Nightshift

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Nightshift 2011

Nightshift 2011

 

Assignment #6 Photographs

PART A

 

 

PART B

 

Assignment #6

 Jerry Uelsmann

His photographs have recently been imported into a commercial website. He first began teaching photography at the University of Florida. This was his first job. As a photographer, he collected a lot of photographs. These photographs were shot in different museums worldwide such as London, Paris, Washington, Canada, Australia, Boston, Scotland, Kyoto, Korea, etc. With these photographs that he gathered, he was able to show the extraordinary effects that the process of photography can do. Early in his career, he preferred using the multiple printing technique. However, in 1967, he experimented on combining negatives and his work which were exhibited in different places. Most of his photos are combined with other photos and are black and white. As we can see below, he basically transformed the hand into a trunk of a tree.

Journey into Night 2006

Oscar Gustave Rejlander

Like Uelsmann, he undertook many experiments to perfect his photography. Instead of combining negatives, he basically experimented on combining paintings in 1853. In 1857,  he came up with a photo where he combined different photographs. He composed this photo out of 32 different shots and named it "The Two Ways of Life".  He was influenced by Raphael's painting, "The School of Athens". The comparison between Raphael's painting was between science and philosophy. Although there was a great reaction against him and his work he managed to attract wealthy buyers, among which queen Victoria was also listed. She bought one of the few copies of this photo.

The Two Ways of Life 1857

Raphael

Assignment #5B

Portraits

For this assignment I was able to ask my friends to be my model. I adjusted my ISO to 400-600. I did not use the flash on my camera. I used different lightings such as: the big spot lights from the studio, a desk lamp and the sunlight. This exercise was really fun especially when we worked in the studio. Working in a studio was an amazing experience. I finally understood how different lightings can change the perspective of a portrait. Though I know it was hard to adjust my ISO in some shots,  I was able to take a good picture.

Assignment #5A

This assignment was challenging. I had really fun though. Working in a studio with different equipments was a new experience for me. We used two different lights and two different backgrounds (Grey and Black). I did not use my camera's flash. For the setting of my camera, I used ISO 400 and 200 for my shutter speed. The aperture was 4.5 .

Studio Shots