ISO: 200, S: 80, F/4
This is Stefanos he is from the Czech Republic and moved to
Santorini 15 years ago with his family. He graduated with a graphic design
degree but could not find work on Santorini for that field. He went to his
other passion which is making drinks. When he was younger he would over drink
by getting drunk at least 3 times a day for 109 days out of the year. He is now
past that dark time in his life and has not had a full drink since 2007. Today
his focus is on making people innovative drinks and enjoying conversation. When
I saw him he just seemed deep in thought and I was curious to get to know his
story. I was having a difficult time getting the right exposure on him because
he was standing in an outdoor bar at noon. I had to do many shots but he was
patient to get the correct exposure by adjusting the shutter speed to let in
more light and Stefanos was still enough for me to have a lower shutter speed.
The ISO was set to 200 which I felt was as low as it would go for this shot and
my lens was set to 70mm. I wanted to create a storytelling apertures how
Peterson describes it with the foreground subject, middle-ground subject, and
background subject. The foreground subject was a mixed drink in front because I
felt it was important to show a drink of his own creation to set the stage but
it is blurred because it is not the most important part in the scene. The
middle-ground subject is Stefanos because he is the main character in the story
and everything around him needs his influence, which is why he is in focus. The
background subject is the bar behind him which shows his daily atmosphere to
complete his story, but it is again not the most important part of the shot so
that is why it is blurred. This is why I created some depth of field for the
storytelling purpose, because it was more powerful to me to describe Stefano’s
passion for his work.
ISO: 200, S: 400, F/4
ISO: 200, S: 160, F/4
ISO: 400, S: 1600, F/4
ISO: 400, S: 80, F/4
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