Final Portfolio Steven Barajas

Reflection:

Last week I had some fun experimenting with 35mm film and development. For my final portfolio I wanted to continue down that path and go back to basics, I tried using one of my oldest cameras (produced sometime between 1933 & 1941) a medium format, art deco Kodak Six-16 Brownie. But unfortunately the images didn't make the cut for the final portfolio, so let me get my greatest challenge out of the way up front. The camera has a fixed focal length of 110mm (with moveable lens for close-up), two aperture setting f/16 or f/22, and two shutter speeds of about 1/50 sec or bulb. The first roll I took it out at night with my phone as a light meter and did some long exposures, between 1 to 3 minutes. The photos came out good but since I rewound 120 film on to a 616 spool something got messed up internally and some of the edges of the frame were overlapping. I could have cropped all the images square but I spent so much time composing for 6X9 format it didn't seem right. Try number two I was able to resolve the gap between frames, yay! But it was such an overcast hazy day in San Francisco that the images were mostly washed out. I tried saving them in editing but having a coated lens (minimize unwanted reflections and glare), UV filter (haze), yellow filter (contrast) and lens hood (lens flare) would have been much better. So for my final portfolio I decided I wanted to photograph all new images and revisit some of my favorite assignments during this course. Doing this gave me an opportunity to see how much I've learned and grown as a photographer. My favorite technique was showing both Frozen movement and Blurred movement by doing a tracking shot. This time around I spent more time focusing on the edits like cropping and adjustments to brightness / contrast, shadow / highlights. Since it was film I also had a lot of dust removal, scratch removal, to do as well. I'm happy with how my photographs and edits turned out and hope to get more practice with with the Kodak Brownie.

Revisit Week 2: Photography Basics

Path to Transamerica - Symmetry, Leading Lines, Framing - Nikon EM 50mm: F16, ISO 400, 1/500

Daisy Bell - Rule of Thirds, Frozen movement, Blurred movement - Nikon EM 50mm: F22, ISO 400, 1/60

Chinatown - Contrast, Natural light, Silhouette - Nikon EM 50mm: F4, ISO 400, 1/1000

Revisit Week 6: Significant Photographers

Stanton Arthur Waterman (1923 – 2023) - Inspiration: underwater cinematographer, Contrast, Cropping - Nikon EM 50mm: F11, ISO 400, 1/250

ERNEST H. BROOKS II (1935 - 2020) - Inspiration: pioneer of underwater photography, Contrast, Portrait - Nikon EM 50mm: F11, ISO 400, 1/250

Revisit Week 7: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography

Workers united - Inspiration: social issue workers rights, Natural light, Layering - Nikon EM 50mm: F5.6, ISO 400, 1/125

Rally for hospitality and tourism - Inspiration: social issue workers rights, Frozen movement, Rule of Thirds - Nikon EM 50mm: F5.6, ISO 400, 1/125

Revisit Week 9: Night and Flash Photography

Neon glow - Artificial light, Contrast, Rule of Thirds - Nikon EM 50mm: F?, ISO 400, 1/60?

Riverboat - Artificial light, Symmetry, Contrast - Nikon EM 50mm: F?, ISO 400, 1/60?

My inspiration Jessica - Portrait Photography, Narrow depth of field, Artificial light - Nikon EM 50mm: F1.8, ISO 400, 1/60?

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steven barajas

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Steven Barajas