Final Book Theme

For my final book, I am going to collect 12 or more of my best images and create a 12 month Calendar. The pictures are going to consist of architecture around NYC with different lighting styles. The buildings will array from old to new and all have a different type of look. 

Composition

 Rules of Thirds

 Shape

 Repetition

Texture

Final Project Proposal

First Idea- ARCHITECTURE
To accomplish photographing architecture, I will walk around my area of the East Village and Upper East Side and capture different angles from different buildings. I would like to photograph all the various different types of buildings ranging from new to old.

Second Idea- COMPARE AND CONTRAST
For this idea, I wanted to accomplish the differences between my city and rural life. I was born and raised in Ringwood, New Jersey with nothing but wooded areas and various bodies of water. I would like the same ideas, same format of the pictures, except just photographed in different locations.

Direction of Light

Photo 1: Light from the front. ISO 50, S 1/39, AP 1.6

Photo 2: Light from the side. ISO 25, S 1/39, AP 1.6

 Photo 3: Light from above. ISO 32, S 1/39, AP 1.6

 Photo 4: Light from behind. ISO 50, S 1/39, AP 1.6

Photo 5: Light from below. ISO 50, S 1/39, AP 1.6

Quality of Light

Photo 1: Soft/diffused lighting, ISO 160 Shutter Speed 39, AP 1.6

Photo 2: Hard/direct light, ISO 32, Shutter Speed 39, AP 1.6

Categories of Photographs

Ethically Evaluative: Ethically evaluative photos are one that show ethical judgments. They praise certain aspects of society. I believe this best fits the category because the photographer was trying to elicit a loss of innocence through the cigarette. 
Photo by: Sally Mann  
Title: Candy Cigarette 
Date: June 9th, 2008
Url: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/ 

Explanatory: Explanatory photographs are used to document a way of life or a certain event. In the case of this photo, it elicits explanatory because the image is explaining what happens during a flip on a bicycle. 
Photo by: Hongkiat Lim
Title: Sequence Photography
Date: N/A
URL: https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/

Aesthetically Evaluative: These types of photographs serve the purpose of having an appealing effect. They show what is worth aesthetic observation. In my eyes this photo is aesthetically evaluative because it portrays the landscape in my hometown and has an eye-appealing effect at first glance.
Photo by: Gianna Hodes
Title: Sheppard Lake
Date: 10/21/17

Interpretive: Interpretive photography have personal or subjective interpretations. They initiate meanings through images. This photo is interpretive because it is describing the little girl's plea for help. She looks tired and unhealthy, this image captures the desperation for food. 
Photo by: International Center of Photography- Miwa YanagiCourtesy
Title: Gretal
Date: Copyright 2004
https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/heavy-light-recent-photography-and-video-from-japan

Theoretical: This type of photography is used to critique the making of art. They raise questions about the particular photo and the underlying meaning. I think this photo is theoretical because the cast of the shadow shows of the girl but not the chair. It raises the theory of maybe the chair wasn't there to begin with.
Photo by: Taylor Wood
Title: Posing
Date: June 5, 2013.
https://courtswilliams.wordpress.com/

Descriptive: Descriptive photography is used for the sole purpose of describing a situation or event. I used this image because it is directions on what to and not to do in the library. It is describing the rules through pictures and a poster. 
Photo by: Gianna Hodes
Title: Marymount Manhattan
Date: 10/23/17

Color

                                                    PHOTO 1: Monochromatic Color. ISO 100 and Shutter Speed 12. This is a photo of the lights hanging in my bedroom, the lighting was very faint and I used the cloudy filter. 

PHOTO 2: Patch of color. I used an ISO 100 and Shutter Speed 39. My goal was to capture the distinction between all the green books with the one patch of red.

PHOTO 3: Complementary Color. I used an ISO of 20 and Shutter Speed 986. I applied the sharpen tool to create a more vibrant effect to the image. My goal was to establish the relationship between the two contrasting colors. 

Depth of Field- Focus Distance

 AP 1.6, ISO 32, S 1/1007

AP 1.6, ISO 32, S 1/1007

Reading Assessment Chapte. r 4

This chapter of the book touched base with the history of Photography. According to the very first paragraph, Photographer historians divide photographs into four stylistic trends: straight, formalistic, documentary, and equivalent. These categories relate to the actual deed of taking a picture, however, according to John Szarkowski, how we view photographs are divided into five characteristics: The thing itself, the detail, the frame, time, and vantage point. This chapter touches theories and ideas from numerous historical figures in photography. The author is trying to aware the reader about all the different views to photography. Colored photographs,announced by Sally Eauclaire, was divided into seven subsets: self reflections, formalism, the vivid vernacular, documentation, moral vision, enchantments, and fabricated fictions.

The author included salient images to make point of what was being said. They raised comprehension to the numerous different categories and styles related to digital photography, and had insight from credible photography scholars. These pages were very detail oriented with a lot of historical figures being made more aware. This chapter helped me gain a better understanding of all the different terms and categories related to digital photography.

Shutter Speed and Motion

 This photo was taken with a SP 200 ISO 25.

This photo was taken with a SP 29 ISO 250.

Bracketing and ISO

                                                        Part 1- Bracketing 

 Photo 1 shown above was used with meter at 0. NO effects, this is the plain image.

 Photo 2 was shown at meter -1.5. This created a little darker image but still looks natural.

Photo 3 was shown at meter +1.5. This sparked the image to be brighter, but still gets the context of

 the picture. 

So, what is bracketing? Bracketing means you can take the same photo and make it into multiple images at different exposures. I took my camera and first took a normal image, then moved to a negative exposure, decreasing the light in the picture. I then followed by doing the opposite and made the image even brighter than average. This is good to use when photographing in extreme brightness or darkness. 

Part 2A- ISO

 Photo 4- This picture was taken in my town, Ringwood, NJ. This was used with ISO 32 and S 8000 during midday and bright sun.

Photo 5- This same photo was taken with an ISO of 50 and S 1250. As you can see, this image has a brighter contrast, still without taking  away the clear picture, because the ISO was a higher percentage.

I realized when I changed the measure of ISO to a smaller number, the effect of the other exposure settings changed in the same direction as the ISO.

Part 2B

Photo 6- This image was also taken in Ringwood, NJ. This photo was taken in midday, very bright from the sun with a low ISO of  50.

Photo 7 was taken in the East Village right around the corner from my apartment. As you can see, the image is a little grainy because the ISO was 1600 during sunset. 

Photo 8 was by the creek in my home of Ringwood. This was early morning, not a lot of sun due to shade by trees, used ISO of 160 to try and brighten the image.