My theme for this assignment is ‘The remains of sunny days’
Generic and technical data:
The theme has been conceived, shot and processed this summer and autumn.
The equipment used for this assignment include: Canon Eos 5D Mark II; Canon EF 24 – 105 mm; Canon EF IS 70 – 100mm; Manfrotto tripod.
The settings for the camera, generally used for this assignment, are: ISO 50; AP; Custom White Balance; depending on the subject, f22 or f4 – f6.7. Although the theme was set to be black and white, I shot in colour to preserve the full tonal range of the photographed objects; I recorded raw and TIFF files and used Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to process the images.
All images were taken indoors; some with artificial lighting (daylight bulbs) and others with natural lighting.
The concept
The concept developed naturally at the break of the summer season when I felt that the summer was slipping away and the cold season was approaching.
The feelings were intense and I felt the need to express them in my photographic work. The process I followed to develop this theme (described below) has been very valuable and I intend to use it again in the future.
Firstly, I jotted down any words, ideas and images that came to mind related to the theme. When the first wave of thoughts was exhausted, I did some research on the associated concepts, checked image libraries etc.
I also wrote down my ideas on the process and the way I wanted to work on the theme, as well as the feelings and ideas I wanted to communicate through the final images. I focused in turn on the senses of smell, sound, vision, touch etc.
