Final Ryan begnaud

Self Introspection - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 1000, f 1.5, 1/20 s

Rule of Thirds
Artificial light
Contrast
Adjusting to Black and White
Highlights turned down
Shadows turned up
Whites turned up
Exposure turned up

Beacon of Light - iPhone 14 Plus - 34mm, ISO 1250, f 1.5, 0.5 s

Rule of Thirds
Artificial Light
Astrophotography
Adjusting to Black and White
Contrast
Framing
Whites turned down

Park Place - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 800, f 1.5s, 1/60 s

Contrast
Framing
Artificial Light
Adjusting to Black and White
Highlights turned down
Shadows turned up
Inspiration Brassaï

Through the Fence - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 1600, f 1.5s, 0.5s

Contrast
Artificial Light
Astrophotography
Adjusting to Black and White
Inspiration Brassaï
Framing

Light This Way - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 200, f 1.5, 1/60s

Contrast
Rule of Thirds
Framing
Artificial Light
Adjusting to Black and White

Serene Nature - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 10000, f 1.5, 1.0s

Rule of Thirds
Foreground/Background
Astrophotography
Framing
Contrast turned up

Beacon in the Dark - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 500, f 1.5s, 1/60s

Contrast
Inspiration Brassaï
Adjusting to Black and White
Highlights turned down
Shadows turned up
Whites turned up
Artificial light
Foreground/Background

Alley Lightshow - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 1250, f 1.5, 0.5s

Contrast
Foreground/Background
Artificial Light
Adjusting to Black and White
Leading Lines
Astrophotography
Highlights turned down
Shadows turned up

Light of the Mountain - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 2500, f 1.5, 0.5s

Contrast
Framing
Artificial Light
Inspiration Brassaï
Adjusting to Black and White
Contrast turned down
Whites turned down

A Brief Repose - iPhone 14 Plus - 26mm, ISO 1250, f 1.5, 1/9s

Framing
Rule of Thirds
Artificial Light
Adjusting to Black and White
Contrast turned up
Shadows turned down
Whites turned down

Reflection

As I wrap up this class and my final portfolio project, I feel extremely happy with how everything has turned out. As I look back at my earlier projects throughout the quarter and the quality of them as compared to the quality of my final, I am sure that I learned a ton when it comes to being a photographer. I knew going into my final that I wanted to use a lot of Brassaï’s work as inspiration. I loved the way he made the mundane aspects of his city turn into images that were absolutely serene and beautiful. His ability to showcase the beauty in the mundane was what I was truly searching for in my final project. I also wanted to incorporate some Astrophotograhy in my portfolio because I simply love stars and the night sky. After doing the night photography assignment I knew that my final had to also be all night photography. I feel like it suits me much better and for me is much more fun to practice. Getting to adventure around my town and the neighboring towns in search of specific spots that I wanted to capture ended up being really exciting. My favorite technique while taking these photos had to be the use of contrast. It is something Brassaï also does extremely well and I wanted to mimic a similar style of differentiating the light from the dark using artificial light of whatever was around me. I also decided to go with an entire portfolio that is black and white, which in my opinion makes the contrast of darkness and artificial light at night look more prominent. My greatest challenge during this final was getting it down to just 10 photos. After spending hours and hours during the week capturing countless spots and images, I needed to narrow down hundreds of photos to the 10 I was the most happy with, which ended up being quite a challenge. This process took me multiple days as I had a ton of photos that I was happy with but that just didn’t make the cut of the best 10. Overall I feel as though I accomplished exactly the style I was hoping for when I started the final, I’m really happy with it and I believe it to be the best photography work I’ve done all quarter.