Sun flare, check. Silhouette, check. Self-portrait, wha….?
I set out this weekend to shoot my sun flare photo, but by the time I arrived, the sun was almost gone. I quickly took this photo with the sun between the tree roots. It was as if a giant hand came out of the soil to try to grab the sun before it came down. The second picture is a silhouette of a leaf of a Guiana chestnut tree with honeydew on the bottom. Making this picture a silhouette really brings the eyes to the droplets on the underside of the leaf. My third picture was the hardest to create. I usually shoot nature subjects and landscapes so I don’t have any experiences shooting portraiture. The picture of me conveys the stress and cluelessness I was feeling when I pondered about how I would take my self-portrait. I wanted the phone to light my face but it just wasn’t bright enough, so I had to use my other hand to hold a flashlight behind the phone. As well as being a prop, the phone also served as a remote so I could take the picture. However, the most difficult aspect of taking this photo was focusing. At 70mm f2.8, the depth of field was razor thin. It was too dark for the camera’s autofocus to find me so I had to use manual focus and move my body forwards and backwards to get my eyes into focus. Overall, I was very satisfied with the final portrait. This assignment put me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to use a variety of skills. I am looking forward to learn more about portraiture next term.
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The title of this assignment reminds me of flying in an airplane and looking down at the people below who look like ants. The memory inspired me to take the first photo. I waited for a bus to arrive so the picture would have a sense of scale. The bus and vehicles help frame the subject which is the group of people directly below me. This photo shows how small and fragile we are compared to the machines we’ve created. The second photo is a women meditating in the sunset. I experimented with different angles and exposures but I just couldn’t take a photo of what my eyes are actually seeing. I had to adjust the photo in Lightroom to create the feeling I wanted. The warm sunset greatly contrasts with the cold, lifeless tree. The third photo is cyclists in Stanley Park. The large tree and expansive seawall dwarfs the two cyclists. This picture creates a dark and gloomy feeling as if the trees are going to swallow the cyclists. All three photos show how small we are compared to nature and the things we’ve built.
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November 2016
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