Presentation 3:Cultural imaginaries & landscape photography

'Cultural imaginaries&landscape photography' is generally employed to make people construct narrative by themselves, using their brains not eyes. As well, that is important to feel background, to see it not just like decoration but like an actor who can play and mean something without humans and their activities. Landscape as usual is applied to tell story about environment and its mysteries and complications. Due to such people's connotation, i am planning to apply it in the final project.

Short history of photography

Without no doubt, photography as a media is developed extremely fast and unpredictable. For me, it was surprising to know some facts about its history. The first thing is that previously photography was considered by individuals as science rather than art. The probable explanation, which i see, is that the word itself suggests drawing with the light or creation shape of the light. To put is differently, awareness of the camera's settings, lighting and geometric rules are crucial if a person want to be a photographer. But simultaneously, each image should contain social, political or cultural message to transmit. Because of this photography was reconsidered as art. During this term, i tried to apply my theoretical knowledge of photography and its history to develop practical and aesthetic skills with generating meaning that i would like to bring through specific style.

WhaleFest (2015) in Brighton

To start with, i was lucky enough to participate as photographer in WhaleFest, the biggest event of its kind, that gives dolphins and whales more powerful voice. The first thing that will be discussed is that occasion took place inside building hence at first i experienced problems with camera settings as images were too dark. As a result,  i was changing ISO from 2400 to 3200 to get enough light. Then, i figured out that to produce photographs on such popular and big event can be complicated because many people in shots were moving all the time. Consequently, some pictures were blurred at first but then i get used to work in fast-paced environment and did not have complications anymore. To conclude, it was useful experience, which was one of the way to inculcate photography in my life.