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Composition
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Lens Choices
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Control of Aperture
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Control of Shutter
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Use of Focus (& it’s relationship with
light).
Each photo had to be constructed with a demonstration of the specific theme, and contain no more than 20 pictures in total. This meant we had to construct pictures with one or more of the following concepts:
Balance / Imbalance in frame, Clear Directionality in line, Linear Perspective (Converging Diagonal Lines), Open Frame / Closed Frame, Frame within a Frame, The Rule of thirds, The ‘Sinuous S’, Compositional Triangle, Effect of Short Lenses on space, Effect of Long Lenses on space, Deep Focus, Shallow or Specific Focus, Under Exposure, Correct Exposure, Over Exposure, Blurred movement within a still frame, Sharp movement within a still frame & Night Scene.
The portfolio also had to have a specific theme, to where I chose the theme "Human Interaction". My plan through the portfolio was to create a scenario that could have been taken straight out of a film, but reached the conclusion that shooting the pictures would be easier if I didn't have to construct a specific scenario around each picture.
I decided to shoot the pictures on a day where fog covered the ground. I took a couple of friends to the local park in my area, and placed them accordingly to my plan. Since I had to demonstrate the different concepts, I decided to go location hunting in the park. As I found the specific places where I wanted to shoot the pictures, I shot a couple of different scenarios before deciding on the final image.
Since the pictures had to be shot with a dSLR camera, I was lucky my roommate owned a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a 17-40mm f/4L, a 85mm f/1.8 and a 100mm 2.8L. I shot my entire portfolio on these three lenses, and it definitively made the practice easier. When working on a full frame camera, you have the opportunity to shoot cleaner images, and it is easier to crop into the images if needed, without loosing to much information.
I was lucky to shoot my entire portfolio on a beautifull day, where fog covered the entire park. The pictures came out with an almost angelic light, and a feeling that is hard to reproduce.
As I finished the portfolio, I noticed how much more aware I had become with the different concepts, and I felt like learning a lot. The experience is definitively one I can take with me in my future work as a photographer and cinematographer!
Some of the images can be seen here:
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