check it out and see his work as he embodies the country of Mexico.

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Lighting Direction

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Marc Morin

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This photograph was taken in the classroom. The photo was a medium shot and the outcome is amazing. The photograph is actually underexposed and the background is actually white but it came out very dark which made the subject come more to the foreground. The lighting direction was on the left side, and it created really nice highlights, shadows and great contrast.

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Aperture Foundation Exhibit- Alex Webb

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Trevor Probherbs

I got to visit the Aperture Foundation exhibit where it displayed Alex Webb’s photos from Mexico. The exhibit was open spaced, very roomy, enough space for you to walk around with multiple people to explore the pictures that are up for display. Basically if you was ever at an art exhibit it has that same look and feel to it but not fully of course. There was about up to 40 to 50 pictures on display. Some pictures had more mystery to it, some had a relaxed feel to it due to the color and the expression that was going on in the photo, and some had a playful feeling to it and some of the photos also had movement in them. These photos were taken from 1997 to 2003.

In the photographs there were people just standing still but at the same time still giving the viewer(s) a good imagination of what’s going on in the photo and what the subject is feeling and/or thinking. There were people playing which gave the picture a sense of motion which also added a little excitement. Also in some of the photos the color the buildings had made the picture not feel busy like there is a lot of stuff going on but instead made the viewers feel calm not like there is too much going on the picture. The shadows and the expressions on people’s faces and their body language that were in some of the pictures brought mystery to the photo when looked upon giving the viewers all sorts of thoughts running through their minds trying to figure out what’s going on in the picture. In the photo’s I didn’t see pictures of just buildings or just landscape. All the pictures had people combined with these elements making a story or a mystery for the audience to think about. I believe Webb’s approach to photographing Mexico was to capture stories and mysteries for people to know how people are in Mexico and I also believe his approach was to capture mysteries to make people wonder how people are and what they’re doing in Mexico. In my opinion Alex Webb’s Mexico is the kind of place where people can have fun among themselves and enjoy one another, a place to have intimate moments, and a place to discover things and go on a mysterious adventure.

I like this picture because this was one of the photos to me that brought mystery to it, that made me start to wonder what’s going on in the photo when I looked at it. You have the boy with the confused expression on his face and then the little girl right behind where she is mostly in the shadows and you can only see a small portion of her face. Then on the right side of the photo you have two guys that’s fully in shadow where it looks like both of them are leaning on a fence like if they’re keeping the children trapped and the kids want to get away. This picture has elements like rule of thirds, it has good lighting and shadows, good contrast, strong horizontal line.dsc_1068

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