Assignment 4

         This assignment was probably the hardest mostly because of the weather. It has been too cold to take many pictures outside and when I went out there was not enough light to take good pictures at a fast shutter speed. Because of this most of the shots are with a long exposure between 1/30 of a second to 20 seconds. The panning shots were also difficult to take because I couldn't find too many interesting subjects (besides cars). For some pictures with long exposure I used a tripod and in those situation when I needed a fast speed I used a big aperture (small F value) or I increased the ISO value.
         Even so it's been fun and even though the assignment is done I won' give up until I'll get a really good shot of panning and stop motion.

Blurred Motion Gallery 

Panning Gallery

Stop Motion Gallery

Assignment 3

        First of all I had to start by adjust the angle of the picture because it's not straight. Than because I liked the contrast between the light inside the phone booth and the darkness outside, I made the background black by adjusting the shadows and darks. Than I emphasized on the light by adjusting the highlights. Also, because this is not a black and white picture I added some saturation and vibrance to the colors so it can attract attention. In the end, I believe the final picture (2nd bellow) is the best option because the phone booth is very well defined and it stands out very well.

Original Picture:

A bit of everything. I adjusted everything from shadows, highlights, light, dark, color saturation, etc.
I believe this is the best version of all.

I added more brightness in order to see the background.

I adjusted the color level for various colors.

I adjusted the color level for various colors.

Black and white.

Assignment 2

              Walker Evans is a post-depression photographer ( 1930's) who tried to be objective and show reality the way it was. He took pictures of every-day life and the familiar, and for this reason many of his photographs are considered historical evidence, like facts, and not interpretations. He used a big camera (8x10 inches) compared to what we have today, and this slowed him down and of course the photographs were not very sharp. Almost all of his pictures are black and white because at that time there was no color photography, and he has both horizontal and vertical photographs depending on his subject.

 

Sources: 

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/fsa/welcome.html  
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/evans/evans_articles3.html



Lee Friendlander

Lee Friedlander was another photographer that dealt with the familiar but he was a generation later than Walker Evans, and in fact Friedlander was influenced by Evans work. In general his work reflected the society in which he lived and he photographed the modern life in big cities. Besides this Friedlander photographed many other things like nudes, jazz singers, and landscapes. He used a Leica 35mm camera and even though there used to be colored photography he preferred to keep his work in black and white (mostly horizontal).

Sources:
http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/friedlander_lee.php
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/leefriedlander/leefriedlander.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Friedlander




 My Pictures:

Assignment 2 Album