Motion 2

After working with low shutter speeds, we took pictures using high shutter speeds to freeze motion. I took pictures of objects in mid-air and of people jumping to create the effect of levitation. It was quite difficult to photograph the model jumping and finding the exact time to press the shutter before the model finished the jump. Also, modeling for another person was stressful since the feet needed to be flat while jumping, to look natural.

Motion

We had the chance to experiment with motion in our pictures. Last semester, we focused on getting sharp and crisp images, but this time, we did the opposite. To capture motion, we slowed down our shutter speeds to about 1/8s. Although we wanted some blur in our pictures by shaking, zooming, and rotating the camera, we hoped to create some interesting shapes and dynamic in the images.

Silhouettes

We have started the new year with this assignment of taking pictures against the light to create silhouettes of our subjects. It was quite difficult finding the right spot in taking the pictures so that the light would be behind the subjects and also not blind ourselves from the sunlight. By changing the exposure level on our cameras and editing the shadows on "PicMonkey", we could create the silhouette affect.

Eugene Atget: Final Edit

 

Eugene Atget 3

In the third batch of my Eugene Atget-styled pictures, I visited Chinatown and Alta Plaza Park to capture "Remnants of Humanity." The subjects in this batch are a mixture of architecture and nature. I continued to photograph in black and white, shoot images with depth, and create nostalgia. After editing many photographs to get the appropriate texture and temperature to reflect nostalgia and dreaminess, I am mainly focusing on changing the shadows and slightly altering the temperature for my images.

 

Eugene Atget Batch 2

In my second batch of Eugene Atget-styled pictures, I have continued to photograph in black and white and shoot off-centered and nostalgic images. I also maintained his style of shooting darker areas leading into lighter areas. Contrasting with my first batch of pictures, I decided to photograph other subjects besides buildings and other types of architecture and focus on nature in San Francisco. Atget also visited many parks in Paris to shoot the natural environment for his Documents pour Artistes. In addition, I have continued to edit the pictures by changing the temperature and exposure of the image to give off the antique feeling.

Eugene Atget Batch 1

In the third part of the research project, we have finally gotten to follow the recipe we have created from our artist's style. My artist, Eugene Atget, photographed black and white, off-centered, and nostalgic images. He also created depth in many of his photos through leading lines and repetition, with darker areas leading into brighter areas. I photographed different antiquated subjects in San Francisco and hoped to capture the traces of humanity without necessarily photographing people. Showing nostalgia and dreaminess in my images was quite difficult because of the high-tech cameras we have today that capture great detail and produce graininess as opposed to fuzziness or smoothness.