Man In The Alley
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Since I started this blog I'll go first. Once of our first assignments at Hallmark was to shoot things like horizontal lines, vertical lines, colors, etc. We were given 1 roll of film and had to create exactly that many assignments which meant every shot had to count. Try it some time limit yourself to shoot just one shot for a particular subject. Digital photography makes us so lame and lazy. We take test shots, we adjust our exposure, we take another test shot, we work on composition.
If we do this what seperates us from the amaetur photographer? Nothing! This shot above of the man in the alley way was one shot for my vertical line assignment. It was a crappy rainy day and we were all out together shooting in the rain with umbrellas and plastic bags over our cameras. A lot of people were moaning and groaning about being outside shooting in the weather. I walked by this same alley that at least 50 other people walked by and saw my vertical line assignment. I metered it. Then I saw one of our instructors standing just a short distance away and said hey can you go stand at the end of that alley for me? He did and I have the single negative to prove it!
This is one of my favorite shots from my Hallmark experience.
What do you think about and what I've said?
Have you challenged yourself to shoot more quality shots with less actual exposures?
Do you have any similar experiences to share?
Labels: HIP Assignment Work
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