Tag: 2.4

In photography, I am currently working on my portfolio. My kaupapa is the fun/joy of my two nieces going outside and playing outside.

I am currently working on arranging my photographs around to correctly convey my kaupapa.
At this point in time, I have it arranged so that the top row of my folio is four photos capturing the view from inside, showing the view from the windows. (These photos are currently unedited).

The next three photos underneath, shows Roya, the first two outside and the third her laying down inside. We can see the leading lines lead you along the images. I have edited these images to have higher contrast and made other slight changes to the colour and lighting.

The bottom left image captures an angelic statue, with an orange tint throughout the whole image, on the bottom right we see my two nieces sitting on the couch, edited to have the same orange tint in the angel statue image. The angel statue helps portray the innocence and angelicness of these two kids. By putting these two together it helps portray the narrative.

 

These photos under here are currently not put on my board, I am planning to put a majority of these on my second panel and reshoot the in-betweens.

 

 

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.

In this shoot, I was attempting to capture the idea of kids looking outside, anticipating the joy of playing outside and the excitement of the fresh air. I still would like to improve on these photos, although I am not quite sure how yet, perhaps I can be slightly more experimental with my shooting techniques.