The second part of this module required two documentary style portraits of: a male and a female both wearing hats one using shallow depth of field and the second a great depth of field but only using available light and to be reproduced either in black and white or colour.
Reflection on brief:
This brief covered a number of aspects and not just the technical requirements but also the need to approach people who you do
not know. This provides experience with
developing communication skills that is an essential skill when working
within the profession.
Decisions:
For this brief I decided to cover the requirements both by walking the streets (Henri Cartier-Bresson style) using at first a fixed 35mm focal length lens and also a 24-70mm zoom. In addition, I also made arrangements to visit a number of work environments, including a mine and a vintage railway yard.
Results:
I have reproduced six photos below that were taken during the time period given for the brief but in no particular order but I have highlighted the two submitted images for the assignment. No Photoshop, just Lightroom. All using available light.
 |
| Nikon D600 Nikkor 35mm F/2.0 1/1600sec F/3.2 ISO 400 |
 |
| Nikon D600 Nikkor 24-70mm F/2.8 1/2000sec F/3.2 ISO 800 |
 |
| Final image Nikon D600 Nikkor 35mm F/2.0 1/160sec F/8.0 ISO 200 |
 |
| Final image Nikon D600 Nikkor 24-70mm F/2.8 1/3200sec F/2.8 ISO 800 |
 |
| Nikon D600 Nikkor 24-70 F/2.8 1/50sec F/4.0 ISO 200 |
Reflection:
A very interesting exercise and by using a 35mm lens for many images it proved not as easy as might first be thought. Producing an interesting image with a person filling most of the frame but leaving space in the image that provides further meaning to the overall image with such a lens (as used by the most well named early street photographers on a full frame camera) requires the photographer to be quite close to the subject. As a result this has given me a better appreciation of the masters of this genre and the images they produced. I suspect there were a lot of images that were binned for various reasons.
No comments:
Post a Comment