Project Six - FINAL SERIES

Project Six - More progress

Panorama

Project Six - More progress

1/200 sec. f/16 ISO 800

1/250 sec. f/16 ISO 1600

1/500 sec. f/16 ISO 1600

2/5 sec. f/4 ISO 400

Project Six - Progress

F/5.6   1/60 sec.

F/5.6   1/60 sec.

F/5.6   1/30 sec.

F/5.6   1/20 sec.

F/5.6   1/10 sec.

F/5.6   1/6 sec.

F/4.5   1/40 sec.  ISO 400

Project Five - Part 2 - Portraits of others

Document -  F/5  1/400 sec.  ISO 400

Interpretative/ Psychological - F/5.6
1/100 sec. ISO 400

Environmental -  F/4.5   1/1600 sec.  ISO 800

Project Six | Proposals

Proposal One:

Where do you live? At the Zoo

As a part-time job I work for the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. I work with different animals from mammals to reptiles and birds. With this project I want to show these different animals, their habitats at the Zoo, the relation between humans and these wild animals. My goal is to show and communicate who are my other “coworkers”, the variety of species, their exhibits, and how they live at the zoo.

List of shoots:

1. Animal encounters – being really close to an animal, seeing the inside of its exhibit.
2. Animal feeding – during some animal training and feeding, seeing the keepers feeding the animal.
3. Animal training – practicing how to handle an animal, how to demo an animal.
4. Nocturnal tours – looking at animals at night

 

Proposal two:

The voices of an Alley

With this project I want to explore the different alleys around the city. Explore the different angles and views of an alley, and trying to learn about untold stories of those alleys. Explore how many views can you get? What views will I find in these different alleys? My goal is to create a series of alley views and create a story with it. I want to explore what I have learn during this class using alleys as my subject.

List of shots:

1. Explore the depth of field of an alley.
2. Different light in an alley (during the day, evening and night)
3. Different points of views in an alley
4. Finding the perfect photograph in an alley
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Online Research | Henri Cartier - Bresson

Dessau, Germany (April 1945) -  Photo from MoMa

While looking through the multiple photographs of Henri Cartier- Bresson, my eyes were immediately drawn to this photograph. It is full of emotion, capturing the essence of the war, destruction and sadness. The composition is perfect, a delicate grieving lady laying down in the middle of a huge amount of rubble. A tender figure on top of such destruction. It makes me wonder if this was where her house stood, or if some loved one died in this area. It draws my mind to ask questions, and to ponder about wars. The moment captured is full of emotion. Even though the viewer can only see half of her face, and the rest is covered by her hair, it is still possible to feel and grasp her sadness, grief and despair. The expression on her face, her mouth, the position of the arms and legs, as if she is wrapping herself. The contrast between the softness of the fabric of her clothes and skin, against the rougher and sharper stones, provides a variety of textures. The point of view chosen by the photographer is perfect, looking straight at the grieving lady, allowing the viewer to see the expression on her face, and "feel" her pain. 

Jerónimos Monastery, Belém, Lisbon, Portugal (1955) -  Photo from MoMa

One of the reasons that lead me to choose this photograph was the location where it was taken, the Jeronimos Monastery, in Lisbon, Portugal. I grew up in Lisbon, Portugal and looking at this photograph brings me a sense of home, of being there with the two figures, in this building so familiar to me. Also, it is quite interesting how the photographer was able to capture such an private and intimate moment, the moment of confession in such a large building. The Jeronimos Monastery is well known by its magnificent architecture, and even thought the main focus of this photograph is these two people, I am able to get a glimpse of the high ceilings, the big windows and the decorated columns. The framing becomes very important, because it allows me to see more than the moment of confession. The use of shallow depth of field reinforces the importance of these two figures but entices my curiosity to see what is behind the columns, the shape of the building, how long is the monastery. With both figures dressed in dark clothes, it creates a very strong contrast with the light stone walls, and the light that comes through the window. The faint lines on the floor coming from the two figures all the way to the benches on the other side, create a path connecting the two sides of the image. These two figures very close to each other, make me wonder if she was whispering, as if they couldn't make any noise. In this very intimate moment, also who was talking at this time, the lady confessing her sins, or the priest giving her his blessing?

Project Five | Part 1 - Self Portraits

Environmental  - F/ 6.3 1/60 sec.  ISO 800

Document - F/ 5.6  1/250 sec.   ISO 3200

Psychological - f/5.6  1/160 sec.  ISO 400

Project Four | Part 2 & Part 3 - Capture Motion

Create motion of still subjects | F/29   5 sec   ISO 400

Freeze motion and blur - Flash with a long exposure, camera on a tripod | F/13  3 sec   ISO 100

Project Four | Part 1 - Capture motion

Freeze action of moving subjects

Blur motion of moving subjects

Pan motion of moving subjects