Exercise
Do your own research into some of the photographers mentioned in this project.
Look back at your personal archive of photography and try to find a photograph that could be used to illustrate one of the aesthetic codes discussed in Project 2. Whether or not you had a similar idea when you took the photograph isn’t important; find a photo with a depth of field that ‘fits’ the code you’ve selected. The ability of photographs to adapt to a range of usages is something we’ll return to later in the course.
Add the shot to your learning log and include a short caption describing how you’ve re-imagined your photograph.
Research
I have researched:
- Ansel Adams and Deep Depth of Field
- Gianluca Cosci and Shallow Depth of Field
Own Image
Original Thinking
For my own image, I have selected a shot I took whilst wine tasting in Tuscany. At the time I took this shot, I was struck by the look of all the glasses set in a long row ready for us to taste and wondered how we would get through them all and in particular, how I would remember which one is which.
I took the image in the way I did, purely for aesthetic qualities and I think it did its job. I used an f2.8 aperture and a 42mm focal length.
Reimagined
The image aligns most closely to the work of Cosci as it makes use of a shallow depth of field. The depth is not as shallow as his work but it is sufficiently deep to encompass the second glass in the row meaning it is fully sharp and sufficiently narrow so that the rest are out of focus.
Reimagined, this selection of a single glass could be analogous to the selection of my preferred wine from the set and so in this new context, I have chosen the new caption “Choose Me”
