The things I photograph most are sunset skies, trees, gardens and water. This may have a lot to do with the subject matter I have access to at the moment, but it is also because I enjoy and feel drawn to the interplay between light and natural objects. There are a huge number of photographsContinue reading “Personal Voice”
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Studio lighting
This exercise was to explore controlled light as opposed to ambient light. I used a doubled-over white sheet to create a back drop and tried it two ways, ironed and wrapped. I did two set ups: indoors making use of a flexible floor lamp which I could move around and a fixed overhead wall light.Continue reading “Studio lighting”
Light in the dark
Shintaro chose to have his streets devoid of people (Buchanan, 2021) – this was not a choice for me when I went out. Covid-19 had made Rye, normally a bustling place in the post-Christmas period, an empty and silent post apocalyptic town. ‘In empty streets, the excessive colors and lights of neon signs seem deprivedContinue reading “Light in the dark”
Daylight 2 – a flash of colour
Not so much a photographic exercise but more a post-production one. While looking at the black-and-white images of Atget, Mann and Schmidt in Daylight 1, I came across Olafur Eliasson. His art is wide ranging; film and photography, sculpture and installation art. On his website I discovered one of his books – a cookery book.Continue reading “Daylight 2 – a flash of colour”
Daylight 1
After doing a spot of research into the black-and-white photography of Eugène Atget, Michael Schmidt and Sally Mann, I decided to explore the use of the flat daylight preferred by Atget and Schmidt and look at how changing the photographs from colour to monochrome affected them. The photographs were taken around midday when there wouldContinue reading “Daylight 1”
The Decisive Moment
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression. Henri Cartier-Bresson (Fotoroom, 2020) Just like Cartier-Bresson’s photograph Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, this photograph was taken more by luck thanContinue reading “The Decisive Moment”
Long shutter speed success
Night sky, morning mists and sparkling waves I continued to experiment with long shutter speeds. Looking for inspiration I decided to see what I might capture in the night sky (quick note here that I still can’t work out how to do an exposure of longer than 1 minute on my Lumix, although I thinkContinue reading “Long shutter speed success”
A Durational Space
Blur f/16.0 Shutter speed 1/15 ISO 400 I shot this in low light to create a dream-like atmosphere and used ISO 400 and a long shutter speed to prevent it being too dark. I got the misty quality I was looking for but the image was greatly enhanced by my subject unexpectedly exiting stage right.Continue reading “A Durational Space”
Freezing Time Again
I was quite happy with the shutter speed experiments I had done but I still really, really wanted to try and nail raindrops and when we got another terrific downpour I tried again; this time with more success. I did further research (Milk and other liquids) into two more photographers recommended in the OCA courseContinue reading “Freezing Time Again”
Freezing time
This post has been prompted by Exercise 3.1 Getting to grips with shutter speed. My technical skills let me down a bit but I’m learning. Looking on line I think I’ve got a good idea about what has been going wrong with my photographs even if the pictures I take are only improving slowly. Choosing aContinue reading “Freezing time”
Katies Photographic Journey 