Culture project

My main topic for this year is to focus on cultures. Two in particular, the dutch and the american culture. I have many focuses that branch out from cultures. These topics are; the people, the fashion, customs, and living areas. For each section I will give examples from each culture that show the difference or in some ways the similarities of the two cultures.

Cultures- People

First contact sheet- ap-4 time- 26 seconds

Sierra- ap-4 time- 26

American culture

Heather- ap- 4 time - 26

American Culture

Meghan- ap- 4 time- 26

American Culture

Javier- ap-4 time-26

Dutch culture

Contact sheet- ap-4 time-32

Jordan- ap- 4 time- 32

American Culture

Raul- ap- 4 time- 32

Dutch culture

Friso- ap- 4 time- 32

Dutch Culture

From these comparisons you can not see that we the two cultures are relatively similar in appearance when looking at the people. In this section of the project, there is more comparison rather than looking at the differences.

Theory Notes- Dancers

Magenta, Cyan, Yellow filter in photography

In photography we talk about finishing in terms of white light. White light is made up of red, green and blue lights overlapping each other. Along with overlapping all three color and creating white light, when just two colors overlap they create; Magenta, cyan, and yellow.

The combinations 

Red and Green makes Yellow

Blue and Red makes Magenta

Blue and Green make Cyan

Each primary color- Red, Blue and Green each have a compliment that then produces white light. 

The combinations of the compliments are;

Red and Cyan

Blue and Yellow 

Green and Magenta

Filter-substances that absorb light.

Lets say you see a red object, that object is red because it is absorbing blue and green light and the red light is the only part that reflects to you. 

In photography filters are used in a way where the primary or secondary colors absorb their complimentary color and reflect the others. 

Filers

-pass through their own color of light 

-absorb their complimentary color. 

This diagram is an example of how each color produces the white light and how two primary colors combine and make secondary colors.

Printing composition- dancers

This contact sheet is of the slower shutter speed photos, a variation of 60, 40, and 30.  The settings for this contact sheet are aperture 2.8 and 32 seconds

This second contact sheet also has a variety of shutter speeds the highest reaching 2000. This was a very successful contact sheet and the settings are aperture 2.8 6 seconds.  

This small print was the only test strip i needed, settings aperture 2.8 6 seconds

I was very happy with this print since it came out with such good settings, aperture 2.8 and 6 seconds.

This print used the same settings as the last print and the contact sheet which made this project so much easier. 

Image Bank- Dancers

This picture was taking in the street suggesting that its is some sort of street dancing. The angle is straight on which keeps the picture simple. The clothes in which the "clown" is wearing compliment the style of dance, clowning. This type of dance could fall under the category of "ghetto" culture.  Baggy clothes are worn in these kinds of dances, this style is like a fighting dance, there is another type of dance that is similar and it is known as krumping. Clowning is the less aggressive version of krumping. 

A very popular style of modern dancing is break dancing. Many people wish to learn this type of dancing because it looks really interesting. There are many types of people who can do this dance so it is not fixed with one type of culture. This picture is really interesting because of the angle that it was taken, the man's arm looks as if it is broken but he is holding himself up with just his hand, you must be very strong because of the complex style.

This is a photo of the masai tribe doing a small version of their dance. This is a very interesting dance because it has lived through their culture. The face that all the people are wearing the same color clothes could imply that these are the clothes that they wear when they perform their ritual dance. 

The salsa dance is a very formal type of dance. It is a latin type of dance. The clothes that are worn usually match with their partners. The dance flows very well and is done very, very professionally. The dance has evolved over time and has become much more formal than before. 

Belly dancing is a very traditional dance. The dress worn by belly dancers are revealing but this helps get attention, mainly by men, who are watching the dance. This dance has evolved over time like every other dance as its culture has evolved. In this photo their is a light shining on the woman's stomach, aiming the attention on the belly of the dancer, enforcing the style of dance. 

Capoeira is the Brazilian art of dance fighting. This dance is done through the streets of Brazil and as you can see in the picture the two men are as light as they can be by wearing only simple white pants. They wear these pants to be loose as they are doing this dance. The angle in which this picture is taken is interesting where the two look as if one is in front of the other, this is not true. Capoeira is a fast moving dance that is expanding throughout the world. 

Diary Entry- Dancers

This project seemed very quick but I was able to get nice working negatives the first time. The prints seemed to come pretty quickly. I am getting to know how to use every aspect of by camera better to its fullest advantage. My negatives came out very clear and with good contrast. I was very happy with myself when I was using times on my contact sheet like 3 6 and 9 seconds. These are the lowest times that I have ever used. My final prints ended up using about 6 seconds and one print used 78 seconds but it did not affect me with finishing this project because the other print was so short. 

Dairy Entry-Gerhard Richter London

Day 1

The day we arrived to London we didn't really have any specific assignment right away which was relaxing. There was no stress on us the first night. The hotel was different than last years and this hotel was really nice. 

The first day was a really relaxing day. It wasn't very hectic day, the worst part about that day was just getting on the tube and sitting for a while, then walking to the hotel but it wasn't raining like last year so it was a pretty easy walk. 

Day 2

On the second day we went to the National Portrait Gallery where we were introduced to Gerhard Richter's Exposition and we learned about his style of painting. We had a workshop in the National Portrait gallery and this was a good experience to work in the same style in which Richter worked. We made a painting of a picture or a painting of a picture. After the workshop we went to the Saatchi Museum where we were walked through with a guide and the art that we saw was the work of Middle Eastern artists. So far this photo trip has been pretty relaxing and enjoyable. 

This day was a really interesting because we got to go see the Middle Eastern art and in the museum before we went to look around we went to a room that had some wax figures of older people who were in powered wheelchairs. This was an interesting piece because it was different and something I have never seen before. 

Day 3

Today we went to another workshop where we learned about studio lighting. This was probably the most interesting part of the trip. We watched how to work with the lighting, then we used the lighting to light up our model, Faith. After this workshop we walked around and when we had our free time we took photos for the project we knew we were getting once we got back. The pictures that we took in our time were focused on people and movement. 

The lighting workshop we had was really cool. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip because we learned  to use the lighting and what each light did for the subject we were lighting. The guy who taught us was really helpful and I was surprised that they let us handle all the equipment there by ourselves. 

Day 4 

This was the last day we were there and we did not go to any workshops or museums. We went to a market where we had our last free time where we had to get our final photos of people. we used this time not only to get our photos but to walk around and look what the market had to offer. All in all, this trip seemed to be more relaxed than last year even though we didn't do any workshops last year. 

This years trip seemed to be so much more calm than last year. It didn't rain while we were there and the weather was much better. The pictures we took there were all really cool because they were pictures of movement and at night with the car lights, it seemed like the cars were traveling through lights. I learned how to use my camera better on this trip, so for certain things I can now adjust my digital camera.