Hey Jon, Some really cool explorations here using the flash, or a single directional light source. There is a nice consistency with these photos which creates a nice series. What we dont show in our photographs can be just as important as the clues we dont show. Your previewed forms allows are eye to imagine the rest of the faces. the shadows are harsh and extremely captivating. In the first image the shadow of the glasses creates an interesting shape going over your friends face. The vacant expressions are also very interesting as it allows the viewer to contemplate what the subject is thinking. The eye of the child is quite erie and when looked at from another perspective makes it look like the eye is two times as big and solid black. The toppled over chair? is quite sinister and reminds me of a scene from a horror movie. It makes the viewer ask where is this? why is the chair tipped over? who tipped it over? why? all great vectors for conversation. Overall some really eerie and interesting compositions!
I think that your choice of lighting is extremely artistic. You used the light as a sort of natural vignette through artificial lighting. The first photograph is crisp and highlights the details of the mans face. The choice of having his profile was a great decision. The photography of the child has a softer lighting of his profile and give off an innocent presence. The photograph with the chair took me a minute to see what it was, but I liked how you created a spotlight on it. If the light was slightly large I think it would have benefited a little bit. Overall I really enjoyed your approach to this weeks assignment, great job!
Hey Jon! Great shots, so dramatic with the intense shadows! Through these portraits and the theme of dramatic shadowing you fulfilled the technical requriements of this project, possibly using the adele song for your theme or inspiration? Compositionally, these shots are fantastic based on the extreme lights and darks. These heads seem to be floating in air, absent of a boy which begs the question how much of ourselves do we give away with only our faces, such as in an interrogation room! The two portraits are from a similar angle, which is great but at add to the dramatic nature it might have been cool if all of the shots had the same angle only with different people, like your self portrait too! The second photo confuses me just in that there is so little clues as to what's going on, but nonetheless I love the tunnel vision-ness of it! I like your self portrait but I feel as though the background pulls my attention from your face, just because of the different patterns. Still, the warm colors in your face a lovely and, this might be a weird observation, but I really like the circles of your nostrils as well as the blackness of the inside of your nose, I would never think to take a photo from that angle! Overall, your photos send a clear artistic statement about the nature of artificial lighting when pushed to the extreme! If I had to narrate these photos or make them into a story it almost looks like you are an interrogator, based on your downward gaze as well as your serious face. The two portraits are of suspects whom you are presently interrogating and shining a strong light at them. The environment portrait might be where the crime was committed or something!
I love the choice of style you picked for this set of pictures. They really do have an eerie and dramatic sense to them like Alex and Clarke pointed out. The dark shadows emphasize what we see of the subjects (e.g. the little quirk of a smile on the boy) but also hide a significant amount of what is really there. I also like the angle you chose for your self portrait, it gives off the same eerie-ness the other photos have. It actually reminds me of how a lot of antagonists reveal themselves in horror movies. These photos are creative and well done, I would have liked to seen some play with facial expressions, though. I think it just would have been a different approach to this style of photos. But given our limited number of pictures to give and the numerous facial expressions that could have been used, that probably would have made your choices difficult. All in all, I believe you accomplished this weeks assignment. Your use of lighting and shadow was a great idea which created some very dramatic photos. I'm looking forward to what ideas you will have for our last assignment.
Hi Jonathan, as the others have pointed out, your lighting choice really had a dramatic effect on the feel of these photographs. The intense shadows create very compelling photographs. The third one is my favorite, I like how you can only see one side of the subjects face, creating a sort of mysterious tone, and the subtle lighting hitting the boy’s face is really nice. From your screenshot, it looks like you played with concealing half of the subjects face a lot. I would have liked to see your self portrait use some of the same lighting as the other subjects, but great work nonetheless!
Hey Jon,
ReplyDeleteSome really cool explorations here using the flash, or a single directional light source. There is a nice consistency with these photos which creates a nice series. What we dont show in our photographs can be just as important as the clues we dont show. Your previewed forms allows are eye to imagine the rest of the faces. the shadows are harsh and extremely captivating. In the first image the shadow of the glasses creates an interesting shape going over your friends face. The vacant expressions are also very interesting as it allows the viewer to contemplate what the subject is thinking. The eye of the child is quite erie and when looked at from another perspective makes it look like the eye is two times as big and solid black. The toppled over chair? is quite sinister and reminds me of a scene from a horror movie. It makes the viewer ask where is this? why is the chair tipped over? who tipped it over? why? all great vectors for conversation. Overall some really eerie and interesting compositions!
I think that your choice of lighting is extremely artistic. You used the light as a sort of natural vignette through artificial lighting. The first photograph is crisp and highlights the details of the mans face. The choice of having his profile was a great decision. The photography of the child has a softer lighting of his profile and give off an innocent presence. The photograph with the chair took me a minute to see what it was, but I liked how you created a spotlight on it. If the light was slightly large I think it would have benefited a little bit. Overall I really enjoyed your approach to this weeks assignment, great job!
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ReplyDeleteGreat shots, so dramatic with the intense shadows! Through these portraits and the theme of dramatic shadowing you fulfilled the technical requriements of this project, possibly using the adele song for your theme or inspiration?
Compositionally, these shots are fantastic based on the extreme lights and darks. These heads seem to be floating in air, absent of a boy which begs the question how much of ourselves do we give away with only our faces, such as in an interrogation room! The two portraits are from a similar angle, which is great but at add to the dramatic nature it might have been cool if all of the shots had the same angle only with different people, like your self portrait too! The second photo confuses me just in that there is so little clues as to what's going on, but nonetheless I love the tunnel vision-ness of it! I like your self portrait but I feel as though the background pulls my attention from your face, just because of the different patterns. Still, the warm colors in your face a lovely and, this might be a weird observation, but I really like the circles of your nostrils as well as the blackness of the inside of your nose, I would never think to take a photo from that angle!
Overall, your photos send a clear artistic statement about the nature of artificial lighting when pushed to the extreme! If I had to narrate these photos or make them into a story it almost looks like you are an interrogator, based on your downward gaze as well as your serious face. The two portraits are of suspects whom you are presently interrogating and shining a strong light at them. The environment portrait might be where the crime was committed or something!
Hi Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteI love the choice of style you picked for this set of pictures. They really do have an eerie and dramatic sense to them like Alex and Clarke pointed out. The dark shadows emphasize what we see of the subjects (e.g. the little quirk of a smile on the boy) but also hide a significant amount of what is really there. I also like the angle you chose for your self portrait, it gives off the same eerie-ness the other photos have. It actually reminds me of how a lot of antagonists reveal themselves in horror movies.
These photos are creative and well done, I would have liked to seen some play with facial expressions, though. I think it just would have been a different approach to this style of photos. But given our limited number of pictures to give and the numerous facial expressions that could have been used, that probably would have made your choices difficult.
All in all, I believe you accomplished this weeks assignment. Your use of lighting and shadow was a great idea which created some very dramatic photos. I'm looking forward to what ideas you will have for our last assignment.
Hi Jonathan, as the others have pointed out, your lighting choice really had a dramatic effect on the feel of these photographs. The intense shadows create very compelling photographs. The third one is my favorite, I like how you can only see one side of the subjects face, creating a sort of mysterious tone, and the subtle lighting hitting the boy’s face is really nice. From your screenshot, it looks like you played with concealing half of the subjects face a lot. I would have liked to see your self portrait use some of the same lighting as the other subjects, but great work nonetheless!
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