Juan A. Pons was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the age of sixteen, Juan began attending high school at Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall in Waltham, Massachusetts. The school had an excellent photography program lead by an inspiring teacher, Alice Solorow, and it was here that Juan’s interest in photography began. Juan’s studies focused on the essentials of photography such as light, composition, and developing an artistic eye. Juan concentrated on black and white photography in high school, developing his own film and processing his own prints.
Upon graduating from high school, Juan attended Clark University where he continued to pursue his interests in photography and gain experience working with the media. Juan worked as student photographer for the university’s communications department and also took on occasional photo work for the university newspaper and yearbook. In addition, he helped develop photo portfolios for several aspiring models/actresses. - taken from the juan pons site
This shows he was also interested in portrait photography but his more modern work is more landscape and wildlife bassed
Juan a Pons :- i chose this photographer as i can see similarity's between his work and a few pictures of my own the f-stop on Juan a Pons camera has olso been turned down so that montion blur is in deliberate effect (not through camera shake) in the case of the picture above the photo is taken so slowly that the traffic turns into apparent streams of light when infact this is regular traffic recorded over a period of time. as is the still images caught as focal points and in perfect clarity in seveal places within his photo style the only differnce is that in similar to my own work the focal points, allthough still have been imposed onto this pictures for the same amount of time aren't moving giving the illusion that makes the photo surreal asit can't be caught using the naked eye.
A lot of the motion blur in specific shots is deliberate to make the photo more interesting i've tried to keep the central focal points (other people!) still, whilst capturing a fast moving image utilising a slower f-stop. This is done so the moment can be experienced more intensely it gives the viewer a further feel for the fast paced moment that those specific moments were taken in
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ReplyDeleteYou need to really add more blogs to your site, more research of other photographers,more of their images with typed work about what you think of their work, use the research handout I gave out,use the words on there such as composition, perspective, use of colour, black and white tonal range,scale, focal point.again if you don't understand these words then google and search, then do a seperate blog about composition to support your work.
I have to admit I am concerned about the volume of work you are producing,if you are not able to improve I may have to transfer you to level 1 or even withdraw you from the course. Everyone who attends has to be able to complete and pass the course, at this pace you are in danger of failing the course altogether which I cant allow to happen.
Talk to me I am here to help.
Steve
Stev
Hi Jason,
ReplyDeleteI will help you but can you upload as many images as you can to do with your theme, remember to blog as much as you can about the wedding event, the phone type, the images you have chosen as a short list of the best will be put through photoshop after xmas with me.
Also I have asked for some support for you, they will contact you so we can help you. Also remember that I will extend the hand in deadline for you so dont worry about that at all, I am here to help.
Have a nice xmas, see you on Jan 6th.
Steve
Steve