Eye Level Camera
Analysis
I like these images, because they show the day to day lives of the local St Malo. I captured all different people in St Malo and they were all doing different things. I took candid shots of all these people. I also like the composition of these images, as well as the lighting and editing.
How these images relate to Henri Cartier Bresson
These images relate to Henri, because I observed people going through their day to day lives and waited for the decisive moment to take the shot. I took these candid images of people. I tried to take these photos in secret as well, which relates to Henri as he tried to do the same with his small discrete camera (Leica camera). Henri took candid images of people going about their day to day lives and also waited for the decisive moment, so he can take the shot.
I also tired to experiment with taking images that are similar to Henri Cartier-Bresson:
I also made my images black and white, so that they resembled Henri’s work even more.
Hip Shots
Analysis
I placed the camera down by my hip when taking these images, so that I was able to capture people living their day to day lives in a candid shot. I had the camera down by my hip, so that the people were unsuspected of my photos, so they did not pose or change their actions or what they were doing. I think this made my photos come out well, because I was able to secretly capture the decisive moment.
The composition was also good in some of these images, however, some of these images didn’t have the best composition, because of how low down the camera was. The editing on these images were also done quite well, and the lighting was good.
How do these images relate to Henri Cartier Bresson?
These images relate to Henri Cartier-Bresson, because he too observed people going about their every day lives and waiting for the decisive moment, so he could capture it. Henri also wanted to capture these images secretly, so that they were true candid shots and people didn’t change their actions when they saw the camera. However, he did this in a different way. He used a small quiet camera (Leica rangefinder). This camera was small and quiet, so he was able to secretly capture his candid shots.
I also tried to take images that are similar to Henri Cartier-Bresson’s work:
I also made my images black and white, so that they resembled Henri’s work even more.
Experimenting with Windows and Reflections
Analysis
These images capture people’s day to day lives while shopping. I also tried to experiment with windows and window reflections while taking these images. The composition of these images were also good, as well as the lighting and editing. If I were to do this again, I would try to experiment with window reflections more.
How do these images relate to Henri Cartier Bresson?
These images relate to Henri Cartier-Bresson, because he also observed and sought out the decisive moment, so he could capture it in his candid shots. He observed people’s day to day lives during his street photography, just like I did in St Malo, so I could capture the life of St Malo in my street photography.
Henri however didn’t photograph people shopping as such, but I wanted to include these images, so I could dive deeper into the life of St Malo.
Blurry Images
Analysis
Some of these blurry images came out well, as it captured the motion of life and of St Malo. I also experimented with different shutter speeds to get different levels of blurriness, but if I was to do it again I would experiment with this more. I would want to experiment with slightly faster shutter speeds as well, so the images are not so blurry, like Henri Cartier-Bresson’s work. I would also experiment with different compositions and try experiment with different moving objects, like more cars for example.
How do these images relate to Henri Cartier Bresson?
These images relate to Henri Cartier Bresson, because he also experimented with different shutter speeds, so he could capture the decisive moment, but with motion. However, he did not do this in a lot of his images and he usually used a faster shutter speed, so his images were less blurry.
As you can see in this image the children’s feet are slightly blurry, so the shutter speed was slightly too slow to capture the moment still.
In the future, I would want to speed up my shutter speed, so my images are not as blurry and they look more similar to Henri Cartier-Bresson’s. However, I did find one picture of Henri Cartier-Bresson, which is much more similar to my images, as he has used a really slow shutter speed here, just like I did, so the image was much more blurry.
Then, I wanted to experiment with making my image black and white, so it resembles Henri’s work even more.
These images also relate to Henri’s work, because I have observed the people of St Malo’s day to day lives and captured candid images of them, just like Henri did in his street photography.
Black and White Images
Analysis
I really like these black and white images, because not only do I think most images always look better in black and white, but I also think it makes these images much more dramatic and they resemble Henri Cartier-Bresson’s work more. I also like the editing of these images, because they have very high contrast between the whites and blacks and grey tones.
How do these images relate to Henri Cartier Bresson?
These images relate to Henri Cartier- Bresson, because they not only capture the decisive moment in these people’s day to day lives, but they are also in black and white, which all of Henri’s images were too.
