From: "Christine Aguila"
Hi Everyone:
1) For this homework assignment, I tried my hand at playing a
PJ/environmental portrait shooter. My colleague Liu was kind enough to play
the subject--a famous artisan knitter :-) .
2) This was all done with window light only. I shot 106 shots, got the 1st
cut down to 28, then picked these 8 for the gallery. Liu's niece, May, was
with us, and for #2 she held a reflector photo left. The window light was
coming from photo right.
3) We finished in the kitchen then Lui started showing May how to knit; I
grabbed the camera and started shooting, but the 2 of them were standing in
a darker part of the kitchen & I had to bump up the ISO to get it. What was
amazing was how totally relaxed I became when shooting these spontaneous
shots. When working in the living room for the more posed shots, I was so
nervous and tense. The switch in feeling is so striking. Hopefully, the
more I do this I'll learn to relax.
http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/liushoot/index.html
Comments welcome.
Cheers, Christine
Numbers 4 & 5 look like you hit the mark. Number 8 is a nice portrait.
A Photo-Journalist would be ready for the darker part of the kitchen in
shot number 6 and would have an off camera fill - flash or reflector. I
think a lower camera angle, bringing the faces more in line with the
hands might improve the shot slightly.
Photo-Journalism is about story telling and numbers 5 & 6 tell a story.
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