This week all students will be encouraged and expected to tackle and complete the following tasks…
Tidy up your File Management (blog ready / print ready images)
Final edits of strongest Environmental Portraits and Street Photography (3-5 images per photoshoot)
Select 1 x A3 and 1 x A4 FINAL IMAGES
THESE MUST BE HIGH QUALITY, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES SAVED IN A PRINTING FOLDER IN M:DRIVE
An analysis of your current assessment material and introduction to the marking criteria and comparisons to exemplar material
Completion of Street Photography Homework ( photoshoot) so you can edit and present these too…
Analyse and evaluate what you have achieved so far…
Check that you have completed EACH INDIVIDIAUL BLOG POST
HALF TERM HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT // Halloween inspired photoshoot
COMPLETE A PERSONAL PHOTO-SHOOT (50-100 PHOTOS) BASED ON THE WORK OF RANKIN… or you can choose another studio photographer whose style you wish to emulate and develop
TAKE NOTE OF HIS USE OF LIGHTING AND USE OF PROPS, BODY LANGUAGE, CLOTHING AND CHOICE OF MODELS….
[LOOK CLOSELY AT HIS DESTROY / DE-CONSTRUCT PROJECTS before starting to inspire ways in which you can adapt and edit your images next term…Rankin makes a point of encouraging the celebrities he photographs to adapt their portraits in a way that reflects their character / profession]
Thom Yorke, Radiohead
Joe Strummer, The Clash
Goldie, Graffiti Artist, drum and bass musician and producer
Untitled 1975-80 Francesca Woodman 1958-1981 ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/AR00357
Space?, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978 1975-8 Francesca Woodman 1958-1981 ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/AR00350
Untitled 1975-80 Francesca Woodman 1958-1981 ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/AR00358
In the lesson today, we experimented with different shutter speeds, how to use them and two they alter your images.
Shutter speed is the time for which a shutter is open at a given setting on a camera.
If you’re using a slow shutter speed (anything slower than 1/60) you will need to either use a tripod.
Shutter speed is measured in seconds – or in most cases fractions of seconds. The bigger the number the faster the speed (i.e. 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30).
When considering what shutter speed to use in an image you should always ask yourself whether anything in your scene is moving.
In today’s lesson we experimented with different shutter speeds with a deliberately moving object. I used Matt, my model to help me experiment with different shutter speeds. I told him to walk across a corridor several times to enable me to capture lots and lots of different frames of movement. I attempted to cause blur by using slow shutter speeds – this made the shutter close in the chosen time – I experimented with 2 seconds and in my opinion, this worked really well! I believe the last 8 or so worked out the best.
I tried to pair shutter speed and ISO together so they complemented each other and balanced each other out. However, in some images, the quality was quite grainy. This is why the I chose the last 5 or so as my favourites because they are the most clear.
Also, to enhance the quality of my photographs, I used a tripod to stabilize the camera when taking the pictures and this was the first time I had used a tripod. If I was to try out shutter speed again, I would definitely use a tripod again as this really aided the outcome.
My Edited Favourite Image – Black and White / Brightness and Contrast / Levels
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.
…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.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
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 OFjuxtaposition 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
Robert Frank (USA) Trolley Car, New Orleans, 1955 (From “The Americans”…a photo essayRaghubir Singh, From a Way Into India, 1995Trent Parke
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…
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)
Here I have created a contact sheet. A contact sheet is a piece of photographic paper where the photos you have taken are displayed and dated. These photos allow you to see each photo clearly, this allows you to select the best ones easily. I also have taken the same photo but put a different white balance setting on them each time.
This is the Kelvin scale. The Kelvin scale is a scale that measures temperature. This is used a lot in white balance. When light is exposed to harsh white light it is seen as blue where as if it exposed to indoor light that is as harsh it is seen as orange going onto red. The Kelvin scale puts these things in a range that can be measured.
