Dew drops

ISO 3200, F/5.6, SS 1/30. 55mm

Behind the lens

Behind the lens

ISO400. F/7.1, shutter speed 1/320 70mm

One of my best shots, this image has great shallow depth of field. It also has no negative space, the composition is very dynamic. The viewers eyes start at the main focus point, the ladies sunglasses, onto the looking space in front of her ( the fountains) which is where her companion appears to be looking, then, back to her.

Although their heads are at different angles I think there is quite a strong juxtapose as their bodies positioning is almost identical. The ladies expression is very distant, I cant quite figure out if she is happy in the NOW or appears to be happy thinking of pastimes?

Depth of field

I have attached a few pics of mine I did back.in Australia that demonstrate narrow and wide depth of field. Take a look x

Should be in ALL street photographers pockets!

Whilst researching the internet on street photography I came across this handy little doc. It gives you advice on all the sticky situations you may find yourself in when engaging in street photography. Im gonna print it off and keep it with my cam at all times

The photographers right

Go take a look

Street is the word!

I went to Liverpool and nature walk with my family this weekend armed with my camera to experiment with street photography and my settings on my dslr camera. I played about with aperture priority and a shutter speed of 1/125 and went hardcore and opted mostly for completely manual, yes u read right MANUAL! Was very difficult at times asbo was constantlt moving through shadows and in the shade then into bright Sunlight etc so I had to change my settings almost everytime I went to snap. Was real fun though and getting a bit.more confident about photographing in public.
I will be uploading a few images tomorrow after finding some spare time to go thru them, I'm sure there are some keepers, or at least I hope so!
Ttfn x

Depth of Field Assignment

New Task!

After completing my workbook I have been given a new task, A TWO WEEK PROJECT- FIGURE AND LANDSCAPE



During this task I will be researching Depth of Field, both narrow and wide. Upon researching and experimenting various tchniques I will produce a number of 35mm photographs displaying the effect of both narrow and wide depth of field.

Today we began by researching different photgraphers whom are famous for their 35mm photography such as

• Henri Cartier Bresson
• Rodchenko
• Lee Freidlander
• Josef Koudelka

These guys were famous for capturing the moment, street photography. An example below is by Henri Cartier Bresson

This image includes the rule of thirds in its composition, also repetition of variation regarding the doors/windows all being of similar colour and shape. The geometry of the the stairs leading up.

We also had a mini task given to us to do a presentation based on photographs representing all of the below

• Repetitions
• Depth of Field, both wide and narrow
• Juxtaposition
• Narrative
• Geometry
• Ambiguity

I will attach our finished presentation in the next post.

TTFN

My Photograms