Lighting

This week, I was tasked with photographing the same subject 20 times in different lighting(thanks Nick for being such a willing subject!), and some of my favorites are below.

Overall, I really enjoyed this week's assignment. I liked playing around with different light sources, and finding different angles and ways of looking at the interplay between lighting and the subject. I found that I especially appreciated the use of windows to create various lighting patterns, that would then partially obscure the subject. I also tended to like using direct light, as it would create a much steeper contrast, which is naturally appealing to myself. Lastly, I like the difference in lighting changing the feeling, as with the last picture, which is pretty creepy, compared to the picture with blue lighting,which gives a more magical feel.

Before and After

Image Copyrights

          This week we were tasked with finding an article that related to some issue of imaging copyrighting or ethics in digital imaging. I found this interesting article, on the concept of using copyright laws to censor various historical images, using the famous example of the tank man at Tiananmen Square. The issue at stake being the idea that the group that owns the rights to this photo, Visual China Group, could use the standards set in the US Digital Millenium Copyright Act(DMCA), to force anyone or any institution to take down the photo or be sued.

This rightfully would be an issue, as the ramifications are great. This photo is of extreme historical significance, and to not be able to learn from it, simply because the copyright owner does not want it spread, is ridiculous. It could be spared due to the concept of fair use, but even that is not a definitive protective factor. 

The US is very interested in protecting their own intellectual property, but when it could lead to censorship such as this, is that truly right?

Finding Motion

This week we were tasked with capturing motion, which I found to be slightly difficult. Mainly as I was unsure of what direction I wanted to go in. Especially since I was somewhat limited in my ability to control shutter speed, having to play around with different settings to find options that would produce blurs and sharp focuses. In the end, I was able to find some interesting perspectives, mostly getting something to blur while the background mainly stayed the same. If I could attempt more, I would want to try the panning follow, to get that nice look. 

Favorite Photos

I really enjoyed this experiment, as it caused me to view things from a different perspective. I tried to look at things in relation to other objects, and where there were natural borders. I really wanted to try to take a picture with nothing in the center, but I was unable to complete that task. However, I did like taking pictures of the same object from different distances, and that lead to me taking one of my favorites, the flagpole picture. I also really liked working with corners, and thought that that gave me a very interesting experience.