Edward Weston inspired images

These series of images are inspired from Edward Weston's photography. I used several different close ups and extreme close ups to place focus on the shape and form of the image.

Similarly to most of my other images, the quality of this photograph isn't very clear due to the lack of light and the noise and grain within the image. I think it would have been effective if I perhaps lowered the ISO or if I used a flash to create a contrast with the dark background, and the source of light from the flash juxtaposed against the dimness. However, what worked well in this image was the close up technique used to focus on the shape, which emulates the style of Edward Weston.

I captured this image with very dark lighting around me, yet I turned on the flash on my camera to juxtapose the light source from the flash against the dark atmosphere with no light whatsoever. By creating this contrast, it places emphasis on the shape and detailing of the wall. I also ensured that the subject of the image was not centered because I wanted to incorporate an empty space within the image as I find this technique rather aesthetically pleasing. I also used a close of up the switch as I wanted to emulate Weston's technique of using extreme close/close ups to place significance on the subject of the image.

In this picture, because I used an extreme close up, the image appears significantly out of focus and very noisy which degrades the quality of the image and differs from Edward Weston's sharp in focus pictures.