Assignment #4

Stop Motion

Blurred and Panning

This assignment was incredibly challenging for me because I had a lot of trial and error. I was frustrated in every single shot that I took. It was also hard to find a perfect location to capture the best moment for the panning and blurred shots. I used a tripod for the blurred and panning shots. The tripod helped me a lot in terms of stability on the surface where I proposed to set it up. Most of my blurred and panning shots were captured outside in daytime and not in nighttime. In daytime, it was easier to see a lot of movements of people, cars and animals outdoor. 

Most of my stop motion shots were taken indoor. It was easier for me to find something interesting to capture. Though there was not enough light indoor, I had to use the flash.

It took a lot of patience for me to be able to capture the right moment in every shot. I know I had a lot of trial and error in this assignment but hopefully I was able to come up with interesting pictures.

Assignment #3

I really like this image because it has a lot of interesting textures. First of all, I adjusted the highlights and shadows of the original shot to make the image interesting. Then I used different effects such as Black & White, Sepia, Glow and Tint. These effects helped me determine its different possible transformations. The two most effective transformations that caught my eyes  and enhanced the image were the Black & White and Sepia effects.  The Black & White effect expressed shapes, tones and textures in the image. The image showed its ability to communicate rather than on its original shot. The image became very dramatic too. On the other hand, The Sepia effect made the image look older than it really was. The texture was more evident and it changed the "feel" of the image.

In regards to the other effects that I least liked, the Glow effect showed a gauzy glow to the image. In my perspective, it gave more emphasis to the sun's light hitting on the wall. Also, it made the image softer and smoother which detracted the harshness from the image.

The Tint effect also didn't work well when I used it. I  just chose the color and I adjusted the color preservation.

 

Original Shot

Black and White

Sepia

Glow

Yellow Tint

Assignment #2

This is not a Zellers Catalogue!

This is it!

Assignment #2

Walker Evans

    Walker Evans makes American documentary Photography in 1930s. He has a splendor vision of documenting "American Life". His shots serve as a historical document during the Great Depression. His purpose of this kind of documentary is to record and demonstrate what is important about any sort of event, people or place. His shots contain selected excerpts from the entire observational experience. His pictures are all black and white. Most of his shots are horizontal and vertical depending on his subject. He emphasizes on the poor people, all classes, who are unsuccessful during the Great Depression. He also focuses on automobiles, architecture, American urban taste, commerce, small scale, large scale, the city street atmosphere, the street smell, the hateful stuff, women's clubs, fake culture, bad education and religion in decay. 

Bud Fields and His Family, Hale County, Alabama

Starving Cuban Family, 1933

Reference: http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo8/walkerevans.htm

                    http://www.likeyou.com/en/node/12347

                   

                    

Lee Friedlander

    He begins photographing the American  social landscape in 1948. His photographs bring to the surface the correlation of everyday life that comprise our modern world. He has a unique vision that underscores the two-dimensionality of the picture plane and the potential for photographs to contain varying levels of reflection, opacity, and transparency. The pictures are mostly sepia and black and white. Most of his shots are horizontal and vertical depending on his subject. He has a lot of ideas such as street images, trees, gardens, landscapes, nudes, the industrial and post-industrial environment, portraits and self-portraits. His significance lies much more i his early photographs. using his camera, he gave shape to the cliché of life. Lee was experimenting with different camera formats and frame ratios. Within the span of the 89 images in Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes he shifts from his Leica, to a Noblex pivoting lens panoramic camera, to his Hasselblad Superwide, and the results are noticeable beyond the obvious frame shape.

Florida 1963

Santa Fe, 1995

Reference: http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/leefriedlander/leefriedlander.shtml

                   http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/friedlander_lee.php

                   http://5b4.blogspot.com/2008/02/lee-friedlander-photographs-frederick.html