Madeline Dortignacq Photography

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White was an early photo journalist who took many historically and artistically significant photos around the world. She was born in 1904 and died in 1971 from Parkinson's Disease. I chose this photo because of the historical significance of the campaigns of women working in the fields as well as the shapes created by the rakes and hay.

Project 5 Prework: Light, Shadow, and Reflections

John Persson

Jeff Dejoannis

high shutter speed to get the silhouette effect, hence why the subject and environment is mostly black, narrow aperture to get all the environment in focus:

high shutter speed to get the silhouette effect, hence why the subject and environment is mostly black, narrow aperture to get all the environment in focus:

Fan Ho

Manuel Libres Librodo Jr

Sergio Larrain

I believe the photographer took the meter reading on the sign so as to have a good range of grays while having the silhouette of the man and the foggy effect of the light. If the reading had been taken on the man he would have appeared lighter and with more detail and the rest of the image would have become more blown out around him.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Project 4: Depth of Field

Deep Depth of Field

Phil Morgan

Shallow Depth of Field

Stephan Vanfleteren

Adam McVay

Project 3: Motion

Slow Motion

Mario De Biasi

Denis Olivier

I think that the above image is more expressive because it adds more mystery to the piece and has more room for interpretation, I feel like I have to look at it longer.