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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/
Environmental Portrait – Shoot 3
Environmental Portrait – Shoot 2
Environmental Portrait – Shoot 1
Week 4 (26 Sept – 30 Sept) AS PHOTOGRAPHY // portraits
WEEK 4 Environmental Portraits
This week Mr Mckinlay will be encouraging all students to experiment with their development of camera skills and how to curate the blog posts effectively.
To include : ISO / WB / APERTURE / SHUTTER SPEED / HIGH / LOW ANGLE / CANTED ANGLE / HARD FOCUS / SOFT FOCUS / DEPTH OF FIELD /
Mr Cole will be teaching a range of Adobe Photoshop techniques so that all students can select the most successful images from their Environmental Portrait contact sheets, and then edit them effectively.
To include : FILE MANAGEMENT / ADJUSTMENT LAYERS / CROPPING / BLENDING TECHNIQUES
Each Lesson you should make a blog post to summarise the skills you learned and showcase a finalised image using Adobe Photoshop.
You will also be expected to compare and contrast your work with at least one ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT photographer and analyse your final choice of image (using formal analysis)
NEXT WEEK // STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
White Balance – Experiment
The color cast is affected by the temperature of color with different light sources. In my recording of these portrait photographs, I experimented with countering these color casts through a variety of different white balances. By doing this, whites that are rendered by unrealistic color casts are balanced and look better under different light conditions.