Happy Friday All!
Sorry I am not here...So, today your assignment is as follows:
Read these four articles:
1) http://digital-photography-school.com/indoor-sports-photography
2) http://digital-photography-school.com/the-impact-of-shutter-speed
3) http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45943
4) http://digital-photography-school.com/interview-with-simon-hoegsberg
After reading the articles (and please check out Simon Hoesberg's photo!) Please submit a comment to this post. Please touch on each article in your comment!
Don't forget to submit a blog today (separate from the previous comment) by the end of the day for this week's blog credit.
Also, if there is time, get with someone else in the room and discuss submitting possible photos for the upcoming contests and get their opinion. See you Tuesday, and enjoy the long weekend!
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Holy Cow! Simon's photo is so intense. I mean how does anyone come up with an idea like that. It's so brilliant. It's really cool to see how other people are thinking and what they're minds are coming up with!
ReplyDelete-Lauren
Ha, Simon must be the ultimate people watcher. His panorama was so cool and surprisingly interesting. I wonder what helped him decide the placement of the people when he was merging the portraits together in photoshop. For example, the two people side by side with eye patches obviously could not have been coincidence.
ReplyDeleteI also really liked looking at the posts in the rule of thirds assignment. A lot of them were really interesting and my favorite was the black and white one looking down the stairs with the breaking up ice in the back. Don't know if you guys saw that one too.
I was glad to also see an article with tips for night shooting. I kind of wondered how people make gorgeous nighttime photos when I can't even take one in a poorly lit school. :)
With the sports photography, I was actually surprised to see how many of the tips I'd already figured out by now. It's amazing how just a few weeks ago I wouldn't have even had a clue what they were talking about.
~Kalie
In the articles about shooting in the dark and shooting inside really helped me realize the difficulties I was having with low lighting. I also enjoyed the long photo and the article about Simon Hoesberg, I enjoyed the title of the picture We're all gonna die.
ReplyDeleteEliot-
This is really, really, REALLY cool. I absolutely LOVE Simon's photo, it's amazing how much work he put into it!! I especially like the pic of the guy on the motorcycle, wearing all black, with a skull on his shirt and his head on his arm, with the pretty flowers in the background. It's a fascinating contrast, I think. The young woman looking sideways at the camera, with her dark hair blowing forward, is a beautiful image too. I'd definitely like to see more of his work! My favorite of the other sites was the pic of the little girl lying with her head on the table, with the three wooden dolls in front of her. Awesome!!!
ReplyDelete~Lillian
"We're All Gonna Die- 100 meters of existence" expressed such existence in a subtle way. The subjects of the photo are very unique, especially in relation to another, demonstrating the separate ways individual's exist from one to another. I very much enjoyed looking at the picture, and couldn't help from wondering what each person's story was. Did anyone else find themselves fascinated by h two people could both have eye-patches, on the same side?
ReplyDeleteLooking at the entries to the rule of thirds, there was an apparent dichotomy in qualities of pictures. Of those I found most appealing were pictures that I thought used the rule of thirds best. So many famous pictures, even other works of art utilize this rule, and now that I've been exposed to it I seem to see it everywhere.
The second shutterspeed article was interesting because each picture showed what a process it sometimes is to match the speed to the ideal shot.
However, the first shutterspeed was most helpful because of its specific tips for using faster shutterspeeds. I especially was grateful for the comments on ISO, it has definitely helped me realize some steps to taking better pictures here at school.
Between all the articles I enjoyed Simon Hoegsberg's page with the 100 meter photo. The picture itself and its title just works. The other articles had some cool pictures and they were a good little review.
ReplyDeleteI thought Simons photo was amazing and the way he looks at life,also his dedication and the way he got it to look like it was taken the same day. The 1st article gives some really good tips on how to take better inside sports photos. I really like the 2nd article downtown photo and i could tell the difference between all the different shutter speeds. And on the 3rd article i really liked the Mercedes photo using the rot.
ReplyDeleteGREAT comments everyone!
ReplyDeleteI think my purpose of giving you something enjoyable and yet worthwhile to read worked. Do you agree? I am glad so many of you made such pointed comments about the 100m photo. I also found it stimulating, interesting, and made me full of questions. I think I could look a it 100 times and see something new each time! I am impressed that this photo has stimulated so much discussion. The fact that you were required to post allowed me to hear thoughts from some of you who I think would not just offer up your thoughts, so thank you!
*Kalie - You will get a good inside photo soon! Don't give up! And I am so glad to hear that you feel like in such a short amount of time you have already learned so much and are now able to enter into a new genre and feel confident! How great to be able to read something that would have made no sense before and feel capable now!
*Eliot - glad you enjoyed "We're all going to die." Maybe you can come up with some thought-provoking titles yourself...
*Denile - I had the same reaction to the photo! I wanted to know each person's story as well! Isn't incredible how we can go through our day at such a fast pace, with so many thoughts running through our minds, barely giving each other a moment's notice, but then to see it in a still form, we can take our time; we can stare, and we can WONDER. I think the photographer has done a great job stimulating our wonderment with this photo. Now it's your turn...
*Eugene - I'm glad you enjoyed it! tell me why!
I like Simon's photo because of his idea. Probably peoples on the road didnt notice that simon took a picture, but some of them did. you can see when a big guy with a cigarette in his mouth pointing up his middle finger, n in other situation a couple who have bandage covering their eye didnt notice that simon took a picture of them.
ReplyDelete"There are 178 portraits of people in the image - chosen from a selection of about 3000"
Only six percent of pictures that he took have been selected by him to post in "We're All Gonna Die- 100 meters of existence". it means thats not an easy project, for us as a "beginner photographer", we have to keep taking picture every times. makes photography as your life style.
While I was looking at Simon's pictures, I also noticed all of the contrasts. One of my favorites was of the man with the headphones and a baby in his arms while the man next to him had earrings and looked very aggressive against the man who was peacefully looking down at the baby.
ReplyDeleteI thought the indoor sports photography article was one of the most interesting. I play a very active sport as well, (soccer), and during the winter, I have to play in the poorly lit Dome and while I am resting, I sometimes see some action that could have turned out to be a pretty intense photo if I had had my camera. But now that I know this information, I will be able to take more clear shots once we start to work on our indoor sports assignment. I am VERY excited!!
I don't know about anyone else, but shutter speed is still confusing to me. But from this article, I am beginning to understand shutter speed a little better. However, I do believe that by continuing to practice taking shots every day will also help me understand it better as well.
As for the Rule of Thirds, I am pretty sure that I understand it well. However, I do have a question about it. Will using the Rule of Thirds for each photograph make it better or is there ever a time when you can dismiss the Rule of Thirds for a shot?
-Meredith
Hm. reading a lot of the photographer's comments gave me ideas of what i could be doing wrong...
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed looking at the rule of thirds pictures :] I think I know what to take better pictures of. Hopefully my photos will come out as good as they look in my head!
I really like Ellsworth's photos showing the effects of different shutter speeds. It helps to see the little differences a few seconds can make to improve a photo and make an average picture great.
ReplyDelete-Eric
1) This article really connects with our school quite a bit. Yes, we do not have sports going on in the hallways, but we have very low lighting in our school. Now that I know maybe to use as higher ISO my pictures will come out better. Now I’m totally excited for this week coming up so if I can see or not it helps out!
ReplyDelete2) All the photos on this article I think we’re great because of all the colors. But I can see the differences in the shutter speeds. When you make your shutter speed faster it kind of takes a lot more light off the buildings in the picture also, but the photos are still very colorful. I’ll keep this tip in mind for sure.
3) I didn’t really learn much from this article because it didn’t really say anything about the rule of thirds. I do know that the rule of thirds can be broken in good and bad ways though. Also I looked at most of the photos that were held in this article/mini contest and saw quite a bit good photos like the wedding rings and the silhouette.
4) First off I honestly loved the picture he shot. I went to his URL of the picture and looked at the whole thing for almost five minutes. He caught so many sides of people. There was people looking at paperwork, some people adjusting their hair out of their eyes, one person was coughing, another riding a bike, fixing your pants, holding your boyfriend/or girlfriend’s hand, holding your baby, laughing, just everyday normal things we don’t really pay attention to. It’s kind of like he was trying to show we’re not taking everything in and treasuring it, as if we need to stop taking things for granted. That’s what I at least got out of the photo, it is also an amazing photo, and I would have never thought of doing something like that. Especially since it isn’t just one photo but a hundred and seventy-eight. Absolutely amazing! =]
~Tia'Rashell
Before reading the articles, I never knew what the ISO did to my photos if anything. I thought it was just a random number that never seemed to rise past 400 when shooting photos. Now that I know that a high ISO will prove more sensitive to light, changing that setting I think will assist in accruing some decent action shots. The shutter speed results appeared more common sense than any pronounced technique, although the change between photos does grow more and more stark the longer the camera is left to expose.
ReplyDelete"We're All Gonna Die" proved a very provocative piece of work. It almost forces the viewer to stop and observe the people individually and their actions, because they vary so much: some dude walking and talking on their smartphone; someone checking their bags to make sure all is still there; two friends shooting the breeze; some troubled youth flipping the bird at the cameraman. It's a stunning piece, effortlessly showcasing many of the littler things in life that we may never notice just walking down the street (well, save for someone flipping the bird at you), and it shows the originality of the photographer because honestly, who would have otherwise thought to take a hundred-something individual pics of people and compose them in such a way?
-Chris
The four articles you asked us to read really helped me fully understand how shutter speed can effect a photo and I also enjoyed Hoegsberg's picture. The way he took photos from the same spot over a period of time and put them all together to make one massive picture really amazed me. I was also really supprised he was able to capture so many different emotions and so many different people.
ReplyDelete-Nick Yantzie
Continuing on my last post, I also enjoyed looking at the photos for the rule of thirds competition. And, finally, I learned a lot from the article on shooting photos indoors. I never knew there were so many ways to get a good photo using a small amount of light besides just flash. the article, as a whole, was extremely helpful and informative.
ReplyDelete-Nick Yantzie