Inspired by a Master- Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was a photographer who was active during the early 1900s to 1940s. He was located in Hungary. He was a strong advocate for the integration of technology and arts, which is why he took up photography, a combination of both. He is unique because he was both a painter and a photographer.

I chose this photographer because his photography style seemed very similar to my own. He liked to take photos of people from above, and liked framing subjects. His photos demonstrate lots of depth, one of my composition rules. His photos inspired mine by giving some structure and sense of correctness to my photos with his style. Over the course of this project, my pictures seemed to detract more from his original style, but I believe this is a good thing because I was taking the best parts of his style and incorporating them with my own.

Photo #1

Final:

Original: 

First I cropped the photo so it was somewhat tilted. Then I edited it to lower exposure and make the picture black and white

Inspired by this photo

Photo#2

Final:

Original: 

I edited by increasing the exposure and making it black and white.

Inspired by this photo

Photo#3

Final: 

Original: 

I cropped off extra parts from the bottom of the original picture and then make the picture black and white and increased exposure.

Inspired by this picture

Photo #4

Final:

Original

Edit for black and white

Photo #5

Final: 

Originial:

Edit for black and white

Second Portrait

Photo Gallery Festival Review

I chose photo 3 from the gallery.

I chose this photo because

• There is simplicity and order
• there is a sense of depth
• the lighting and shadows are good
• there is a sense of purpose
• there are reflections
• there are multiple sources of light

Composition Review

I chose photo 12 because it represents 2 of my 3 rules. The subjects are off center (the people) and depth is shown by the rows of houses.

Original Photo:

Edited photo:

The photo initially did show my 3 rules of depth, reflections, and subject off center well. I cropped the image in Photoshop to make the subject ,the eye, more off center and edited the picture in camera raw to make the reflections in the eye clearer.

Where I found my rules
Depth
Reflections
Subject Off-Center

First Portrait

Portrait taken by me of Jake. In classroom. camera raw edit for increase blue tint

Self Portrait Project

Self Portrait of me taken under a tree near the field.

Shallow Depth of field

Shallow Depth of Field, subject is the plant which is in focus and the background is out of focus.

Third Photo Assignment Subject Off center

Rule 3 take photos with the subject off center.

Rule 1: depth
Rule 2: reflections
Rule 3: subject off center

Second Photo Assignment Reflections

Rule 2 Reflections

First Photo assignment Depth

Rule 1 Depth

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