Guest lecture by Maja Modrinjak, photographer, television cameraman and videographer

Photography

As part of the course Project Work in Photography of the Media Production – Photography module of the higher education study programme, we hosted photographer Maja Modrinjak, who in recent years has also been improving her skills in the field of video as a television camerawoman and videographer.

Maja Modrinjak, a renowned photographer, comes from a family where both parents cultivated a special relationship with the message and aesthetic side of art. Thanks to her father, a well-known photographer from Maribor, she became friends with photography at an early age. She follows in his footsteps in the field of photography, while at the same time seeking her own insights. She is mainly involved in the field of visual communication in various artistic environments. She is attracted by the variety of motifs and different directions of photography, from authorial-artistic to reportage and sensationalist. Maja has already presented her artistic work in several group and solo exhibitions in exhibition centers in Maribor and elsewhere, and her creative oeuvre also extends into commercial photography. At the same time, she has been working in video production for several years. She is employed as a television camerawoman and camera operator.

During her lecture, Modrinjak emphasised the importance of casting in creating quality photographs and the concept of colour space for pointers. She stressed that choosing the right models for a particular project can have a crucial impact on the final result and went on to explain how colour space affects the look of photographs and how it can be used correctly to achieve the desired results. She used practical examples to show how colour space differs between different media, such as print, web publishing and projection preparation.

Furthermore, Modrinjak talked about contrast range and its importance in creating strong and expressive photographs. She introduced the participants to techniques on how to manage contrast to achieve the desired effect. She used various examples to show how proper contrast balancing can bring out important details in photographs. In the second part of the lecture, Modrinjak focused on contrast range and techniques for managing it, and on skin colour as a reference point. She explained how to reproduce skin colour correctly and how colour fluctuations can affect the overall photograph.