Task 1
These photographs are all captured by Joel Meyerowitz, who is a dedicated street photographer. When researching his work, first thing I noticed is that many of his photographs are converted to black and white. This is probably done to refract the viewer’s eyes from the colour to what’s actually important (the people and their lifestyle).
However the other photos are kept in colour for a reason. All of them have a special colour palette which is very pleasing to the eye. This is mostly because he uses complementary colours (ex: blue and yellow).
Meyerowitz only shoots in natural light. I didn’t see a single photo which could be taken with the help of a flash or a reflector. He seems to choose the perfect time of day to take his pictures because there are no hard shadows and the light seems to hit perfectly on the subject.
From what I can see, Meyerowitz likes to use mid focal length lenses, meaning that he never uses extreme wide angle or telephoto lenses. The pictures do not seem too much compressed, nor destorted. He also likes to make use of lines and shapes, but at the same time he always keeps the image simple.
This photograph by Joel Meyerowitz stood out for me the most because of the colour palette. I really like how the blue sky complements the brown car and the yellowish street.
This photograph inspires my idea because of its simplicity. The framing is perfect, the colours are nice and the choice of the time of the day resulted in a really nice shadow on the house. Another reason why I like this picture is because the photographer decided to shoot the subjects from the front, which is usually avoided because it may make the image look flat, but in this case if Meyerowitz took it from an angle, he would have ruined it.
The station wagon is placed perfectly in front of the house. The photographer might have done this to show either the huge footprint of the car or the very small footprint of the house.
There are a lot of lines in this photo, and what I like most about them is the fact that they all go to the same direction. There are electrical cables, horizon, yellow line painted on the floor, the lines on the car’s paint job and even the tiles on the house.
However there are vertical lines which are less dominant, which are the wooden poles.
A small sign on the house that says ‘COSMOS’ isn’t dominant at all but that little bit of typography adds more character to the image
This image doesn’t have a lot of shapes, in fact there is only the square sign and the triangle rooftop.
Mood Board
Colour
Lines
Texture
Typography
Task 2
The quote I chose for this task is Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. This is because I enjoy taking minimalistic photos instead of busy ones.
For example, this photo puts all the emphasis on the bird. The sky is used to create negative space.
Here are some more examples:
As one can see, the photographers here made use of simple backgrounds with detailed subjects, and in most cases there are leading lines.
Minimalist photos can also be created by using repetitive patterns.
Task 3
Image 1:
A lot of newspapers stacked. Lines, squares and typography
Image 2:
Man reading newspaper alone. Lines on bench, rule of thirds.
Image 3:
Man reading newspaper. negative space, subject is small, triangle between the subject, window and dustbin.
Image 4:
Man reading newspaper while dining. Triangle between man, wine glass and wine bottle.
Image 5:
Someone reading the newspaper in front of a beach. Negative space, centred.
Image 6:
3 people reading the newspaper. Leading lines, vertical lines, busy traffic.
Image 7:
Rolled newspaper on the floor. directional lines, centred.
Image 8:
Stacked newspaper on a shop’s windowsill. leading lines.
Task 3
Unfamiliar Enviroment:
Newspapers in Modern Day Times
Malcolm Camilleri 