W2 - Results of aperture exercise

Extreme close up



1.30s
5.6f
focal length 170mm
ISO 200







Wide angle

3.0s

9.5f

focal length 34mm

ISO 200

Surface

6.0s
16f

focal length 63mm

ISO 200

Mixed lighting

1/180s

27f

focal length 53mm

ISO 200

Blurry

1/4s

5.6f

focal length 93mm

ISO 200

Drab

0.7s

8.0f

focal length 40mm

ISO 200

Tasty

Motorola

Self-portrait

1/125s

6.7f

focal length 200mm

ISO 200

Semi

1/1000s

5.6f

focal length 75mm

ISO 200

Portrait of a stranger

1/4s

38f

focal length 133mm

ISO 200

Beautiful

1/125s
6.7f
focal length 200mm
ISO 200








Ugly

1/250s
13f
focal length 200mm
ISO 200













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Feedback on Using phrases in a shooting brief
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The most obvious meaning is, of course, not necessarily the only meaning so 'semi' is not just 'half', but 'truck'. In addition, my interpretation also reveals 'where I'm at' - am I using metaphor, suggestive, allegory, symbolism or is my interpretation literal. Stuart's feedback on the W2 exercise is that students tended to the literal.

My feedback is 12 phrases is a lot to hold in the mind and I have a feeling of being tricked and exposed. A possible alternative: Select 1 phrase from a pool. Go out, shoot it, come back. Stuart takes about metaphor etc and then we go out and do a second lot of shooting to see the difference.