Meeting on November 18, 2018

This time, our meeting was in the evening and there was a certain reason for this as you will see in the photos that will follow.

We first started with a presentation of Walker Evans' life and work. We will remember him for the photographs depicting the life of poor farmers right after the Great Depression of 1929-1933 and because he was the first to make shop signs have a photographic significance. 

Then, taking advantage of the darkness, we took some shots with slow shutter speed. Learning the technique of photography can also be a joyful game ...

Our first attempt was to draw a heart with a flashlight.

Our first attempt to shape a heart. 

However, we found that because of the long exposure (10 seconds) the library was recorded in the background. It was  necessary to underexposure the photo in order for the library not to be visible. So, we had two options: either we could change the shutter’s speed or we could change the len’s aperture. The first option was discarded because if we reduced the time of exposure, we wouldn't be able to shape the heart with the flashlight, so we decided to stop down the aperture. After some tries we ended up realizing that that we need to stop down the aperture 4 stops, so the following shot was taken:

Here it is! 

After that, we all turned on our smartphones’ flashlights.

At first we simply waved our flashlights to make some abstract (or not) designs. 

Wow! Have a look at this detail at the right side of the photo. Who did that?

Truly incredible, especially if you keep in mind that it was created only by moving a flashlight!
Welldone Χ.Κ!!!



Then we decided to write the word “ΚΟΝΤΑΡΙΩΤΙΣΣΑ” (KONTARIOTISSA)! After we took the shot, we all ran to see if we had really managed to do it ...

Yes! We did it! 

Next, we decided to photoshoot one of the team's members in order to learn that the same subject can be captured differently from each photographer. 

We continued the games for a little more:

Even though it was really cold outside, we decided to take some outdoor shots. The reason for this is obvious as you can see here :

If you wonder how we took these photos, you can easily find out on the internet just by searching '' steel wool photography ''.

In the end of the evening we visited a local tavern and we had the chance to get to know each other better and have a great time as a team!