Street Photography i Arendal Sentrum

Berenice Abbott

For my project I chose to do Bernice Abbott, an American Architectural Photographer. She is best known for her black-and-white photo's of New York City urban life and architecture in the 1930s. Abbott was born in 1898 in Springfield, Ohio. She stayed in Ohio until 1918 when she moved to Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York City. She traveled to Europe in 1921, and spent two years studying sculpture in Paris and Berlin. Her interest in photography began in 1923. She studied photography for a short time in Berlin and then returned to Paris in 1927. She became well known for her modern portraiture in Paris. In 1929 she moved back to New York, and began a project titled Changing New York. She photographed many now-destroyed building and neighborhoods of Manhattan. She supported herself until 1935 when she was hired by the Federal Art Project to help her with her Changing New York project.
In her photo's of New York she sought to bring together three aspects of urban life: the diverse people, the places they work and play, and their day-to-day activities. She wanted to show people that their environment was a product of their actions and behavior. Her pictures intended to either stabilize or destabilize a subject, depending on how she felt about it. She also practiced straight photography, where there is no manipulation in both the subject matter and the processing.

Photo Analyse:

In this photo, New York's "Radio Row" on Cortlandt Street, Berenice Abbott mixes the elements of urban life and architecture. The photo shows civilians leading their day to day life in the middle of a very urban environment. Therefore, the photo has a very urban feel to it. The presence of the buildings and skyscrapers capture the idea of the the life and flow of a major city. The photo also suggests that the civilians are both influencing and being influenced by their environment, because the focus is on both the people and the environment around them. 

More Photos by Berenice Abbott:

My Photos:

Lukkertid- 1/800 seconds

Blenderåpningen-F/3,5

ISO-1800

Lukkertid- 1/800 seconds

Blenderåpningen-F/3,5

ISO-1600

Lukkertid- 1/800 seconds

Blenderåpningen-F/3,5

ISO-3200

Lukkertid- 1/1000 seconds

Blenderåpningen-F/16

ISO-640

Lukkertid- 1/320 seconds

Blenderåpningen-F/5

ISO-200

Lukkertid- 1/400 seconds

Blenderåpningen-F/10

ISO-200

September Photos

Refleksjon

Høst

Barn

Stilleben

Dyr

Etikett til Epleprodukt

1.Lukkertid- 1/400 seconds

2. Blenderåpningen-F/5,3

3. ISO-3200

1.Lukkertid- 1/125 seconds

2. Blenderåpningen-F/5

3. ISO-3200

1.Lukkertid- 1/160 seconds

2. Blenderåpningen-F/5,6

3. ISO-3200

1.Lukkertid- 1/160 sek

2. Blenderåpningen-F/5,6

3. ISO-3200

For these adds I used Adobe Photoshop to brighten and contrast the picture, as well as lighten certain parts of the picture. I added the text "Apple Sauce" in white to each picture also using Photoshop, one time with all caps, and the other with only the beginning of each word capitalized. I lightened the apples in the back of the picture to highlight the front apples, and make them look brighter and more appealing. I used white text to make the add look cleaner and brighter.

Lukkertid

This week we worked with motion pictures. We showed motion by adjusting the shutter speed, by either making it very fast to freeze motion, or very slow to show the motion. All pictures were taken with a Nikon D5000.

F-stop: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/640 sec.

ISO: 320

F-stop: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/640 sec.

ISO: 320

F-stop: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/640 sec.

ISO: 320

F-stop: f/25

Shutter Speed: 1/2 sec.

ISO: 320

Se Meg

For my self portrait I used six pictures that describe me. The first picture is of myself. The second picture is of where I live here in Norway. The third picture I took in New York, which is my favorite place to go and where I want to live someday. The forth picture is of a book because reading is one of my favorite things to do. The fifth picture is of a sign at Harry Potter World in Orlando (a place I have been many times) of Luna Lovegood's glasses. I love Harry Potter and I always say Luna is my 'role model'. And the last picture is of my room in Florida.

Utnitt og synsvinkle

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I cropped this photo, made it brighter, and added contrast.

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Etter:

I made this photo brighter, added more contrast, and made it black and white, rather than in color.