Sunday, April 5, 2009

Day In Life

For having never  done anything like this, I guess I'm still somewhat dissatisfied with the outcome.  My decision to follow my father around was last minute, because I made a mistake in interpreting this project.  The problem with my father is he mostly sits in front of the television I was lucky enough to get him making some dinner and doing some dishes.  But that obviously was about the extent of it.  
For my term project I'd like to be able to have more time to focus on being able to tell a full story about someone else completely...

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  1. Mike EApril 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    Jen, something wrong with the link. It tells me that the page is not found.

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  2. Jen SApril 5, 2009 at 10:40 PM

    on a side note that I forgot to mention, I also experimented with a Lens Baby on some of these. And although these may not have been the best, I am in total lust with this lens.

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  3. SheryllApril 6, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    Same thing... page not found

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  4. Toni GreavesApril 6, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    Here is Jen's work (copy & paste)...
    http://www.mhccim.com/students/smith/Day_In_Life

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  5. Toni GreavesApril 6, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    Hi Jen,

    Your Father could be an interesting subject. If he sits around a lot I'd say focus on the details. What does he do sitting, what does he eat, how does he use the remote, what do his fingers look like? Those are the sorts of things, and more, to think of for this situation.

    Also, I appreciate testing out the lense baby, but it's probably not going to work for documentary type work. It could be an interesting style, but form what I know of it you need to be pretty precise in your focusing of it, which is tough if people are moving around.

    You also need to shoot more. It looks like you didn't take many photos. If you're presenting 20-40 images, I'd expect that they are an edited down set from around 200 or more.

    So, watch your focusing, no lens baby, and think about the details.

    toni

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  6. SheryllApril 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    I've tried the lensbaby too and although it was fun and I got some interesting shots (of a statue), I still didn't have the focus where I wanted it so they weren't as good when I got them downloaded as I thought they were when I took them. Precise focus isn't easy with it but add a moving subject and its even harder. My favorite of the shots so far is the one in the kitchen with the stove in the foreground.

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