I went to see Radical Eye – a collection of photographs from Elton John’s personal collection that was on display at the Tate Modern. I visited on 12th May 2017. Overall Impression The approximate date of most of the photographs on display was typically early to mid 1900s. The images were ordered into portraits, creative […]
Category: Part 3 Research
Research: Martin Parr
Background Martin Parr is a British photographer who captures images that take a largely satirical view on human life (Wikipedia, 2017). Figure 1 below taken from Parr’s own website (Parr, 2016) is a great example of the satire that flows through all his images. In his own documentary video (Parr, 2011) Parr discusses that the […]
Exercise: My View on the Decisive Moment
What I Feel About ‘The Decisive Moment’ I feel that the decisive moment has become too synonymous with street photography which itself, outside of the very identifiable styles of well known photographers, has moved towards simply being black and white images taken of people reasonably close up out in the street; preferably with some unusual […]
Research: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Review of Film This post assesses the key learning points and reflections I have from watching the film L’amour de court (Cartier-Bresson, 2001.) The video opens with one of his most famous images shown below in Figure 1. It is astonishing that Cartier-Bresson claims that this image was pure luck and that he had simply stuck his camera […]
Research: Chunking Express Cinematography
Introduction Chunking Express is a film written and directed by Kar-Wai Wong produced in 1994. The film makes use of an interesting technique on a few occasions within the film that could be replicated in single shots too. Slow Shutter Speed Technique The cinematographer for the film was Christopher Doyle (Shahnawaz, 2014) who uses a […]
Research: Ultra Long Exposures – Sugimoto and Wesley
I personally tend to think of long exposures as being 1 or 2 seconds, or maybe a few minutes if using a dark ND filter such as a Lee Big Stopper. Two photographers introduced here take this idea to a whole new level. Hiroshi Sugimoto Sugimoto captures images showing a theatre and an entire film […]
Research: High Speed Image Capture
Introduction I researched this topic to be able to capture my response to Exercise 3.1 – capture a frozen moment in time. I had decided to capture a bursting water balloon. There are several challenges to be faced to capture a perfectly sharp image. I use a Nikon D800 and its fastest shutter speed is […]