This is the contact sheet of the street photos I took in the Hutongs.

These are the yellow selections from my contact sheet. I chose these photographs because these photographs matched with the intended look, and had decent focus and composition, and these were all photos that captured rather interesting subjects.

These are the green selections from my yellow selections. I chose these photos because they all capture people either with interesting appearances or had interesting gestures or expressions.

Marie Laigneau

Laigneau’s techniques:

1. Focus on the subject:
2. Use of shadows:
3. Capturing faces:
4. Capturing gestures:
5. Including environment:

what do you like about their work?

I like Laigneau’s balanced composition. She balances the relationship between her subject with the other elements of the photo. Her subjects are all clearly defined, though not taking over the entire image. I especialltylike her photographs of people walking on the sidewalks of te bridge during a snowy day.