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Frank Michalowski



 Frank Machalowski is a German freelance photographer who I came across whilst searching for photos that show chaos. After further research i came across a series of photos called "monster".

 The photos look really moody to me as they are black and white and have high contrast. The photos include the rush of people. which creates a blur. The way he creates these photos is by using a slow shutter speed of 5 seconds to get the blur.

To recreate these photos I am going to go to London and shoot long exposures of people walking past. The equipment I will use will be my camera a tripod a shutter release and a ND filter.

The photograph on the left is interesting as it is symmetrical and also has leading lines that draw your eyes to the top third of the picture. I like the different shades of black and grey that the rush of people create. This reminds me of a pencil smudge.
This is a photo I took in the style of frank Machalowski. The location is the millennium bridge in London. I tried to get a similar composition by trying to make the frame symmetrical. I used my ND filter to allow my shutter to be open for longer. therefore allowing people to be blurred as they walk past. to Improve on this I am going to clean the lens as you can see some dirt on the image. I am also going to make sue the photo is level as the photograph isn't completely level.







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