Week 6 - Taking after Alfred Stieglitz

As I had planned at the start of the project, my film week is studying clouds. This is something I do a lot on digital and after seeing Alfred Stieglitz's work I really wanted to do a fim study on film. With the awful weather and the fact the whole of England has been covered by one huge, unsightly storm cloud, I had to wait for a nice day and was very close to resorting to my back-up plan. Thankfully, the bad weather passed and I managed to get the following Stieglitz-inspired images.

Taken: 29th March, 2010

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Camera used : Nikon F50

My first cloud image, This one is quite dark in general but I love all the contrast and how the sun is breaking through the clouds in the top right corner. There is a great variation of fluffy, soft clouds and thick, dense clouds.

Taken: 29th March, 2010

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Camera used : Nikon F50

This is an interesting image in the way the clouds are parted in three places. There is less sunlight in this but more contrast.

Taken: 29th March, 2010

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Camera used : Nikon F50

This is by far my favourite from the set. With the sunlight very bright to the right, the light gradually fades out until there are very deep, grey clouds to the left. Out of all the images this one has the best variation in tone.

During this photoshoot I also wanted to do some Alfred Stieglitz with a modern twist by adding some man-made structures. This is again, something I love to do with digital.

Taken: 29th March, 2010

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Camera used : Nikon F50

The phone mast is very central and dark giving a good focal point to the image. I also took a similar image with the phone mast off to the left to go by the rule of thirds but decided I like it more when it is central.

On the way home from my photoshoot I was walking down an ally I walk down everyday and have often photographed with little success. I thought to myself, maybe it will look better on film, so I gave it a go and I really like the results.

Taken: 29th March, 2010

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Camera used : Nikon F50

Taken: 29th March, 2010

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Camera used : Nikon F50

The area looks very run down with strange angles and tilted buildings.