Notes about Edith Amituanai’s photography.
- Very much based on realism, with no outlandish editing or effects, just the real world she lives in.
- Any alterations to colour do not heavily change the image, only enhance the colour already present.
- Simple angles, no drastic tilts or perspectives. Most photos are shot from a perspective that could easily be perceived as another person’s perspective, with someone else also present in the moment.
- She captures her subjects candidly, telling stories about these people through her photographs.
- Focusing on capturing the subjects without any direction, try not to have any influence on what your subjects are doing and capture the honest, real lives of the people in your life.
- Taking the surrounding environment into account, how does this change the feel and subject matter of your image.
How can I implement Edith Amituanai’s techniques into my photography?
I want to try to tell a narrative with my photos, a story or some sort of message. With my current folio piece, this narrative is about kids going outside to enjoy their time on the playground, then coming back inside to calm back down. We first see the view of the outside world from in, then we see the kids venture into the backyard and the playground, and last we see them back inside this time not looking out, but resting inside.
I should keep my photos relatively simple, not have many unnecessary distractions and keep the essential aspects as the main focus. I could take more wide-angled shots, and show more of the environment to give more context.
