Corn Maze

The last of the salsa photos

Our Hands

Concentrating on placement, they had no idea that I was watching them. In this photo, I am an outsider to an intimate moment. A moment that was unplanned and yet still creates a beautiful shape. 

Flashing Fall

I love how this photo has so much movement. With the combination of not seeing their faces, the contrast, the intensity of the light, and even their shadow against the floor, this photo has a very unreal feeling to it. It is very mysterious. 

Sass

Sass is the best word that describes this photo. Krystal is the ket component just as it should be. Salsa is a dance that shows off a woman's beauty. I feel that this photo captures those intentions.

 

Drama

This photo expresses intimacy and the dramatic movement of salsa. This feeling is emphasized through high contrast, and high exposure. The movement itself also works well with the frame. 

More Aperture and Shutter Speed

Action

For these photos, and all of these other dancing ones, I had to use a high shutter speed. These are my three spinning photos. They show just enough blur to express the action. And they are in focus enough to get a feel for the subject of the photo. 

Larger Aperture

These following photos used a large aperture. Therefore, more light was let in and it was also harder for the camera to focus. For instance, in this first photo, the depth of field is so small because of the aperture that you can on see her eye area in focus. 

Figuring out the camera

For this assignment, we had to work with a professional camera. Before I went out and took photos, I had to play around with it a lot. In my room, I messed around with using different depths and field, aperture, and shutter speed. With time, I figured out the basics. 

Denise McGill

As I looked at the photography of Denise McGill, I admired the element of emotion in her photos. They were all very striking and intense. So I asked her how she manages her own emotions as she takes photos of people who are overwhelmed with emotion. 

She said that she just has to stay in focus. She is doing her job and cannot loose track of taking the photos by getting to intimate with the subjects. Instead, she thinks about the hours that the lighting will be good, the amount of time she has, and keeping herself on track. She has to somewhat detach herself to take these photos. And when she is on these photography trips, she knows in her mind that it is required of her and she is not going for a vacation.