Memorial Hall

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Memorial Hall


Matthew’s Hall
Pew 78
Room 110, Sever Hall (Increasing My Life Chances)
Room 113, Sever Hall (Blacks In Academia)
Third Floor Stairwell, Sever Hall

4 Responses to “Memorial Hall”

  1. Peila says:

    love the photo.
    but, watch the crop on the bottom (ie the brown floor line seems to be “wierd”

  2. Peila says:

    oh, and next time jump up and turn the light that is shining directly into the viewer eyes, it’s too bright.

  3. Shane Lavalette says:

    Peila, I may be going back to shoot Sanders Theatre, which is in Memorial Hall. That should be nice because I had talked to one of the lighting guys and he said he would work with me on getting everything ‘just right’.

    This was just the entrance to the building and, as much as I would have liked to have control over certain things (the light on the right), I really couldn’t have had the authority myself to get the room lit the way I might have wanted — not to mention people walking in/out of the frame. Anyway, I ended up liking the shot as is. I agree about the crop, though.

  4. Peila says:

    something that always hits me when looking at photos.
    the amount of “control” we have as viewers, to critical analize items we would change, and the amount of “control” the photographer takes in composing a shot. Since working with so much commercial photography, we control everthing, it’s hyper sensitive. Everything that we look at in magazines and advertising is hyper controled. So what do we do in situations like above? Do we take control over minimal items to make the photo more user friendly? Or do we act as pure documentarians?

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