Your sixth picture is really impressive. It has the quality of a fashion photograph with the wonderful light and pose captured. However, there is a depth in the expression of the individual captured that is really intriguing. She does not feel like a mere model. I really enjoy your other photos as well, they feel like the other side of Florida you have spoken about capturing. But, I feel that your third and forth pictures are the weakest. They don't have as much of a value range as the others and the subject isn't quite as interesting.
All of these images share the common thread of linearity. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal - all of the photographs celebrate angularity and line in some fashion. I agree with Ashley that photo 6 is stupendous. I personally like it because it distorts (by means of shadow) a line that would otherwise be rigid and structured. Photo 6 manages to render the line pliable.
This week, I enjoy the more voyeuristic approach to your images. All of your images this week have a certain aura to them, as though you, the photographer, were just a shadow taking the picture, a sort of void of man behind the lens feeling. I appreciate the documentarian aspect of images number one and number 10, it seems as thought it was an attempt to suspend an object in time.
I find the images shot at night to be the most successful- especially the 6th and the 8th. The way the artificial light of the night lights up your subject and casts interesting shadows make the images very dynamic and give stye portraits and eerie feel. I also see a fascination with lines in a lot of your photos- especially the 2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th so maybe thats a possible direction you could go in.
I am intrigued by the narrative in the 8th image which leads us to ask many questions: what is she doing with a shopping cart from any stores, on a sidewalk, at night? The overcast shadow from the street light gives a nice contrast from the subject and the path ahead of her. I read a slight use of humor in the fact that there is a speed limit side next to her, and the shopping cart almost simulates the presence of a vehicle, but alas it cannot even begin to come near the limit. The grain slightly hinders the image but future practices can certainly assist you in taking photographs a night.
Your sixth picture is really impressive. It has the quality of a fashion photograph with the wonderful light and pose captured. However, there is a depth in the expression of the individual captured that is really intriguing. She does not feel like a mere model. I really enjoy your other photos as well, they feel like the other side of Florida you have spoken about capturing. But, I feel that your third and forth pictures are the weakest. They don't have as much of a value range as the others and the subject isn't quite as interesting.
ReplyDeleteAll of these images share the common thread of linearity. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal - all of the photographs celebrate angularity and line in some fashion. I agree with Ashley that photo 6 is stupendous. I personally like it because it distorts (by means of shadow) a line that would otherwise be rigid and structured. Photo 6 manages to render the line pliable.
ReplyDeleteThis week, I enjoy the more voyeuristic approach to your images. All of your images this week have a certain aura to them, as though you, the photographer, were just a shadow taking the picture, a sort of void of man behind the lens feeling. I appreciate the documentarian aspect of images number one and number 10, it seems as thought it was an attempt to suspend an object in time.
ReplyDeleteI find the images shot at night to be the most successful- especially the 6th and the 8th. The way the artificial light of the night lights up your subject and casts interesting shadows make the images very dynamic and give stye portraits and eerie feel. I also see a fascination with lines in a lot of your photos- especially the 2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th so maybe thats a possible direction you could go in.
ReplyDeleteI am intrigued by the narrative in the 8th image which leads us to ask many questions: what is she doing with a shopping cart from any stores, on a sidewalk, at night? The overcast shadow from the street light gives a nice contrast from the subject and the path ahead of her. I read a slight use of humor in the fact that there is a speed limit side next to her, and the shopping cart almost simulates the presence of a vehicle, but alas it cannot even begin to come near the limit. The grain slightly hinders the image but future practices can certainly assist you in taking photographs a night.
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