This week, it seems that a majority of my assignments have been of the talking/listening variety. You know, someone talking to a group, or someone in a group listening to a speaker. There’s only so many ways you can shoot that, here’s what I came up with this week:
talking:
listening:
talking:
listening:
and a little more listening:
In the first two photos, I couldn’t show the other students in the support group, so lens choice and angle choice was important in framing the photo. In the first, I used gesture and the inclusion of the hands around the table to show the group without identifying anyone but the main subject, and in the second, used layering to show the person the subject was listening to without making her identifiable.
During Sam Reed’s visit to YVCC, I wanted to capture gestures or expressions that would make a talking/listening photo a bit more interesting, both from Reed and the students. Although the compositions are pretty standard, I tried to capture some sort of spark of emotion to bring an otherwise flat photo alive a bit.
In the last photo, my assignment was to get something that showed the crowd and the environment. Again, people standing (not sitting this time) around isn’t the most dynamic situation, I found a subject who I found visually interesting — her outfit, her umbrella and her face — and spent several minutes framing a picture that focused on her but conveyed a sense of the rally behind her, as well as a glimpse of downtown to ground the photograph in a place. While I don’t normally find talking/listening photos the most exciting to shoot, I am reminded that there is always a subtle challenge, a way to bring something fresh to even a fairly standard situation.
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