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understanding Subjective objective and power

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understanding Subjective objective and power

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Before starting with final project ,i want to better explain the topic, to me , all is about the emotion resonate, and the motivation is the connection of relationship no matter in the past, right now, or in the future, relationship is the strongest part to affect emotion, i choose love as the key to affect my emotion, loneliness, sadness, depression, happiness are results of this " power" which is love.

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during the first session,  we have learnt briefly about photography and how to use film camera.basically while we create an image, it is important to control how much light can be into the camera or films, also called exposure, by changing exposure ,images look different, from left to right is underexposure , correct exposure, overexposure.

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In photography , exposure is the relation between aperture, shutter speed (and ISO).

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Shutter speed is not actual speed, instead, it is the time period of camera exposing the light. It is measured in seconds, as shutter speed become faster, the amount of light will be limited, for example, 1/1000 secs means least light in this graph.

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ISO is the sensitivity to light of sensors and it is bit special ,if exposure is a circle, in this circle, the function of ISO is to complete the circle, the larger the ISO number, less light will be needed to expose.

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There are four principles of lighting : quality, intensity&distance, direction and contrast. These techniques help understand how to create a good image.

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Aperture, also called F-stop, controlling the size of lens opening to allow less or more light come in, the bigger size means more light coming through the lens, F2.0 is the biggest in this photo etc.

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We also knew how to use K1000 film camera and roll the film inside the camera, also there is a special tool to measure the light coming from the scene to determine the ratio of aperture and shutter speed, for this course, we used the film with ISO 400.

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Above is the light meter, and because whole project needed to be taken inside, so we make sure the button on the top right always be open because indoor scene is reflective light, the light is reflected by subject.

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This week's task is to take photos with white background, black background, high key and low key, due to the self isolation,four of us share films, so for the first week, i got fewer photos, and most of them present  bit darker which is high contrast.

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Half of the session is in the dark room, we cut the negative into piece of five or six(must more than three). To make a print , we need to use specific photographic paper which can never be exposed under the light while we do not use them.

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before we get a nice print, there are few steps, first of all is making test strips, at least two, to determine which exposure would be suitable, usually starting with 2 seconds, then add up to 4,8,16,32 gradually, after each exposure ,we cover part of paper until total exposure of first test strips is done, after that , if it is not satisfied, try second one, but ratio can be limited between the value which may be close to the right one.

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When we finish the test strips part, we put the negative onto the paper to create a whole contact sheet of negatives.

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Overall, most of photos are taken by back light, the contrast is strongly high, during the creation of the scene,i just want it to be silent and model be solemn, due to lack of time, i did not make whole print for the contact sheet.

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This is my favorite picture, by using back light, it gives a really high contrast on the model's face, there is also a comparison between model'skin and black cloth and background in order to highlight the model as subject. High contrast and dark background makes the scene quiet and grave.

Instead of the contrast, to present quiet and grave, i ask model to be more serious with her face, by doing that, i also feel a bit sad from the model.

With the emotion and scene, this photo is successful, however, it is a little darker than what i expect, so the model's shoulder is also covered by the dark background, if i can add some light on the shoulder, it will have more pulchritude.

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For the task, while i change the focus between foreground and background, i  include the different contrast and directions of light to see how high contrast would affect the feeling transferring to me, i kindly feel sad and lonely by this photo shot. Apart from living things as subject, i also took some photos of the chair with different directions (high angle,low angle,etc.) This photo shot ,instead of presenting change of depth of field, help me understand how to use contrast between light and shadows. Due to the rash of time, i did not make more print of this shot, that would be unsatisfied by myself. In the future ,i may use this technique of contrast. to create scene with loneliness.

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Depth of field is the area around the focal plane that also appears visibly 'sharp’ to our eyes. It is controlled by the size of aperture, small apertures like f/22 produce wide depth of field that more space will be in focus, large apertures like f/2 produce narrow depth of field which small area of space is in focus.

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instead of subject of the whole body of the model, i try to look at part of the body and i believe that hand will show bit more contrast due to clear blood vessel, additionally, in some way, people's hand represent how they are.To create more contrast ,i still use back light only, the result is quite ok, blood vessel is here , contrast is here, but seems i actually mix two different ideas together, if i want to present the detail of people's hands, not cover by shadows, i would say ,this photo is not enough to present loneliness and sadness.

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while i take this photo, i try to fill with some of negative space, in the front, blur black part is other's shoulder, but i let him close to camera, as i said before, i would like to create the scene with loneliness, the model in the front, i want to present abandon by this part, and at back, because i use only back light ,so there are some shadows,two shadows are also bit away form the model, the result is the whole scene seems full, but each subject is separate. Model's face transfer sadness and depression to audience. Overall, this photo works well.

There is problem during printing,because i did not put the entire negative into the carrier, so on the left side of this print ,it shows a negative frame. Next time need to be more accurate.

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This week ,we haven learnt bit more about shutter speed, it is easy to understand that slower shutter speed, more light be absorbed, more motions will also be absorbed in one photo, example shown above.

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For the experiment of shutter speed, instead of showing the motion of people directly, i use light painting to do long exposure capturing the motion of the light, i ask model to draw whatever he can imagine,with the torch.

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John Edmonds explores the possibilities of the aesthetics of intimacy and desire in his work, the commonalities and self-consciousness of black people became central to his work. . Edmonds uses 4x5 and Hasselblad medium formats to better help render every image and detail. The combination of high resolution and detail depicts the delicate relationship between photography and black.
Citing the legacy of Harlem's Renaissance portraits, combined with objects from Africa (some from traditional backgrounds or for decorative purposes), Edmonds repositioned people of color as individuals of self
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He often objectifies black people, emphasizing the luster of black skin through a meticulous arrangement of light and composition, highlighting the edges of the cheekbones, and the luster of some woodwork in the picture. Edmonds examines and celebrates the identity of blacks and the culture of their penchant for expression through portraiture.

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Junichi Hakoyama , a famous photographer who was keen on black and white street photography, With hid photos, he explored the simple geometric shapes in the city between light and shadows, and high contrast of black and white is like the scene in the film-noir.
On Junichi Hakoyama ‘s work, he used plenty of geometric shapes and lines so when the scenes lose the colors these shapes and lines can highlight the scenes or even be the scene self, adding the contrast between light and shadows to make the scene has the feeling of silence. Junichi Hakoyama usually will arrange one person to be the main body of the photo, to make the picture not look simple, the person, lines, geometric shapes and comparison between light and shadows mixing together to create a strong dramatics, leaving the infinite space to think for audiences. And most of black and white photos are taken by Lecia M Monochrom camera.

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This is one of example of his photos, as the picture shows, the whole scene is quite simple, it only contains two main things; a woman in the middle including her shadows, and a zebra crossing with contrast between black and white lines. There are three layouts in total which is the completely black background, zebra road on the foreground and the woman with her shadow as the final layout. Contrast given by the shadows at back and the white line of zebra, the black and white lines, the mixture of the woman’s shadow and zebra road all make the photo look quite silent. The line is not purely black because the road is made by asphalt, and the black part of line has these quality due to using Leica camera, Leica gave much more detail.

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Fan Ho is a Chinese photographer, film director and actor. His famous collection of photographic works are separately ‘A Hong Kong Memory’ , ‘Hong Kong Yesterday’ and ‘The Living Theatre‘. During the process of photography, he usually will spent much time on waiting for the best moment that people would be represented well within a chosen background, he especially loved to use backlighting or mix with smog to present a sense of drama. On the sea, street life and markets are all his favourite shooting locations. His photos are full of atmosphere of humanism, in his photos, people are coolies ,vendors, hawkers selling fruits and vegetables, kids playing in the street or doing their homework.

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This is my favourite photograph by Fan Ho, although for this one the colour is not black and white but it is still cold and simple colours which are grey and white, clearly choosing these colours, [find out about his printing process and why the photo has these beautiful colours]

Analyse the formal elements of the photograph: line, light, shape, texture, tonal value, colour, form, focus

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Rineke Dijkstra HonFRPS (born 2 June 1959) is a Dutch photographer. Most series of her work are recording the portrait of people in transitional stage ,like new mother after birth, teens who experience puberty or younger people just finish swimming or training, matadors after fight. During these periods, they are all exhausted, Both mind and body have reached a tipping point that is about to collapse, they do mot have energy to hide in front of the camera,especially for teenagers, therefore the picture shows a real essence of puberty not deliberately: confident but a little unprepared, fearless and slightly wandering, hesitant but uninhibited

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Beach portrait (my favorite one) taken of teenagers between 1992 to 1996 , as one of Rineka's famous work, featured young people who have just finished swimming on the edge of the beach from different countries: UK,US,Ukraine,Poland etc. on this series, she shows us the complete body details of the model and make the subject bit out of the background(they are separate). Dijkstra asks model to look at the camera directly, seems they are in control and self-aware,but their faces ,bodies all transfer the sense of nervous, and look stiff ,clumsy. Above is one example, even the girl tried to mature,but she have no idea where she can put her hand ,her hand ,arm just lying beside the body straightly, her face tells us she is bit nervous. It is fascinated that photographer creates the conflict scene to show that teenager ,these age group people, between children and adults,show the revival of self-aware, however they can not totally control yet,which means they have infinite possibilities but uncertainty.

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In his work “Metropolis” he tried to use only pure contrast bring audiences to the center of city, he was hoping to using the combination of shapes, lines and abstract background, with people living in the city who discover and show the lives, giving a special loneliness in the city. Instead of the facial movement of people, he would like to capture the moments therefore he will find the best place and wait there.

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This photo is my favorite because the whole scene looks like an illusion especially the part on both side of the main street, He has a very good deal with the black and white, the black looks like a very deep hole, the white signs are like the photographers actually paint on the paper.
he used the elevation angle, therefore, the people inside the photos are quite small.
Additionally, everything in this photo is very stationary, even we all know the car and people is actually moving.
That is the first time when I got some ideas of black and white street photography.

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Instead of doing too many researches on portrait photographer, i select three street photographers , these three photographers all focus on high contrast between light and shadows, also comparison between black and white, by using this technique, the photo presents silence and bit abstract . Alan Schaller and Junichi Hakoyama want to express the feeling of loneliness in this modern society, they also use really abstract patterns on their work, while i took photos , i was in passion of creating the dark scene with high contrast to show deeply the emotion of loneliness and depression. In some way, these photographer help me deal with the relation with contrast and feeling better.

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I decide to take a look outside during the strike and take some outcomes related to these photographer to help me use the technique of contrast well ,also better understanding of comparison between black and white

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i firstly try experiment on trees,for this small photo shot, i use back light to create the contrast between trees and sky.

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this photo is taken from low angle, because natural is from above, by against light, the bird and trees is dark subjects in the scene which gives a strong contrast with the sky and the cloud. the whole scene is therefore silent and grave, single bird flying through trees, transfer the feeling of loneliness.

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While i walk past the beach , reflection by sunset on the sea looks pretty, and i think it might be a good idea to put people or the edge into the scene, the contrast will be strong, so i take this shot.

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this is my favorite shot, with the whole scene ,it is just the comparison between light and shadows of sea and the edge. However, three women are totally out of the scene, makes the originally silent scene vitality, in other way, it is also kind of contrast , for my first idea, the scene should create the sense of loneliness, but it is not, it shows the beauty not only the nature but also people who full of energy.

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this shot is actually i would like the scene to be, because that time is ebb tide, so if you see the photo, it is just a single man walked past the beach with elongated shadows, in term of artistic conception, it shows the sense of loneliness,at least to me, that scene ,that sense is i want my final shot to be. Even this shot does not give too much contrast, it is more like Fan Ho's work, recording the daily life ,but by putting the subject in the middle to spread out the feeling .

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I choose this photo as my background of the project, i capture that moment because both of subjects : bird and man are single, in the middle side, there is a street lamp, seems like separate these two different species deliberately, but just because they are single, by this kind of contrast ,i want to express bit more loneliness on the scene, even two different species, they can have the same feeling.

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There is a strong reason for me to choose loneliness as my final idea ,i often take photos alone that i can be really calm,
but i can not be calm all the time, for many time i still feel depressed and lonely by myself, therefore, i want to put my sight and feeling into my work, to me ,it is a power of emotional resonance.

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Because general direction is about the emotion, i want to reflect my own feeling on my work, and the strongest change to me from delight to depressed and lonely is the time when i fell in love with a girl and broke up, therefore i want to present that feeling for final shot, recording the time from few days together then gradually broke up, it is not necessary for two real models in the scene, it can be object representing one of ex.

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For the next photo shot, i shall firstly try with the lighting to see if high contrast could work out for indoor shot, because high contrast is not suitable for groups of subjects, the scene will be weird.

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For this shot ,i set up a white background because the model wear in black, white background can give more contrast.
Overall, it is a good experiment of high contrast whether of models and objects, but it still has some problems, first is the background, due to bit careless, the background is separate, the whole scene looks weird by the white wall. Some of them are blur because of limited time, some looks too dark,i need to find the suitable ratio of aperture and shutter speed for the final shot.
Personally i quite like chairs i have taken, it is possible to put them as one of my final photo.

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Whole scene is too dark, model's face are not able to see

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It is a good picture, although model's face is not able to see, but through her action, transferring the feeling of depression, the problem for this scene is at back, there are some useless objects , by getting rid of them, it will be better.

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this is the best one of the whole shot, although the image is still too dark ,model's face is bit blur. By using back light, the model shows high contrast of clothes and skin, and if you see her face, she looks serious. To create the sense of loneliness ,i add two chairs and leave one chair empty , it supposed to be the guy she loved, now he is gone, and she looked the way he left, that is the story i want to tell , this picture therefore give me really good understanding about what story should i tell of love and break.

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Gaining the experience of the shot before, i need to firstly set up a good background. And because my final outcome is about telling a story following time change, therefore not all of photos i select can be high contrast, in my opinion ,i want to express the feeling by changing the position and action of the model ,and light will change from bright to dark.
it might be a good idea to add some chaos scene that after breaking up, the life of one of them will be. For some of photos i will use model to express the power directly, some i will use just objects to present the emotion.

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The shot overall goes well, there are some of negative broken due to the problem of machine,whether action or position of model are all quite good.

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Before the final shot, i asked model what is meaningful to him , he brought the toy which appear often in the shot, he said that every time while he is outside ,he will bring the toy with him ,the toy is the birthday gift given by his ex-girlfriend, as many year's friend, i know how romantic love they used have, and know how depressed and lonely he is after they broke up.
The toy represents his ex-girlfriend and all the emotion he shows on the picture is the what he feels about the reality, about the reality of having her,and losing her,happy to normal life, to be alone ,wasting his time,that is also how i behave in the past, as i said before, the final outcome is the reflection of myself

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"They are hugging and playing games together, life is relaxed"

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model and the toy, two chairs representing they are still together .full of love. Love is the power and with bright light, showing they have a bright future.

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"They are still in love but the distance between them is longer".

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models and toys,he and she, object is still two chairs, but now there is some space beside which means the relationship between them have tiny change. backside shows the shadows in the bright light also means their love may have problem,  directly from the distance between him and her ,moving from heart to the legs, power here become weak, love is "descending"

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"Distance is longer, they are not together any more"

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him and her, model and toy, two chairs, compare with before, more space left on the chair and light become less, half of the toy is hiding in the shadow, these all represent their relationship starts to have some trouble, they are just doing their own things,the distance between them directly show the relations.

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"While he stop doing his own stuff, he looked to the other side"

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This scene is almost same with scene three, the only and really important change is when the model is free, instead of be with her, he looked at other side which means their love is nearly gone.

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"Chaos"

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"Close , Chaos"

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These two scenes do not have main subjects, instead, a table with plenty of rubbish, showing chaos, that is a hint which their love is totally broken, from previous scene, when they are together, the scene is always clean, this is the contrast i give to tell the rest story. using the scene with chaos, represent the state of him is also chaos.

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"He starts smoking"

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only himself,  the table with rubbish, the life without her is chaos, he even smoked, but from his eye sight, seems no emotion ,losing spirit. From that time, he lost all his passion and power. Light becomes darker also represent that. By showing model directly to present the reality.

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"He looks at the toy"

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“He picks and looks"

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From that time , the toy is just the toy, but for him he still believe it is her, the emotion he locked starts to express, and the time when they still fall in love, became the regret for him. The light became darker, and contrast is higher than before, representing now he is depressed and sad , full of loneliness. He can not get rid of the past. And part of the model's face is covered by shadows , seems he is consumed by negative emotions gradually.

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"Chaos inside his mind, his spirit"

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This scene is taken with different position and action of models but in one photo, i try to make the scene look like inside his body, his mind, his spirit is also chaos and full of negative emotions, objectively showing now the power is damaging him, the love in the past become the poison to cover himself, in fact, power is never be absolutely right , even for the love,sometime it will hurt both of then after they broke up.

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"Two chairs"

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"One chair"

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These two photos represent a change ,or in other word, a simple description about the relationship objectively, two chairs means they are still fall in love, one chair means no matter who is leaving, they broke up, and only one of them is fallen into the loneliness. Using back light to present really high contrast,aimed to make scene like tragedy.

Power here is the cure and torment given by love, it is hard to explain what kinds of power will be by love. Sometimes, the love is complicated , we need to get use to ,because in the end, we will all "grow up" trying to be with loneliness often, you can still find the interest while being alone.

By using this kind of reflection of myself in the past into the photos, i want remain not only myself, but also others that being lonely and depressed is fine, the relationship ends is fine, they are all the experience through our life, just get past from this feelings.

Above is my real idea about this project, it is also kinds of contrast between the reflection of myself and what i have learnt by these emotions deep inside my mind.

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During the course, i have learnt bit more about how to use film camera and how to set up the equipment in the studio, how the ratio of aperture and shutter speed ,ISO would affect the pictures.

Personally, i start to think deeper about my own emotion especially loneliness, how to present different emotions into photos using the lighting.

There are some problems during each process, if i still get the next time, i will be more accurate while i roll the films ,seems i always waste too many negatives at a time. I also would like to try some outside street photos by film camera, that would be really interesting.