Working in Low Light

Brighton, MA 10.05.2023

Part 1

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2023.10.05 Assignment 5, ISO 100, 50mm, f/11, 30s, John in the parking lot 2, Brighton, MA, Photo by Ezra Ercolini

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2023.10.05 Assignment 5, ISO 100, 50mm, f/11, 30s, John in the parking lot, Brighton, MA, Photo by Ezra Ercolini

Part 2

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2023.10.05 Assignment 5, ISO 400, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/30s, Vanity Mirror, Brighton, MA, Photo by Ezra Ercolini

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2023.10.05 Assignment 5, ISO 800, 50mm, f/3.2, 1/25s, Vanity Mirror 2, Brighton, MA, Photo by Ezra Ercolini

Reflection

When I started learning photography for the first time, I fell in love with film cameras and the physicality of alternative developing processes. I spent a lot of time in dark rooms, stirring trays of chemicals. When I started to incorporate more digital photography into my art, I learned a lot about photoshop, allowing me to edit my in-camera mistakes and adjust my images in the ways I wanted.

I am almost embarrassed to admit that before this course, I did not consider that I could change the ISO on my digital camera while shooting. Working with the ISO has expanded the way I consider creating images.

In this assignment, I particularly enjoyed working with my friend John - directing his movement and utilizing 30 second exposures. Keeping a low ISO during this shoot allowed me to create the shadow figures shown, almost mimicking a double exposure at times. The glow or transparency can create an eery, mystical, or melancholy tone to the image that I plan to incorporate in later shoots.