first assignment of the semester: complete

Photo by David Alan Harvey, published in "Cuba." "Many of Trinidad's cobblestone streets have a distinct slope to the center. Most say it's for the drainage-- others insist an early Trinidad governor's right leg was shorter than his left, and that he had the streets built on a slant so he could walk without a limp."

Photo by Eugene Richards, published in "A Procession of Them." Richards gained access to psychiatric institutions across the globe, documenting the harsh conditions that the mentally ill faced while obtaining treatment.

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My first photo assignment of the semester! How exciting!

I think that my entire class basically did the same lighting setup for this assignment. I was triumphant in figuring out how to get rid of the glare at the binding of the book while I was photographing a photo that took up two pages. I just had to rotate it 90 degrees so the binding was perpendicular with the lights. Really simple fix, but I was proud. The only problem that really frustrated me during this assignment was that I would continue to get my hand in the reflection of the glass. Because I had a fixed 35mm on my camera, I had to raise it up higher so it was not in the way of the light. It solved the problem of my reflection in the photo, however I had to crop it way more than I should have needed to. For the next assignment, I will make sure that I properly equipped with everything that I need. I ran out of battery on my camera, and luckily I had an extra battery in my backpack that had a little bit of juice left. 

This diagram took me about 4 tries to draw before I decided that I was being overly picky.