P7_Cathy

Light and Shadow Photography Assignment

Cathy Carpenter Group: VSpacers1

Title: A Still Steel Night



Tags: rebar, construction at night, night shadows

While I was out wandering around at night, I came across this materials storage site down the street from our house. They are constructing an apartment building and have built this storage unit for the rebar out of guadua (a sturdy bamboo grown here). I noticed that it created some interesting shadows throughout the day so I went back at different times to see what I could capture. I found the shots at night were the most interesting though the hardest to get because of trying to focus and the lack of light. The main light source in the picture is from the street lights. The light star in the picture is one of the street lights which gives it almost an other worldly effect. I had to expose this for several minutes to get enough light to capture the shadows and then play with it a little in Photoshop to bring them out. The value in this assignment is the study of the effects of light on objects and how it can create totally different images depending on the time of day and the angle. Sometimes you want to eliminate shadows to smooth out your composition -- especially when it is people -- but other times you need or want the shadows to give you that depth of field or to create other composition elements in your picture.

My husband liked this shot of the "giant" wheelbarrows created by their shadows against the wall.



Self Evaluation || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does a good job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot.   || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept.
 * Depth of Field || Good use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were well chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||

Peer Critique for Cathy Carpenter - Stephanie Jackson There is a lot to look at in this photo and many textures to see. The wheelbarrow's shadow seems like it is about to scoop up the building on the banner in front of it. I can see the street and the building in the background which creates a good depth of field. The vertical structure of the building and positions of the wheelbarrow compliment the composition of the shot and works well with horizontal elements such as the banner. You did a good job communicating the concept of how light affects objects and create differences in shadow depending on the time of day.
 * Category  ||  Strong   ||  Adequate   ||  Weak   ||
 * Concept  || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. ||  Does an adequate job communicating the concept.   ||  Does a poor job communicating the concept.   ||
 * Composition  || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. ||  Photograph does a good job using composition principles.   ||  Photograph does a poor job using composition principles.   ||
 * Focus  || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. ||  Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot.   ||  Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot.   ||
 * Technical Aspects  || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. ||  Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept.   ||  Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept.   ||
 * Depth of Field  || Excellent use of depth-of-field. ||  Adequate use of depth-of-field.   ||  Poor use of depth-of-field.   ||
 * Title/tags  || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. ||  Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors.   ||  Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices.   ||