Light and Shadow

Yesterday we developed our light and shadow photographs which was exciting for me because when I shot these two rolls of film I went out with the intention that I would experiement and be more daring with the angles that I took my pictures at. I captured a lot of great moments at the beach in Scituate, MA. Most of my childhood memories take place around this area of Masschusetts so it was fun to play around at the lighthouse with one of my best friends from high school and her dog. I think that these photographs were easier for me to take than the lsat ones. It was evening when I took most of the pictures at the beach and the sun setting was casting perfect shadows. The light house in Scituate has a lot of meaning to me and I felt the idea of shadows casted on this spot in Scituate held some symbolism in my life.

INSPIRATION

This picture was taken outside of the Pentagon during an anti-war riot against the Vietnam war.


How awesome is this picture? I searched photographs from the 60s and 70s because I am so interested in that time of American history. This popped up as a fashion photograph. I find this picture inspiring for my next group of film.


I thought this was an amazing example of light and shadow. This was taken in California during the Vietnam War.



I love Audrey Hepburm's style. She is such a classy woman. This is from her movie Sabrina, which I also love very much. THe reflection of the bystanders in this photograph on the car is beautiful.


This portrait of Robert Kennedy is beautiful. I love the contrast. There is so much feeling in this photo. It looks like there is a grain-y texture here. The shadows are fantastic. His skinny tie, the shadow of the right side of his collar (my left). These times were times of crisis and you can see it written on his face. He was such an inspirational person with a good heart, and I think you can see that too. I would like to replicate a portrait like this for the light and shadow project.

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I like this photograph because it is so clear. There is so much contrast. Everything looks real. I had trouble with this when developing my photos for class this week. Nothing was as crisp as I would have liked.

I was inspired by this photograph for my next project when I work on light and shadow. I love the figure of the girl in this photo... it is so beautiful, and I love the shadow of the windmill on the building.

I love Paris!


I developed a bunch of photos all weekend. Some of them came out good, I just wish I could get them to look more detailed and crisp.

Light and Shadow

I was looking on the internet at various photographers' blogs, and I came accross Dave Beckerman. I spent this summer in New York City, so I thought some of these photos were interesting.

I like this picture for a few reasons. It is a great example of light and shadow for one. I love how the sunlight is peaking through the trees and spotting the ground. The horses are probably enjoying a long awaited rest under the shade. This picture actually makes the horses and carriages look beautiful, when in reality they are not very well taken care of and pretty unhealthy looking. This photograph captures what I think to be the symbolism in the horse drawn carriages in New York City. It is what every tourist and visitor alike envisions when they think of Central Park in New York City. He captures this sort of idealic idea in this picture.

I like this photograph because of the blurry lights that are along the street. New York is so alive at night but something about this picture is still relatively serene. I also love that you can see the clouds in the sky even though it is evening. It must have been a very clear night.

I think this picture is so cool. He took this in Central Park too. The puddle is reflecting everything: the trees and the benches. It looks so beautiful.

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Lab

We worked in the lab last night for class. I wanted to develop the photograph that I took of the Duxbury bridge, but the negative was so dark that I had to do a lot of trial and error. I ended up opening my aperture all the way up, with a filter of 2, and an exposure to light for 40 seconds! It took a long time to finally get it right. I am just feeling okay about the end result. The picture is a little bit dull in my opinion. There is a lot of grey. I really like that the people walking along the bridge showed up as well as the car driving on it, and I like how it cuts right across the photo. If only there was more contrast in the forground, and less grey sky.

Anyway, it is obvious that I am finally starting to learn a little bit more about how to develop photographs. When I first started this Photography class I had absolutely no experience with photographs at all, in fact my friends do not even let me take pictures when we are out as a group because they say I mess them up!!! I think I have made a significant amount of progress. I can't wait to put more time into my work in the next few weeks and hopefully get some really good photos that I am really happy with.

Some favorites

I like this picture because of the rection in the Arno River. The Italian Villas are clear in the water as well as the bridge behind us. The Arno was my favorite place to visit in Italy. I tried to go every afternoon and read a book. It was one the peaceful places to go to in the city. The water was so calm, but the day itself was very stormy.

Developing photographs

I shot four different rolls of film. I went to the Red Sox game on Sunday so I decided to shoot a roll in Boston. I am going to start developing the marjority of them next week when I get back from break this weekend. I have so many pictures that I would like to develop to see how they turn out, but I am still really getting a feel for how to use the equipment and the chemicals. Developing the film is so much more difficult than I had expected. Not to mention it is so much harder to do because the photographs I have taken are in all different types of light. I still have so much work to do in terms of how to use the aperture and the shutter speed on my camera. I found myself frustrated with this at times.

I developed my first photgraph of one of the horses at my farm at home, Eli, and my little cousin Daniel I like the picture because it is a pretty good demonstration of framing. It also has a lot of meaning for me in terms of the subjects. I went home for the weekend to take my pictures and my two cousins and my Uncle ended up visiting for the day. My cousin Daniel is afraid of horses, and Eli is sometimes timid with people so I found it fascinating the connection they had, as well as how caring my other cousin Emily was in teaching Daniel how to feed the horses.