Juliana Moseley Blog #2

Editorial Photography: Sam Abell

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photography? 
I feel the place was conveyed in a peaceful calm soft way. It made me feel peaceful. the texture and the way the picture leads the eye. It leaves you somewhat mesmerized.


 What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place? 
The colors are soft and warm. the shadowing really gives it a deep value. I loved how it looked somewhat abstract, it makes me want to see more. the light was coming from the left right hand corner. make the cast shadow create layers.

Is human presence evident in the photograph? No. How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? 
if people where to be on this then it would make it not flow as much. The landscape is so peaceful and soft itself, I don't think it needs humans in it. Its a strong piece itself

 Fine Art Photographer: Sally Mann






How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photography? 
The tree is right in the middle giving it a more powerful meaning. The depth of field gave this picture a dramatic feel. It leaves no wondering for the eye. The branches and leaves frame the picture nicely. 


 What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place? She used black and white which was a good choice because it gave it a more creepy feel. this picture has many layers. The lighting is very dark which works well for the photograph.


 Is human presence evident in the photograph? No. How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? 
 its kind of a haunting image. Having no human makes it look alone but strong. It makes it feel eerie and has an emotion behind it 

 Classic Landscape: Frans Lanting


How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photography? 
Its kind of a dreamy scene. Almost fantasy looking. 




What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place?
 the colors are out of this world which made it look unreal.





Is human presence evident in the photograph? No. How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? 
As you can see I think that people being in these scenes would ruin this image. I like how strong this image is without a person.


 

exersize 3 iconic image girl with green eyes justina cartwright

The girl with green eyes is a iconic photo for middle eastern people nation geographic new her as the “Afghan girl, Her real name took 17 years to find out it is Alam Bibi
The photgrapher (Steve McCurry) was at a refuge camp in pakastain and he was taken peoples photos and he came to her and asked, he took it. He had no idea what a emotional photo he took till he got back.

after the fallow up on of the kids translated what the grandfather said the photo was.
“Grandpa says her picture had been an inspiration to many Afghani’s that came to America and he was touched that you (me) knew about this girl.”
FAllow up Photo 20 years later

Exercie #2: Sense of Place (Compare/Contrast) by Emily Heath

Justine Kurland

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=justine+kurland&num=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1226&bih=1233&tbs=isz:lt,islt:svga&tbm=isch&imgrefurl=http://nymag.com/fashion/features/45297/&tbnid=c7r-to-mH40cJM&docid=HNNHBpaqAnDODM&ved=0CEwQhRYoAg&ei=PoEiUKO3GOPw6AGa5YHgCg&dur=1470

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph?
It has a whimsical forest feel. There are people in the foreground, middle ground, and background which adds depth to the rather short depth of field space.
What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place?
It looks as though it was shot on an overcast day, or early in the morning. the colors are very neutral and natural. The position of each model looks like is was purposefully done.
Is human presence evident in the photograph? How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? 
Human presence is evident, it adds life and interest to what would have been a rather dull scene.

Art Wolfe

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=art+wolfe&start=111&num=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1226&bih=1233&addh=36&tbs=isz:lt,islt:svga&tbm=isch&tbnid=azS3CthdRCNBQM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ormsconnect.co.za/2012/03/art-wolfe-workshops-in-south-africa/&docid=Px5-quOYYb7CkM&imgurl=http://www.ormsconnect.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Art-Wolfe-06.jpg&w=1200&h=795&ei=SYAiUNbzJ46K6QGErYCoDw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=258&sig=110026544864605622573&page=4&tbnh=152&tbnw=203&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:34,s:111,i:248&tx=138&ty=102

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph?
A very large depth of field in conveyed, somewhere in the arctic. 
What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place?
A strong line in the composition of the penguins guides your eye through the photo. The quality of light is very unique, it looks as though it is midday on the bottom half but on the top it is very dark, I think that makes this photo more impacting.  The colors are hues of blues and black and white. A sense of a very arctic place.Is human presence evident in the photograph? How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? 
There is no evidence of human presence in this photograph making the image feel like a really natural scene of the habitat of penguins.

Steve McCurry

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Steve+McCurry&start=219&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1226&bih=1233&addh=36&tbs=isz:lt,islt:svga&tbm=isch&tbnid=q3ckdeEvdyEYDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.emptykingdom.com/main/featured/steve-mccurry/&docid=n4Am3KssuuGpkM&imgurl=http://www.emptykingdom.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Picture-66.png&w=1030&h=686&ei=nX8iUPrFCYOj6wHRvIDYCw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=311&sig=110026544864605622573&page=6&tbnh=157&tbnw=209&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:219,i:152&tx=130&ty=107

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph?
The sense of place conveyed in this picture is the home of where these kids live. What a day in the life is like for them.

What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place?
The color is a huge part of the composition for this image. The quality of light looks like it was an overcast day because the light looks diffuse. The placement of each child also gives depth to the image, having them in the foreground, middle ground and background. 

Is human presence evident in the photograph? How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? 

Yes human presence is evident, it gives a sense of their home. These kids live here or near here, it is very truthful.

Blog post #2

Editorial Photographer: Melissa Farlow / National Geographic Stock

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph? In this photo I believe that Melissa Farlow captured a very unique aspect in nature because of the graffiti on the tree and the warm lighting hitting the trunk on the tree and the cool shadows in the middle with a flicker of the deep green background.

What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place? The colors in this photo are both warm and cool and so is the lighting. I loved the mix of both because it reminds me of a warm summer day but maybe later in the evening. The composition Is Asymmetrical with the location of the tree and the dark shadows located more on one side than the other.

Is human presence evident in the photograph? No. How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? The absence of a person in this picture gives it a feeling of solitude and quietness. Not because it is empty but because it feels like I’m there by myself. The photographer made me feel like I was standing and looking at what she was looking at in this photo.

Fine Art Photographer: Sally Mann http://www.ananasamiami.com/2010/04/photography-by-sally-mann.html

Before answering the questions for this photographer I would like to express that Sally Mann is by far my favorite photographer so I couldn’t just pick one of her photos

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph? All I can think of is that it is out of this world. I love how her photos change the subject matter. It looks like a real place but at the same time it looks like something out of a bad dream. It’s haunting.

What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place? This photo is black and white this choice made the mixed with the lighting that is maybe overcast of natural light was a very good combination because it gives this photo a special character that may not have looked the same in a color photo with different lighting. The composition leads to one side but doesn’t make the photo appear off balance. I believe that it may be somewhat framed as well due to the top corner edges being black.

Is human presence evident in the photograph? No. How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? This photo has no people but at the same time it feels like there are people around maybe under the fog.

Classic Landscape photographer: Michael Lavine http://www.michaellavine.com/blog/?s=&x=7&y=12

How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph? It reminds me of the past. A different time but on another note it still seems modern.

What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place? The colors are even and flat but the subject matter won’t let you stop looking. It is very eye catching in a subtle way. The composition is very symmetrical and makes you focus on the subject matter of the girl because it is the only thing in the frame. The lighting is very even and flat just like the colors.

Is human presence evident in the photograph? Yes. How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place? Without the person in the picture there wouldn’t be anything in the picture. Most of this photographers photos have people as a focusing point and the background as secondary subject matter.

Shooting Project #4: Street Photography

PHD101

Introduction to Photography & Design

Shooting Project#4: Street Photography

Due Week 6, after Lab period

Part I:  Street Portraits

Breaking the Ice:  Photojournalists must engage, on a daily basis, with people they’ve never met before and feel comfortable photographing them and asking them questions.  Although many of their subjects are doing “newsworthy” things and may be accustomed to media attention, others are average citizens. 

 

Assignment Objectives:  This assignment has multiple objectives:  

·       Create portraits that convey a subject’s personality

·       Think more about visual communication and how to reveal something about your subject using photographic language (light, composition, symbolic elements in the frame).

·       Interact with subjects and collect basic caption information – who, what, when, where, why (5 Ws)

·       Confront the fear of photographing strangers and dealing with possible rejection!

For Part I of this assignment, find and approach at least 10 people you’ve never met before, explain who you are and what you’re doing, and ask to photograph them.  Make multiple portraits of each of your subjects, using the environment, quality of light, and your perspective on the subject to convey something about them.

You may want to choose a unifying theme for your portraits such as city workers or dog owners.  This isn’t necessary, but could give you an interesting essay and a good opening line to approach your subjects (“I’m doing a project on dog owners…”).

Collect caption information covering the 5 Ws by posing some basic questions to your subject.  You may choose to ask them about a current event or something specific to the environment in which you find them. 

Tips: 

·       Wear your student ID

·       approach with a partner

·       explain your intentions

·       look for receptive and friendly subjects

·       look for subjects working in public or interacting with the public

·       find one business or location and stay there

·       offer to email a portrait to your subject,

·       compliment your subject, make eye contact and smile

·       take some time to converse with and engage your subject before taking out your camera

Part II: Street Scenes

Instead of approaching subjects as you did in Part I, become a silent observer and look for interesting moments of honest emotion and interaction (components of all strong photojournalistic images).  Shoot at least 50 photos of street scenes with human interest.  Watch more clips from “Everybody Street” to inspire you, or check out the work on http://www.street-photographers.com/. 

Some street photographers are confrontational, some are quiet, some find a spot and wait for the moment to come to them, and others go hunting around a location, never staying still.  Shoot in the style that feels most comfortable and genuine to you.

Tips: 

·       Don’t try to be too sneaky – if someone catches you looking, smile, make eye contact, and look non-threatening

·       Don’t be timid

·       Carry your camera as much as possible over the course of the week

·       Carry your camera at your side and raise it up only when you’re ready to shoot

·       Scout locations where there are a lot of people interacting

·       Get your camera set for the light before your start shooting

·       Don’t go too far beyond your comfort zone and stay observant of your surroundings (bring a friend or partner if it makes you feel more at ease)

·       When photographing kids, ask first if their parents are around

·       Go to an event, festival, or tourist attraction where lots of people are out with their cameras

Due Week 6:  This time, you’ll submit a contact sheet of 75-100 photos (Part I & II combined).  You’ll choose your 5 best street portraits and 5 best street scenes to resize, rename, add metadata to, and submit for critique.  For the street portraits, you’ll also be required to add the 5 Ws to your caption field in your metadata.

Grading

All shooting projects are worth 30 points and are graded according to the following criteria:

·       Image management (following assignment specifications outlined during lab period)

·       Creativity of approach to concept (effort and thought demonstrated)

·       Visual impact (use of photographic seeing, basic mastery of technique)

Exercise #3: Iconic Photos (Photojournalism)

Begin in class Week 5, complete for homework and present Week 6

An iconic photograph is a photograph that becomes well-known and recognized in popular culture, so much so that it comes to stand in for the event that it captures.  For instance, Joe Rosenthal's Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima came to stand in for American victory in WWII:

The image became, among other things, a way to sell war bonds, a postage stamp, and a bronze memorial in Washington, DC.  It also inspired this photo by Thomas Franklin of firemen at Ground Zero, which also became an iconic image of 9/11:

 Choose one of the iconic photographs below to research (or find your own):

– Kevin Carter - Vulture Stalking a Child
-- Richard Drew – The Falling Man
-- Huynh Cong Ut – Napalm Strike
-- Dorothea Lange - Migrant Mother
--John Filo - Kent State Massacre 
-- Mike Wells - Famine in Karamoja
-- Lewis Hine - Breaker Boys
-- Photographer Unknown - 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
-- Edmund Hillary - Tenzing on Summit
-- Françoise Demulder - Palestinian Woman Pleads with Soldier
-- Alfred Eisenstaedt - V-J Day
-- Eddie Adams - Execution of a Viet Cong Guerrilla
-- Malcolm Browne - Burning Monk
-- Stuart Franklin -- Tank Man of Tiananmen Square
-- Photographer Unknown -- Hooded Man in Abu Ghraib

After conducting some research, post the photo, along with the photographer's name (if known), and answer the following questions:

What year was it taken?

What event was it depicting?

How did people react to its publication?

How does the photographer feel about capturing the image/ sharing it with the public?

Why do you think this image has become iconic?

List the URLs of your sources at the end of your post.

Shooting Project #3: Light & Landscape

PHD101

Introduction to Photography & Design

Shooting Project#3: Light & Landscape

Due Week 4, after Lab period

Light is your primary tool as a photographer to establish a mood. Focusing on quality of light, shoot at least 50 photographs in which you are observing the way in which light enhances and interacts with a landscape or variety of landscapes of your choice. 

Consider our discussion of the genre of landscape in class, and how landscapes can go deeper than beauty shots of nature.  Seek to use light to evoke a mood or communicate a concept about the landscapes (wild, industrial, man-altered, or abstract) that you’re photographing.

Make an effort to capture a variety of different landscapes and lighting scenarios.  Pay attention to the following factors that affect quality of light:

Directionality:  Where the light is coming from and how resulting shadows fall.  This will change depending upon the time of day and position of the subject in relation to the light.  Directions of light may include:  backlighting, side-lighting, high side-lighting, low side-lighting, front lighting.

Specularity:  Is the light coming from a single, direct source (specular), causing harsh shadows? Or is it diffused by a window, clouds or other material so that it appears soft, coming from multiple directions at once?  Observe particularly how specularity affects contrast, or the difference between highlights and shadows, in the image.

Color:  Light at twilight appears more cool and blue in tone.  Late afternoon sunlight can look golden.  Midday may look white and bright.  Not only does the color cast of light vary depending on the time of day, but by the type of source.  You may look at artificial light and the color cast it creates, while still doing your best to use effective white balance.

Weather Conditions:  Keep your camera with you at all times, so that you’re not stuck with one cloudy Portland scene.  Light peaks through the clouds.  Fall mornings can be foggy.  Sun emerges just after the rain.  All of these conditions yield unique qualities of light.

Submission standards

You’ll have the first 30 minutes of class to go through the Lightroom import/export workflow.  Choose your 5 strongest images that convey a variety of approaches to light & landscape.  Process & organize them through LR, and remember the following parameters:

·       Add contact info, copyright, and keywords to the IPTC metadata of all images

·       Resize to 150 ppi, 10” for the longest dimension

·       Rename as LastName_ProjectName_sequence#

·       File Format = jpeg

·       Color Space = Adobe RGB

·       Output Sharpening = Screen

Grading

All shooting projects are worth 30 points and are graded according to the following criteria:

·       Image management (following assignment specifications outlined during lab period)

·       Creativity of approach to concept (effort and thought demonstrated)

·       Visual impact (use of photographic seeing, basic mastery of technique)