Documentary hangout Student led 7.5.20
We discussed the new submission system, particularly whether it will remain after COVID19. Then as usual we shared talks, books and research that we’d done.
Things that I’ll follow up on:
- MACK books – talks/videos Mack Live: https://mackbooks.co.uk/pages/live
- Good video recommended by Lynda: Q&A with Cate Blanchett and Gregory Crewdson (2020) Directed by Yale MFA Photography. At: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTIlncBM_Yg&t=11s
- Bill Brandt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=o3KuY0quBsk&feature=emb_logo – apparently its a bit bonkers as he really does not talk and it’s an old film but interesting.
Bob shared his tips on converting raws to BW in photoshop, his methods are very different to mine as I prefer to use lightroom but I made notes should I need to return to them:
- Uses photoshop does a copy
- For each process he makes a new layer
- Then does an S curve
- brings up sky by masking. When masking feathers to soften the edges.
- When he’s got a punchy image the converts to BW by using a grad filter
- Dodges working off of luminosity to create a contrast between dark and light
- Sharpening uses high Filter- highpass and by changing the radius Can change the sharpness
- Uses linear light and over sharpens slightly for printing
- Adds a vinaigrette round the outside which emphasises the middle of the image
- Uses Adobe camera raw to convert to jpeg
- Prefers bridge for cataloging than lightroom
My takeaways to try with B/W conversions are:
- When masking feathers to soften the edges.
- Try converting to BW by using a grad filter
- Try over sharpening slightly for printing
- Try adding a vinaigrette round the outside which emphasises the middle of the image
Apparently there is an open zoom meeting 1pm 13th May on new assessment system which I will join.
Photography 2: Documentary 