"While you were sleeping..."
1) Joseph Michael is mixed media artist and photographer based in Auckland, New Zealand. While he is involved with new technology such as his help building the 3D time-lapse rigs for "The Hobbit, he is mainly known for his time-lapse photography. As you can see above this project was called "While you were sleeping...". Joseph captured these photos and the others (some are not included) late one evening in Auckland, New Zealand. He captured all of the photos in this specific work and in just a few hours before dawn. I really like how Joseph Michael either chose to play with his white balance or use the lighting from possibly a street lamp or just the light from the sun coming up. He focuses on contrasting deep, dark shadows and highlights with bright light sources. For example, in photos 1 and 4, he uses the different light being projected from 2 different sources that give off two different colors creating a huge contrast in color. In photo 4, my eyes purposely "ping-pong" back and forth between the orange tones on the left and the blue tones on the right side of the photo.
2) Joseph Michael chose to take these photos of the same subject matter - the trees in the evening but he also chooses to use natural lighting as well as possible street lamp lighting. He focuses on the shadows cast by the trees in the darkness as well as the shapes created by each little curve and twist in each branch of each tree. He also uses the tones of the light to work in his favor. He has a lot of contrast in his photos, whether it be between colors such as orange and blue, brown and yellow, black and white but while these are all contrasting there are tones of all the colors included. If you look closely, you don't just see these colors, you can see the tones in the shadows, highlights, and details of the photos. He also chose to pick a time when people were not out and about and where it seems as if he is the only human interacting with nature in these frames.
3) Joseph Michael mainly focuses on landscapes, nature, or outdoor/lifestyle photography. I was really drawn in to his photographs because of either the dark color contrast or the highly saturated color contrast used throughout all of his works. I think this series of photographs particularly drew me in because he is capturing so many beautiful changes in nature that many, if not most, of us miss because we are sleeping. I was always told "You can sleep when you're dead." so I really appreciate his willingness to make these photos at a time when most people wouldn't bother. I really loved photographs 1 and 4 because he used the huge contrast between the blue and orange light projected.
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