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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Assignment #7
Link To my web Albums
RESEARCH: David Hockney.
David hockney is an english photographer who also works as a painter, print maker, stage designer, as well as a draughtsman. His specialty is to create photo collages out of reassembling small polaroid photographs.In fact, Hockney is better known as a painter than as a photographer, oil painting being his main medium. Hockney befriended the famous Andy Warhol, and by observing his work, we can infer that he was inspired by warhol, in his sort of surrealist style. His work, in both photographs and paintings, is generally very coulourful and presents a mix of surreal and realistic.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Assignment #6
ASSIGNMENT 6: MULTIPLE IMAGES AND DIPTYCHS
My two double images as well as my two diptychs can be accessed by clicking the following link.
Link to my Web Albums
IMAGERY DESCRIPTIONS:
1. Jerry Uelsmann.
Jerry Uelsman was a 20th century photographer who specialized in creating multiple images in order to create surreal photographs as a final result. This surrealist technique was innovative and almost "magical" at the time, since it consisted in properly combining negatives in a darkroom. Most of his photographs are sepia-toned or black and white, and are composed of various elements which often have to do with nature. The photographs are typically very contrasty and have a great, bright source of light with many shadows. Many of his works include hands or other seperate body parts such as eyes, and if a full body is shown, it is typically naked. Uelsmann's photographs are absurd and hold elements that are not normally together in everyday life. Below is an example of the work done by Uelsmann, composed of a blended eye, a crow, and a piece of land leading to a house in the distance.
2. Oscar Gustav Rejlander.
A photographer who uses a technique similar to Uelsmann's, and who may have been the creator of this technique is Oscar Gustav Rejlander. Rejlander was a 19th century swedish photographer who experimented with combining negatives in order to create an image out of many different ones. Unlike Uelsmann, however, Rejlander used and combined over 30 negatives per picture. Since he lived before Uelsmann's time, the quality of his photographs was not as good as if he had lived in the 20th century. However, despite the less advanced technology, he managed to create beautiful images, which somewhat ressembled very realistic paintings. Rejlander liked to specialize in portraiture involving many subjects. The tones of his photographs varied from sepia to black and white. His photographs were very powerful and held a lot of emotion, due to both the poses of his subjects as well as the lighting and contrast involved. Like Uelsmann, his photographs were usually quite contrasty. Below is a photograph, most likely his most famous, which was achieved by combining several different negatives. This photograph created controversy because of the nudity in it, which was unusual in photography at the time.
SOURCES:
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/rejlande.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Gustave_Rejlander
http://www.uelsmann.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Uelsmann
http://pdngallery.com/legends/uelsmann/
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/jerryuelsmann/jerryuelsmann.shtml
My two double images as well as my two diptychs can be accessed by clicking the following link.
Link to my Web Albums
IMAGERY DESCRIPTIONS:
1. Jerry Uelsmann.
Jerry Uelsman was a 20th century photographer who specialized in creating multiple images in order to create surreal photographs as a final result. This surrealist technique was innovative and almost "magical" at the time, since it consisted in properly combining negatives in a darkroom. Most of his photographs are sepia-toned or black and white, and are composed of various elements which often have to do with nature. The photographs are typically very contrasty and have a great, bright source of light with many shadows. Many of his works include hands or other seperate body parts such as eyes, and if a full body is shown, it is typically naked. Uelsmann's photographs are absurd and hold elements that are not normally together in everyday life. Below is an example of the work done by Uelsmann, composed of a blended eye, a crow, and a piece of land leading to a house in the distance.
2. Oscar Gustav Rejlander.
A photographer who uses a technique similar to Uelsmann's, and who may have been the creator of this technique is Oscar Gustav Rejlander. Rejlander was a 19th century swedish photographer who experimented with combining negatives in order to create an image out of many different ones. Unlike Uelsmann, however, Rejlander used and combined over 30 negatives per picture. Since he lived before Uelsmann's time, the quality of his photographs was not as good as if he had lived in the 20th century. However, despite the less advanced technology, he managed to create beautiful images, which somewhat ressembled very realistic paintings. Rejlander liked to specialize in portraiture involving many subjects. The tones of his photographs varied from sepia to black and white. His photographs were very powerful and held a lot of emotion, due to both the poses of his subjects as well as the lighting and contrast involved. Like Uelsmann, his photographs were usually quite contrasty. Below is a photograph, most likely his most famous, which was achieved by combining several different negatives. This photograph created controversy because of the nudity in it, which was unusual in photography at the time.
SOURCES:
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/rejlande.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Gustave_Rejlander
http://www.uelsmann.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Uelsmann
http://pdngallery.com/legends/uelsmann/
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/jerryuelsmann/jerryuelsmann.shtml
Monday, March 23, 2009
Assignment #5
For the 5th assignment, I have taken 10 studio portraits and 10 portraits using available light and uploaded them on my picasa web albums.
Link to my Web Albums
Link to my Web Albums
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Assignment #4
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The first blurred motion picture was taken as I was going up an elevator. I kept a slow shutter speed, mounted the camera on a small tripod and focused on the stairs themselves. Result: The stairs are sharp while everything else is blurry.
For the second blurred motion picture, I simply put a slow shutter speed, took the picture, then zoomed in really quickly before the exposure was over.
I used a similar zooming technique for the third one, except in this case, the subject was a building in Montreal and I zoomed in more slowly.
The fourth blurred motion picture is panning. I simply used a slow shutter speed and followed the motion and speed of the van.
The final blurred motion picture is of my sister's dress, spinning in circles as I took a picture with a long exposure.
The first stop motion picture is of my sister jumping. I of course, used a fast shutter speed to obtain this picture, as for all stop motion pictures. In the second one, I used a short exposure in order to capture the sheet that was thrown in the air. The third captured a hat that was thrown into the air and photographed with a fast shutter speed. The fourth was a simple jump and the final one was papers being thrown into the air by the subject.
The first blurred motion picture was taken as I was going up an elevator. I kept a slow shutter speed, mounted the camera on a small tripod and focused on the stairs themselves. Result: The stairs are sharp while everything else is blurry.
For the second blurred motion picture, I simply put a slow shutter speed, took the picture, then zoomed in really quickly before the exposure was over.
I used a similar zooming technique for the third one, except in this case, the subject was a building in Montreal and I zoomed in more slowly.
The fourth blurred motion picture is panning. I simply used a slow shutter speed and followed the motion and speed of the van.
The final blurred motion picture is of my sister's dress, spinning in circles as I took a picture with a long exposure.
The first stop motion picture is of my sister jumping. I of course, used a fast shutter speed to obtain this picture, as for all stop motion pictures. In the second one, I used a short exposure in order to capture the sheet that was thrown in the air. The third captured a hat that was thrown into the air and photographed with a fast shutter speed. The fourth was a simple jump and the final one was papers being thrown into the air by the subject.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Assignment #3
Original:
Black & White:
Sepia:
Soft Focus:
Highlight & Shadow:
Saturation:
Graduated Tint:
In my opinion, the original photograph is probably the strongest image out of the seven. Extreme editing is not always necessary and in this case, the least possible editing is probably best. However, out of the photographs edited in Picasa, I tend to prefer the very saturated one, because naturally the picture is not very saturated and adding saturation makes the leaf stand out. I also like the one where I added highlights and shadows because although the photograph is already quite contrasty, a little more contrast makes it interesting. On the other hand, there are some weaker images, such as the graduated tint, which in my opinion looks unreal and too edited for my preference. I also am not a big fan of the soft focus one. The photograph already had a great deal of blur, and adding some makes the image weaker and less interesting.
Black & White:
Sepia:
Soft Focus:
Highlight & Shadow:
Saturation:
Graduated Tint:
In my opinion, the original photograph is probably the strongest image out of the seven. Extreme editing is not always necessary and in this case, the least possible editing is probably best. However, out of the photographs edited in Picasa, I tend to prefer the very saturated one, because naturally the picture is not very saturated and adding saturation makes the leaf stand out. I also like the one where I added highlights and shadows because although the photograph is already quite contrasty, a little more contrast makes it interesting. On the other hand, there are some weaker images, such as the graduated tint, which in my opinion looks unreal and too edited for my preference. I also am not a big fan of the soft focus one. The photograph already had a great deal of blur, and adding some makes the image weaker and less interesting.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Assignment #2
R E S E A R C H :
WALKER EVANS
WALKER EVANS
Walker Evans was a 20th century photographer from Missouri who’s main subject of photography was the world surrounding him. Evans mainly photographed every day life in his surroundings, whether in the city or in the countryside. The technical aspects he kept in consideration were mainly framing, lighting and leading lines, leading to very well-composed photographs. His photographs were very realistic, his most famous work representing the devastating effects of the Great Depression. His photographs were all taken in black and white, and were a mixture of vertical and horizontal. They were mainly composed of people, buildings or monuments. By observing their photographs, we can assume that his ideas behind them were very photojournalistic and that his goal was to depict reality and current events to the population. Evans said that his goal in photography was to make his photographs "literate, authoritative, transcendent". Walker Evans once said:
"Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt."
His goal was not to distort the world around him, but rather to present things as they are, in a realistic manner, while transmitting feeling and emotion to the viewer.
Sites Used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1634
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a 20th century French photographer who is sometimes referred to as the father of modern photojournalism. He considered many compositional and technical aspects such as leading lines, framing and lighting. His photographs were all in black and white, and varied from horizontal to vertical framing. Like Evans, Cartier-Bresson photographed everyday life in the city, but he, unlike Evans, mainly focused on movement and action and also composed his photographs in a very careful manner. Henri Cartier-Bresson is the one who first presented the decisive moment, and carefully waited for his subjects to appear, for the perfect time to take the photograph. The ideas behind his pictures seem to have as a goal to present common things of everyday life and make them interesting. Cartier-Bresson once said:
"The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression... . In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotif."
Henri Cartier-Bresson believed that any little everyday thing could create a great photograph. He believed that photographers don’t need to search very far to find a good subject, because the smallest thing can be transformed with a camera.
Sites Used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson
http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/bresson.htm
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