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Level 1 course for BA Photography Degree
express your vision
open college of the arts
Exercise 5.1
The three pictures below are of the view outside my back door. Its the view i see every day and I never tire of it.
I prefer the third shot as its mostly greenery
Exercise 5.2
- taken from my physical journal
I am a follower of Kathleen Clemmons on Instagram and Facebook and love her flower photography using the Lensbaby system of lenses, what she does is unique and thats what I aim to do with my images.
In response to this I have taken several photos of an Edelweiss plant using different backgrounds and lighting techniques. In my bathroom there is security glass which has a mottled effect. Shooting flowers against this has a lovely overall effect with lighting and background. These images have given me good feed back on Instagram under the hashtag #seeinanewway.
Bibliography:Flowers (2016) Available at: http://kathleenclemonsphotography.com/flowers/ (Accessed: 7 September 2016). In-line Citation:(Flowers, 2016)
Im not sure its something specific Im repsonding to in these flower shots, its definately not the 'prettiness' of them as I prefer to photograph dead flowers or seed heads and in black and white. I think its just the idea of trying to photograph them differently to anyone else, you know not the standard top shot of a pretty flower? but making them almost abstract in image.
In Barretts essay on context he suggests the text that surrounds the photo is just as important as the image. The eg given is the different reaction a picture of a hunter with a gun standing over a shot deer, either put on the front of a Hunting Times magazine or vegetrarian Monthly what the different responses would be?
Bibliography:Barrett, T. (1985) ‘Photographs and contexts’, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 19(3), pp. 51–64. doi: 10.2307/3332643. In-line Citation:(Barrett, 1985)
Are we viewing the image differently? Is it supposed to say something or is it art?
I think every serious photographer tries to be different. they are trying to find their 'own voice'. I want someone to look at my photos and say yes, thats a Sue Crook. How they do this is another thing? do they use a different vantage point, filter or lens?
Exercise 5.3
Cartier Bressons image 'Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare is the one you think of when discussing Cartier Bresson.
My eye returns to the part of the photo where the guys foot is about to splash into the puddle and then it returns to the reflection and just goes round and round at this point. Its definately where his heel is about to splash into the water, this is where your eye is drawn.
Bibliography:Smarthistory. art, history, conversation. (2011) Cartier-Bresson, behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxMBp4Ef3ek (Accessed: 7 September 2016). In-line Citation:(Smarthistory. art, history, conversation., 2011)
There is an interesting video discussion here on this picture.
At the time of taking this picture Cartier Bresson was quite a trail blazer as cameras before this Leica were unable to take images like this, so people were fascinated by this type of image capture and 'The Decisive Moment' was born.
Today we expect to see exploding glass vases with bullets and milk splashes and think nothing of it. Also sport photography it is quite common to have an athlete doing something like breaking a record, the recent one was of Bolt winning 100M race and a lightning bolt flashing in the background, so we are accustomed to creative shots like that.