Hiroshi Sugimoto

1. Essay

Hiroshi Sugimoto

                                                                               

     Hiroshi Sugimoto is a photographer born in Tokyo Japan on in 1948 who likes to plan his photos and use natural lighting. After He graduated from Saint Paul’s University in Tokyo he then graduated from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He is still alive and still turning his ideas into art via photography.

     Sugimoto is a very literal sense a traditionalist when it come lighting in photography. He believes in the beauty of natural lighting. He loves how it flows and disperses compared to other lighting. The techniques Sugimoto uses are meant to take advantage of this light. He tends to create his own methods to get the results he is after. He has even found his own way to develop his negative. It seems Sugimoto uses long exposures to capture what he wants in doing so he can emphasis the beatify he finds in natural lighting within his photo.

     I personal think Sugimoto is unique is because he can think of an image and then find a way to make it a reality. That takes tedious determination to find the right objects, places and lighting. Sugimoto is more of a painter in my eyes who uses a camera to capture what he imagines. The level of coordination it appears to take actually causes me to question what photography really is as a whole.

     I think his artwork is beautiful yet so tedious in production. It makes me feel anxiety thinking about how the photo is made. I would much rather be swept away by an amazing image captured in the chaos of life knowing there is less control while everything works with each other. The production of his images makes me think of isolation because of the high level of control. This thought really keeps me from enjoying them. When he uses wax figurines he is a prime example of this because he can have the effect of a living being without the movement that cause that spark of life I am always searching for the only pieces of Sugimoto I really like are his landscapes because it makes me feel like he is working more with the environment compared to his other works.

Sugimoto is definitely one to be respected he has a lot of will power. His photography is beautiful and powerful. 

                                                                            

2.Resources

Work Cited

http://www.art21.org/texts/hiroshi-sugimoto/interview-hiroshi-sugimoto-tradition

https://aaastern.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/c.jpg

https://chloenelkin.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/resized-hiroshi-sugimoto-lightning-fields-168.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=ne4DLrIdFwE

http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/

Light Trails

1. Definition

Light Trails is a photography term used to describe either the light source moving while camera is capturing the image or camera moving while capturing light sources in the image. it give the appearance of a tail/path of light

2. Examples

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Time Exposure

1.       Time Exposure Examples

In order to take this photo I started with a 30 second exposure. knowing it would be bright I took it in early morning so it would be softer light and even then it was too bright. So I used my smallest aperture F22. I did this to get a deceit exposure

   This photo was taken with multiple flashes going at once with 22 F stop and a 10 second exposure

this photo was taken with a midrange F stop(Between 5.8-8.6) and around a 10 second exposure while using bulb. I used bulb so I could capture the full rang of motion of the semi truck

This photo I also used bulb so I had to do multiple trial and error too get the proper exposure

This photo was taken with the sun setting and I did not like the color so I used a polarized lens to alter the reflection of the water to get a effect/color I liked

2.Discussion

I had issues getting a good exposure in all these photos. The only advice I can give is try to plan for enough time preshooting the seen in the lighting you want. So you know the proper F stop and shutter speed when you actually go to take photos. 

Farm Security Administration (FSA)

1. Essay
                                                      Farm Security Administration

The Farm Security Administration was a government program that was given the task to fight problems associated with agricultural life. The FSA began in the 1920s during the great depression. One of the major causes of the great depression were dust bowls. Over production of farmed goods left the land depleted of nutrients needed to grow fresh croups and without the root system of plants to hold down the soil dust storms became common throughout the Midwest.

Roy Stryker was an economist that was hired to lead the photographic documentation section of the FSA. In order to accomplish his task, he brought together photographers like Walker Evans, Gordon Parks and Dorothea Lange. Roy Stryker would take extremely influential photographs so much so they would later be classified as propaganda

   Some people believe these photos were taken as part of Roosevelt’s plan to show the need and positive effects of The New Deal. The New Deal is what Roosevelt’s called his relief effort programs he set in place with congress. After the new deal was enacted in order to give the effect that it was working, the photographers of the FSA were told to only take photos that showed abundance. Some photos namely the ones with the bleached bull skull was reported as being falsified causing people who objected the New Deal in turn make political cartoons of the FSA randomly plopping the skull down and taking photos across America. I do believe this collection of photos is propaganda and is far from photojournalism. These photos show me noting about the time frame other than there was a political struggle. Although these photos do not show anything they certainly imply life was hard for farmers back then.

Another famous photo is the Migrant Mother taken by Dorthea Lange. This photo became the most recognized from the collection. It shows a mother children clinging to her for comfort while she looks off into the distance with a look that implies the complete absences of hope. It is a striking piece and show the struggle of the time on its own. But because the photos in the collection had to meet the criteria of a political agenda. How common this desperation was is now in question.

I feel like the FSA did their job. It may have been propaganda to get the masses on the side of Roosevelt but because I believe in The New Deal. There is always going to be propaganda, it’s a tool like anything else. So in that respect I do think the FSA did this nation a necessary service.

 

 

2.Resources Work Cited http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_14.html http://www.oberlin.edu/library/papers/honorshistory/2001-Gorman/FSA/FSAhistory/fsahist1.html http://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-1/the-fsa-photographs-information-or-propaganda/ https://cdn.tutsplus.com/photo/uploads/2013/12/FSA-rs-Photo-4a.jpg http://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/files/2009/11/meyer1.jpg

Panning

1. Definition

I define panning as terminology in photography meaning that the moving object is in focus and the background is blurred.

2. Examples

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                                                         Pan_person_jamesdaugherty

Lewis Hine

Lewis Hine


1 Essay.  

  

Lewis Hine was born in 1874 and died 1940. Hine was a teacher during a class project his photography gain notice. After that he became a Photographer with his main focus being on sociological issues he felt needed to be corrected. Hine by his own words was a photo-interpretation photographer because of this and the fact his work was used more for specific agenda he was not a photojournalist.

     Lewis Hine was a photographer for a group known as National Child Labor Committee. This committee was organized to protect children from unfair labor laws and unsafe work environment. Lewis Hines photos gave the drive that the National Child Labor Committee needed to have laws changed. He did this by taking photos of child workers while they were working in their unsafe work environment.

     Hine would often gain access to the factories that he took photos in by means of deception. He would impersonate such roles as a Bible salesman, insurance agent, Industrial photographer and postcard seller. Once he was in one of the factories he would take photos of the children, without the factories management knowing his true intention.

   Thanks to Lewis Hine’s efforts the National Child Labor Committee was able to influence congress enough for a constitutional amendment to be created; The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938. Shortly after Hine would die with little money to his name.

     I think Hine had a purpose like in most of his work for his efforts to take photos on the skyscrapers during construction. I believe his purpose was to show the extremes of the danger involved in the building of skyscrapers like the empire state building by looking at his work I’d say he got his point ac across. I believe the nature of a man should not be judged by how much wealth he left behind it should be measured in a number of things. Such as how many people he helped or how big a wrong he righted. If you were to measure the life of Lewis Hine with these criteria, you would see him worth he was truly valued at.

2. Resources

Work Cited/Bibliography

http://academic.uprm.edu/laviles/id194.htm

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/

http://www.nationalchildlabor.org/history.html

Photos from

http://academic.uprm.edu/laviles/id194.htm

Motion Blur

1. Motion blur Examples

This photo was shot at the aperture F5.6 at 1/4th second shutter Speed.

 This photo was shot at the aperture F5.6 at 1/4th second shutter Speed.

 This photo was shot at the aperture F5.6 at 1/4th second shutter Speed.

This photo was shot at the aperture F5.6 at 1/4th second shutter Speed.

2. For myself personally I have somewhat more accustom to how to set the proper exposer for my camera. I knew I needed a slow shutter speed in order to get the blur. Yet I needed it to be no longer than 1 second. after taking a few shots I found that 1/4th second was perfect and adjusted my aperture accordingly to get a good exposure.

Zombie

1. Zombie Portrait

2. Discussion

In order to take this photo I used a tripod because I had to use a shutter speed over 1 second and I could not hand hold. The hardest part of this assignment was that my family was unavailable for the shoot because both my parents are recovering form surgery. So they could not attempt what I asked them. The second hardest part of this assignment was after I found willing living subjects I had to direct their movements, in order to capture what was required.

Zoom Portrait with Slow Shutter Speed

1. Zoom Portrait

2. Process

In order to take this Zoom Portrait. I first needed a slow shutter speed while still having a good exposure. I found that the slowest I could go with the lighting at the shoot was. 4 seconds. I then decided to start from the zoom out position. So the photo would have a lager background and the subject would appear to be magnified. I squeezed the shutter button to take the photo and zoomed in pausing briefly 4 times one for each second that past. Since it was such a slow shutter speed it shoud be noted I used a tripod

Introduction

1. Introduction

Hi my name is James Daugherty. I am currently enrolled in Digital Photography 1 at Arizona Western Collage. This is a dedicated blog for that class.

2. Camera

I currently do not have a digital SLR camera. Although have a 16 MP digital camera and plan on buying the Nikon 3200D digital SLR camera.

3. Class Goals

My goal for this class is simply Redemption I took this class before and failed because I did not write the essays, due to my grandfather dying and my own inaccuracies in cooping with the situation. As an English major I find this is unacceptable for myself.

4. Experience

I have some experience in photography because I took this class before and found out I really like it. Sadly I only vaguely remember how to use iso exposure

5. Favorite Photography

My favorite photography is anything surreal or showing something that is almost perfection but is ruined by tragic occurrence, such as broken statue. So I really enjoy jointers photography.

6. Vacation Spot

Its weird but after so many deaths in the family since I was born (over 24) my favorite Vacation spot is the family cemetery California

7. Pet

I have a mancoon cat his name is Thaddeus

8. More About Me

I love to write poetry so here is a poem I wrote under my pen name Judas_James

This

On nights like this I have no words. Simply because my mind has ran off and left me here all alone.

It's has draged its broken limbs against all better judgment to watch my soul try and fly away.
My mind just sits there like a child whos kite had flown too high.

It wasn't always like this

Out of Print

It's a strange type of sadness when you hope for a dream
It like embracing your grandfather in an open casket
It's that heart fluttering feeling that resembles love

With strange sadness you make your peace
The butterflies in your chest soon turn to moths
And your regrets eat you

That strange sadness kills quick for its no longer in practice
Though it still lingers
It those trivial things that cut your life away

This strange sadness riddled in abuse
For people who killed you with rocks and with stones now live happy lives
There is no remorse from them for they do not think of how they beat you

When you realized you've escaped its
Simply loneliness