As we continue the August Photography Book Club, I wanted to take a threat to step again and proportion a number of the outstanding images, discussions, and increase opportunities that have resulted from reading and photographing collectively via Freeman Patterson's Photography and the Art of Seeing.
(Want to join? Catch up by reading the overview about the Book Club and the summary and exercises from week 1 or just jump right in to week two from here. If you don't have access to a copy of the book, you can still join in by participating in the exercises and reflections on the blog posts.)
Barriers to Seeing
The first segment of the e-book targeted on statement and how to better explore your environment, such as attempting one of a kind views or factors of view, particularly of typically 'acquainted' subjects. Some even customary the task of locking themselves within the rest room to make ten photographs in twenty minutes!
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| Day 399 - All Alone by Nada A. |
Decided to place my digicam down inside the center of a quiet street and spot the view from that angle. The gentlemen strolling in a effectively bright red t-blouse changed into an accidental bonus. (See more of Nada's paintings on 365project.Org.)
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| A Study of Light and Color by Taffy Raphael |
The August ebook club is all approximately seeing in one-of-a-kind approaches. Today, I on the whole did this via following the spirit of one of the physical games - stay near domestic and look at things in new approaches. In this photo, I took several daylight hours photographs of the grasses that have been the superstar in "Sunset at the Marsh" (July 27th). All were daytime shots with diverse exposures. Then, I took the slightly overexposed one, edited it for an angled as opposed to vertical body, then processed it within the four ways you spot right here, two monochrome with different tones and exposure and colour, one with coloration heightened and one with it more washed out. The herbal bokeh didn't simply alternate in shape, and apparently, appeared to spark off the grasses in pretty a lot the equal way inside the color versions. In the monochrome it greater or less seems to combination into the grasses than set them off. A amusing take a look at this afternoon. (See greater of Taffy's paintings on 365project.Org.)
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| Book Club 1 Collage by Kathryn |
These were most of the images I took after I locked myself within the bathroom for a half hour. The shapes and angles are what caught my interest. (See more of Kathryn's paintings on 365project.Org.)
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| Tomato Leaves by Molly |
Today I've followed every other of the sporting events for the August e-book membership: Learning to Observe. This exercising includes choosing something internal or outside your own home, then putting aside an hour, with the intention of spending the primary 15-20 mins relaxing and emptying your thoughts before taking pix. Freeman Patterson's book claims that the outcome is that "you'll have extra ideas for photos than you ever dreamed feasible".
So being pretty hopeless at just enjoyable, I used a relaxation CD first, then took photographs of my tomato flora for forty mins. And it turned into certainly real that I had so many thoughts - I photographed leaves, stems, vegetation, culmination, compost, plant supports, shadows on the wall at the back of. I looked at textures, shapes, colors, light and shadows. I even lay down on the grass to seize the leaves towards the sky. Amazing! Getting down the 137 pictures to 1 to post wasn't smooth, but I chose this one because it shows a number of the element of the leaves, inclusive of a few insects, and the little hairs at the stems. I also like the mild behind the leaves.
Learning to Observe
The second section of the ebook challenged readers to 'think sideways' (wreck guidelines or push obstacles) and to attempt 'comfortable attentiveness' (extended statement). A key thought become to consider a rule of photography and exit and intentionally destroy it.
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| A Different Way of Seeing 3 by Kathryn Marshall |
"Letting go of self is an crucial precondition to actual seeing..." Freeman Patterson
I found this quote to be so true as I took pictures of a still life of three glass paperweights. Normally, I am really preoccupied about how to set up the still life and then how to take my shots of the still life. I am definitely not comfortable with taking pictures of still lifes. This was my third exercise in thinking sideways. I broke the rule of setting the correct exposure for my shots. I intentionally overexposed the shots. I found that just breaking this rule loosened up my thinking. Instead of being obsessed about the right way to shoot the still life, I found myself being enamored by the colors I saw in the glass paperweights and in their reflections. My first shots were overexposed and boring. This image was shot about midway during my series of still life shots, when I was lost in seeing the colors. Towards the end of the shot, my preoccupation with how I was shooting the still life took over again. I experienced both the rational response and the emotional response that Patterson writes about in his book, Photography and the Art of Seeing. I had another response when I saw this image. The camera was set for overexposure, but this photo does not look like my typical overexposure. I shake my head about this in disbelief. (See more of Kathryn's work on 365project.org.)
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| Photography Book Club 6 by Ann LeFevre |
My attention became stuck by way of the shadow of a eating room chair cast on the floor this morning so I notion I would use them as my situation for the Photography Book Club. I went lower back to "breaking the rules" and another time composed a shot using a 50/50 stability as opposed to the rule of thirds. I just like the way this came out and I additionally deliberately took the shot so that the heavier element became at the top - something that I clearly keep away from in my compositions. But this too, proved to be an exciting twist at the artwork of pictures and I favored the result! (See greater of Ann's work at 365project.Org.)
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| ICM Aspen by April |
I made a quick listing of regulations to break, even though I broke maximum they all this past 12 months. One of my favorite rules to break is the "preserve the camera constant" rule. I have performed intentional digicam movement photos before, although they were horizontal. Today I attempted vertical. Hmmmm....Exciting, but I accept as true with it makes me respect a more regular hand and clearer recognition. (See more of April's paintings at 365 task.Org.)
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| CNV00027 by Laura |
Analog August & August Book Club - Learning to Observe thinking sideways entry. I decided to have this image out of focus. (See more of Laura's work at 365project.org.)
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| Quilt in Motion by Junko Yokota |
August Book Club: Exercise in Thinking Sideways, Breaking Rule One. Always Hold Your Camera Steady. I took a quilting class with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably a number of years ago, and have never finished the quilt. It's pinned to my design board, and I decided to photograph it today. First, I took photos of it straight on. Then I moved up and down, as suggested in the book. I did not run towards it and click as my attic is too small for that. But then, I realized that the pattern was squares within squares, which called for a rounded shape so I swirled the camera around (can you use that word to describe a camera action?) and practiced various speeds to get the effect of the center flower square being relatively clear but all the ones around it blurred in motion. New for me, but it reminds me of the creative things that @vankrey is always doing. Reference photo of what the image looks like when not blurry: http://365project.org/jyokota/challenges-and/2013-08-05. (See more of Junko's work on 365project.org.)
To see more of what others have been coming up with, take a look at the photographs on theFlickr group page, posted to the365project discussion board, or taggedbookclub-seeing1 or bookclub-seeing2.
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