Cynthia Bowles- Weekly Post 6

LAUREN GREENFIELD

     Lauren Greenfield is a documentary photographer/ filmaker. Her work has been displayed world wide in museums and magazines. Her intentions are to capture the ways of society. In this case, she is capturing the simple ways people do or experience things. She captured the bridal party's or group behind the scenes view of the things they may do on the ride. She caught the graduating student not paying attention to the ceremony. She also managed to capture a toddler playing dress up. She focused on the little things in life that are not normally seen or remembered. 

    My guess is that she used a tripod to prevent camera shake in most of her photos. I think she used a low ISO (100 or 200) to get the good quality of each photo. She might have also used a faster shutter speed to reduce the motion of the subjects in each photo; except for the little girl's right foot in the last picture. I think that aperture was mildly closed to capture a enough depth of field behind each subject. She definitely makes each of her photos. 

    I like her photos because of the great contrast and lighting angles. For example, in the third photo, the first thing I noticed is the reflection on her shoes and the lights and shadows on the floor. By enhancing the lighting that reflected off her tights and shoes, my eye was atomically drawn to the rest of the photo. In my opinion she connects with her subjects of the photo very well by capturing the moments most people can relate,