Week 3 protfolio reaserch

Jimmy Nelson

My favorite photographer by far!
Nelson is a British born photographer known for his portraits of tribal and indigenous people. Nelson spent his childhood in Africa, Asia and south america which i think influenced his "before they pass" project which is his most famous projects to date where he photographed 35 indigenous tribes around the world. He Also said he was inspired by Edward Curtis who did amazing photographs of native americans.

What genre are they working in? Nelson is working in the Photojournalism and portraiture genre.

Where would you normally see their work? Nelson has featured in over 1000 magazines with articles relating to his Before they pass project, nelson also has gallery exhibitions one of which is opening soon.

What subject matter do they normally shoot? Nelsons subject matter is predominantly people 

How does their work relate to your project? In these images ive chosen Nelsons work has his subjects in their natural surroundings using natural light. All the subjects have an almost serious glance about them which attracted me to the photos as that is a similar glance to how i want my subjects. Also i think the way he portrayed each culture , bringing out the beauty about each indigenous people he shot in their natural surroundings is similar to what im trying to accomplish with the mums. Accepting and realizing beauty within imperfections, within mundane but critical life as a mum or in indigenous life and  whats seen as socially frowned upon in this media run world. (i think this makes sense)

What ideas and techniques will you take into your own work after seeing these images? At first i was gonna keep all my shots indoor but i think it would be a mistake not to take some outside , probably not in  the forest at a waterfall though. I will experiment with angles and also while editing i like the effect of these images, contrasty and intense i will take that into post and editing.

Week 2 Portfolio research

Leticia Valverdas

"With my photographs I hope to touch notions of identity, belonging, memory and dreams; hope to delve into what it is to be an individual of our times, in the UK, Brazil or elsewhere"

What genre are they working in?The genre Valverdas is working in for this project is  Portraiture and Nudity but she generally works in the life category such as documentary photography, social documentary and street photography.

Where would you normally see their work? Her work is mostly seen in books and magazines such as HotsShoe magazine and Evening Magazine which she has featured in a number of times,

What subject matter do they normally shoot? Her main subject matter is people, from the work and projects i have researched, the subject matter are people.

How does their work relate to your project? In this project her work relates to my project directly because it is about embracing all the beauties and imperfections of motherhood, from becoming pregnant , lactating, feeding , birth and all the wonders afterward, Like her i am trying to portray the amazing way i see mothers and how to love ones self.

What ideas and techniques will you take into your own work after seeing these images? The idea of all the images are natural and almost candid appeal to me , but i do want to stage some images to almost glamour motherhood. I also like the idea of mostly natiral lighting and no studio work, mainly using ambient light.

Birthmaks

Term 2 Week 1 digital technology 2 genre exercise

Spend the next 15 minutes discussing this article with your group.  Answer the following questions.  Record your responses so you can post them onto your blog this week.

Which genres require more photo retouching? Creative Genre

Why do you think this is? Because it is creative aesthetic, what looks good goes. Kinda commercial   

Can you think of any photographers who fit into an editorial genre?  Which editorial genre do they fit into?  What approach do they take to their style of photography?  (B&W/colour/formal/raw/etc)

William Klien- Photojournalism

 in black and white (life contributor)

Ansel Adams- Landscapes / architecture / nature  black and white

Can you think of any photographers who fit into a creative genre?  Which creative genre do they fit into?  What approach do they take to their style of photography?  (B&W/colour/formal/raw/etc)

Vanessa Wu- Still life photography , plain backs coloured mid and foreground, commercial

Fiona Parddington still life , fine arts black and white minimal colour.

Can you think of a photographer who fits into the Creative Fine Art genre?  Could this photographer fit into any of the Editorial genres as well?

David Lachepelle - Creative fine arts , colour , editorial genre , models/props/glam/staged

Which genre does your photography practice fit in with?

my photography fits into the Creative fine arts Genre as well as social documentation sub genre of Editorial

Week 7 high key

In this image we used 1 key light on the right and had Nat stand directly in front of the light . The use of 1 key light created a vinegtte 

1/125 f/8.0 ISO100

In these 2 images we used 2 high key lights one on each side , the light bounced around the whites in the room so there are barely any shadows in the frame , besides the rimming . 

1/200 F/8.0 ISO100

1/200 F/8.0 ISO100

                                                                    1/125 f/8.0 ISO100

Week 7 low key lighting

Low-key lighting is a style of lightingfor photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination. Low-key lighting often uses only one key light, optionally controlled with a fill light or a simple reflector.

1/125 f/8 ISO100 

This was shot in the studio , we used 1 key light on the right and when shot because only one light was used it created a large shadow on the left side of her face and body . Becaise the lighting was low key the background of the image darkened tho originally white 

 We changed tactics in this image getting Nat to sit under the lighting changing my vantage point and also her gaze , we also used the honey comb in this image ,  the shadow is softer than the first image and the light is subtle .  It has still created a beautiful shadow on her face and behind her . 

This image has a bit of the 2 first images in it , the dramatic harsh lighting and shadows of the first Image but the gaze and innocence of the second image , we had Nat directly facing the key light and composed her in the center of the frame ,

Texture and positive negative space research

Photograph five or more different textures.  Fill the frame with these textures. 

1/60 f/3.5 ISO2000

I used my cameras built in flash for this image because the room was quite dark. this is a close up of fire wood in my uncles house , you can see the texture of the branches its self aswell as the texture as a whole.

1/60 f/4.0 ISO100

in this image The texture is the bark as well as miscellaneous things in the ground 

1/60 f/9.0 ISO100

this image has texture in the wall as well as line and pattern 

1/60 f/3.5 ISO400

Texture of all the books 

 1/60 f/22.0 ISO125

The texture of the yellow circles which also displays line and pattern .

Take three wider shots with a clearly defined subject incorporating texture.

1/800 f/f.6 ISO100 

i took this image at mission bay of the paddle boarder and realised the water has texture in it, and the complementary blues in the image aswell and the textured water is also negative space.

1/640 F/16.0 ISO100

I took this image of my friend at black sand beach sitting in a little creek , the texture is the water running through, i also put her in the middle of rule of thirds and had the horizon in the middle. 

If it is not sunny do this exercise during self directed time

Using evaluative metering mode take a low angle portrait with the sun behind your subject. 

1/60 F/3.5 ISO2000

 this wide shot photo of the fire wood again 

Take some low angle photographs using the sky as negative space to frame your subject. 

Take a 3 different portraits of two or more people.  Think about where to place your subjects in the frame and pay attention to the negative space around these two (or more) figures.

Create a still life of 2-4 objects.  Think about their placement in relation to each other and also in relation the negative space around them.  Think about your vantage point when taking this photo.  Now add another object being aware of placement in relation to negative space.  Photograph this scene again.

Self directed work:

Take some images incorporating texture and experimenting with positive/negative space.  These can be the same as the exercises above, or you may choose to create your own ideas for images