Thursday, October 22, 2009

This is a Rene Bolduc photograph taken on a wet plate camera (Ferrotype 6x8). It's a humans skeleton taken outside where u can see a blurry landscape in the back. The title of the image is ''What's left of oscar, the skeleton of friend Bob''. The intention of the photographer through this image is to create a memory of a friend he lost; another intention would probably be simple attraction to the effect of wet plate photography that creates unique images. I really like this image because it has a dark mood and it is really abstract, you can't really tell what it is from the first look. I am really attracted to the blurry background that you can't really tell what it is but i am guessing is a landscape, and the way the skeleton is placed and shaped but u can't see how it is hanging there; it has a real chaotic feeling. I really like this photograph and the way it was done, the only change that i would make for this image is actually give the side of this image a burning effect where it would create a darker chaotic mood and feeling.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009



This is a photograph taken at the National Archives in Washington DC. and it is done by a wide angle pinhole camera that is aimed at the ceiling.
This image shows how wide a pinhole camera can be; maybe the photographer admire old architectural buildings which are really nice to photograph.
I like the extreme wide angle used in this photograph and the way it is done especially the position of the camera; it goes from the bright part of the ceiling till it gets darker at the bottom, all the edges are dark compared to the center of the image; the exposure of this image isn't determined but must have been between 30 sec and 1 min.
I wish there wasn't too many columns involved in this shot especially the two centered ones that seem extremely large compared to the other columns that are present in the image.