“...cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces..”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
For this Photo of the Week assignment I gravitated toward the theme of Jack Frost as through the winter season I was surrounded and engrossed by snow, ice and frost. The winter weather became a subject I could connect to as it had an impact on my life and on those around me. It came with problems, but still on the days as I sat in the dark of a power outage I would look outside to take in the beauty of the nature of snow. It comes down it is a wild flurry, yet still so soft and gentle. The aftermath of the storms leaves an elegant, white blanket over the world, fascinating to the onlooker.
The beauty that I saw amidst the cold, dark days is what inspired my photography. I aspired to capture what I saw. Each of the photos in the series have a consistent compositional theme and taken using similar techniques. This challenge was a great example of me getting out to try and photograph a vast topic and learn along the way what works and what doesn't. One of the first tips I picked up on was correcting the exposure compensation. Due to the brightness and amount of light that occurs because of white snowy landscapes it it a first instinct to want to use your meter to balance the exposure. However doing this really takes away from the beauty that you want to capture in the snow, so I found the best results came from overexposing. Bright exposure is an consistent element throughout the series. In my experimentation I also found that the subject of snow can be overwhelming for a photographer as the camera isn't able to properly reflect the beauty we may see in vast, open spaces of snow. This is why I chose specific focused subjects in my photographs and used a shallow depth of field. I chose my three pictures to include in the series by finding the ones that really spoke to me personally and show my experience of the cold season. My ultimate goal with this series and most photographic work is to really show the audience my perspective.
I learned a lot by taking on this specific theme, skills on experimenting to learn and the editing that can be applied to enhance these types of photos. I think I took on this challenge with no set idea of what my finished product would look like and that really allowed me to be free to try different things. What I learned through completing these photographs will definitely help in my future assignment and projects.
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
For this Photo of the Week assignment I gravitated toward the theme of Jack Frost as through the winter season I was surrounded and engrossed by snow, ice and frost. The winter weather became a subject I could connect to as it had an impact on my life and on those around me. It came with problems, but still on the days as I sat in the dark of a power outage I would look outside to take in the beauty of the nature of snow. It comes down it is a wild flurry, yet still so soft and gentle. The aftermath of the storms leaves an elegant, white blanket over the world, fascinating to the onlooker.
The beauty that I saw amidst the cold, dark days is what inspired my photography. I aspired to capture what I saw. Each of the photos in the series have a consistent compositional theme and taken using similar techniques. This challenge was a great example of me getting out to try and photograph a vast topic and learn along the way what works and what doesn't. One of the first tips I picked up on was correcting the exposure compensation. Due to the brightness and amount of light that occurs because of white snowy landscapes it it a first instinct to want to use your meter to balance the exposure. However doing this really takes away from the beauty that you want to capture in the snow, so I found the best results came from overexposing. Bright exposure is an consistent element throughout the series. In my experimentation I also found that the subject of snow can be overwhelming for a photographer as the camera isn't able to properly reflect the beauty we may see in vast, open spaces of snow. This is why I chose specific focused subjects in my photographs and used a shallow depth of field. I chose my three pictures to include in the series by finding the ones that really spoke to me personally and show my experience of the cold season. My ultimate goal with this series and most photographic work is to really show the audience my perspective.
I learned a lot by taking on this specific theme, skills on experimenting to learn and the editing that can be applied to enhance these types of photos. I think I took on this challenge with no set idea of what my finished product would look like and that really allowed me to be free to try different things. What I learned through completing these photographs will definitely help in my future assignment and projects.