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An Uncertain Walk
In today’s lesson, we looked into something called ‘an uncertain walk’. We listed some groups and some people that we may come across on our photoshoot tomorrow in the market in town. We also thought of whereabouts we are going to take our photographs and at what angles or what techniques we are going to use to capture our images. Finally, we named our inspirations and what photographers are going to influence how and why we take pictures. The page I’ve displayed above is essentially a plan of action to help us get the best out of the afternoon.
An Uncertain Walk
Types of People:
- Street Cleaners/ sweepers
- Parking offices
- Formal workers
- Builders – scaffolding/Road works/construction
- Dwellers/Homeless People
- Old People/Pensioners/unemployed
- Coffee Shops/cafes
Locations:
- Town Market
- Car Park
- Glass
- Zebra Crossing
- Tunnel
- High Street
- Outside Offices
- Park
Techniques
- Worms eye view
- Birds Eye
- Face On
- Varying Shutter Speeds
- Reflections
Week 6 // Street Photography
This week all students will be encouraged and expected to tackle and complete the following tasks…
- A review of the school’s “responsible photographers policy”
- An analysis of your current assessment material and introduction to the marking criteria and comparisons to exemplar material
- Look at GRADE A AS PHOTOGRAPHY 2016 blogs…CRISTIANNA KNIGHT, LAYLA ARTHUR, NINA POWELL
- An introduction to the concept of serendipity and chance encounters in photography (see next BLOG POST)
- A visit to St Helier (Street Photography Photo-Shoot)
- An deeper understanding of aperture and depth of field (see CAMERA SKILLS)
- Completion of Street Photography Homework ( photoshoot)
- Extended Learning // slow synch flash techniques
Week 5 // Street Photography
Street photography is photography conducted for art or enquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places. Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. The concept of the “flaneur” or people watcher is often referred to…as is the candid portrait.
“The decisive moment”—–Henri Cartier-Bresson
Born: August 22, 1908, Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
Died: August 3, 2004,)
…was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and conceived of photography as capturing a decisive moment.
Task / blog post 1 [ Introduction to Street Photography]
- Design an introductory post to define and explain what street photography is / can be
- Choose 2 x street photographers from the list below and write a short biography about them and their work
- Select a key image from both photographers and analyse using a combination of the 3 types of analysis you have learned
Task / blog post 2 [How we use shutter speed and angles in street photography]
- Explore the use of shutter speed to capture a range of street photographs / candid portraits (your images)
- Explore the use of various angles and viewpoints (POV) to capture a range of your own street photographs in various locations
- Include your contact sheet and describe and explain your process / analyse
Task / blog post 3 [Selection of successful images from Week 5]
- Choose a small range of images (3-5) to edit and present
- Analyse and discuss your choices…why, how, what , who etc
- Compare and contrast your work to your 2 x Street Photographers
EXTENSION TASK…LOOK AT EXAMPLES OF juxtaposition IN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AND CREATE A POST DESCRIBING AND EXPLAINING HOW WE CAN EXPLOIT THIS TECHNIQUE
Homework Assignment STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
- AIM TO TAKE 100-150 PHOTOGRAPHS
- SHOW THE INFLUENCE OF AT LEAST 1 STREET PHOTOGRAPHER IN YOUR IMAGES
- EXPLORE 3 DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN / VILLAGE / HOUSING AREA ETC
- SHOW HOW YOU CAN USE SHUTTER SPEED TO CREATE different effects WITHIN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
- DEADLINE MONDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2016
INSPIRATIONAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS
Trent Parke, Bruce Gilden, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Raghubir Singh, William Klein, Elliott Erwitt, Garry Winogrand, William Egglestone, Lee Friedlander, Martin Parr, Joel Meyerowitz, Paul Strand, Bill Brandt…but there are many more to discover and explore
Tony Ray-Jones listed the following shooting advice to himself in his personal journal:
- Be more aggressive
- Get more involved (talk to people)
- Stay with the subject matter (be patient)
- Take simpler pictures
- See if everything in background relates to subject matter
- Vary compositions and angles more
- Be more aware of composition
- Don’t take boring pictures
- Get in closer (use 50mm lens or smaller)
- Watch camera shake (shoot 250 sec or above)
- Don’t shoot too much
- Not all eye level
- No middle distance
Tony Ray-Jones
Some more tips to help with your Street Photography…
http://petapixel.com/2015/12/22/10-tips-for-successful-street-photography/