Assignment One: Contrasts

The brief for the Assignment is to create eight pairs of images demonstrating contrast, plus one additional image demonstrating internal contrast.   The subject is not specified, but specific contrasts are.

As I noted in a post on my Learning Log, my intention was to focus on one subject.  I wanted to create a set of consistent looking images, and as my technical skills are still underdeveloped, limiting subject matter is one way of achieving such. 

I spent three days shooting at the Dubai Fruit and Vegetable Market.  Two visits were in the morning, one in the late afternoon.  During my first visit I shot almost entirely based on whatever presented itself.  My second and third visits consisted of shooting for specific images to fit the contrasts specified in the assignment.  I shot approximately 200 photos, far more than the 17 required of the assignment. 

All images were shot on a Nikon D5100 with a Nikkor 18-55mm.  Most images were taken using Aperture Priority mode.  Post-processing was done in Lightroom.

Shooting for assignment

I've been out shooting for assignment one.  This calls for 8 pairs of photos demonstrating contrast, plus one additional photo demonstrating internal contrast.  A list of 21 contrasts has been provided, such as dark/light, curved/straight, sweet/sour, etc.  There is no restriction on subject, but my aim has been to shoot only one.  It seems too easy to find subjects to fit the contrasting adjectives and end up with a hodgepodge of rather pedestrian, trite images.

At first I thought I would shoot in some abandoned homes I found in a neighborhood not too far from here.  I took some preliminary shots and after reviewing them realized it might be too difficult to find a suitable number of usable images.