Lens Media

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Experimenting

I noticed the shadows on the wall as I walked into the plaza. I was in awe. I just love how light and shadow work together.

What's working? I have taken pictures of the shadows from different view points.

What's not working? I still have to work on my angles a bit more.

What's next? Take photographs of other kinds of shadows. Think of other techniques I could use to take and out in the photograph.

I see windows, frame, shadow, plant, walkway, fire extinguisher, handle bar.

Surface Research

Uta Barths photography is not about what is seen in the photograph, it's about the act of seeing. By eliminating the subject matter from the photograph that is. By allowing the photograph to be set in a setting that is both unknown and aware of. She uses techniques such as blur, shadow and are filled with emptiness which show no subject to the photograph. Barth takes the subject out of the photograph, turning the viewer into the subject because the photograph is no longer about what is in the photograph it is about the act of looking at the photograph.

I feel like Uta Barth is an artist that has inspired me to become a photographer. The techniques and ideas that show through her work is something I like and can relate to. I like to take photographs of objects that don't really mean anything but the way it is shown and reflected is amazing. When a light, shadow or a reflection is on a object. It's unique to me and I feel like it's more than just an object,which has meaning and purpose.

Resource: http://www.utata.org/sundaysalon/uta-barth/

Uta Barth

Experimentation

I have decided to take pictures of light switches at home as it relates to my subject, light & shadow. Light switches provide light by electricity.

In-Depth Research

"In building wiring, a light switch is a switch, most commonly used to operate electric lights, permanently connected equipment, or electrical outlets. Portable lamps such as table lamps will have a light switch mounted on the socket, base, or in-line with the cord. Manually operated on/off switches may be substituted by remote control switches, or light dimmers that allow controlling the brightness of lamps as well as turning them on or off. Light switches are also found in flashlights and automobiles and other vehicles."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_switch

What is working? The first picture of the light switch is portrait so I decided to face the camera portrait, so that when I take the picture it, too, will be portrait. I did the same process to the second light switch, where I faced the camera landscape as the light switch is landscape. I wanted to do this (facing the camera portrait and landscape) because it seemed like a good idea and it seems easier to view the picture as well. It flows, I guess. The wallpaper is working with the object too, I think.

What's not working? The amount of space from the edge of the photo to the object is uneven, which annoys me. The way the light switch and background looks is annoying too, it's dirty.

What's next? Keep experimenting with other things related to light and shadow. Take a lot of pictures. Make sure that when I take a photograph I am ready to take it, where to position my camera, where the object will be, if I'm happy with how the object is positioned, how it looks, how the object will look when the photo is taken. Work on the other learning outcomes too.

Monday, 30 March 2015

Experimentation

I have started to take pictures of light and shadow. I have tried to relate it to Uta Barths work, shown below, with the couch and the shadow of the window.

What is working? The light and shadow showed up nicely and made its form.

What's not working? I think the way the photograph is taken is not working. I'm standing in the wrong position. I just roughly took the picture with no idea of how I was going to take it. I also think the colour is not working.

What's next? Take different kinds of shadow forms from different vantage points. Plan out where I will be standing and know what to add and not to add into the photograph.