Halpern also shows great diversity in his work. Although i didn't post any, he had many portraits of people that were long exposures, usually blurring out the faces completely. Also i noticed a landscape of a water where he employed a long duration shutter again but this time to soften the mist of water. In all three of these images, i do not believe he is using a long duration shutter but i value them for their composition, framing, and use of light and color.
In the first image, the subject and her cat are sitting pointed at the bottom left side of the image but are facing forward, this allows for the light, which is coming in from the top right corner to play with the shadows and form some nice gradients against her bare body. Because of this you start to question that the subject may be pregnant. I greatly appreciated the contrast from where he used a very harsh light to highlight the subjects face but then had a plant overcast a shadow across that face and over one eye. I almost get the idea that he was trying to mimic the white and brown pattern of the cat on its owner. What i also noticed is that rather than have the woman centered, the center of the image is right where the woman and cat meet.
In the second portrait there is more depth because of the diagonal lines. Whats interesting about these lines is that they almost section off the different parts of the boy's body: the head, shoulders, torso, legs, and feet. Its also interesting to see the difference between the textures and colors of each of these sections. Also I noticed how the boy's face is almost the same color as the building behind it and the contrast against his dark color hood provides a lovely circular frame which really frames his face nicely. In this portrait the subject seems to be perfectly centered.
In the last image we see a landscape where the colder colored housing community is being framed in the center by the warm red and orange forest. The two trees on either side of the images contrast nicely, one being dark and the other bright, but what i found really interesting is the shadow that extends between the two, connecting them.
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