Thursday, October 31, 2013

Best Project 2 - Framing and Composition

In this second project, we practiced the eight techniques of Birds Eye, Bugs Eye, Diagonals, Frame Within a Frame, Filling the Frame, Close Up, Leading Lines, and Rule of Thirds. After taking several shots, we then made a contact sheet that had a few examples of the eight frames, and now have posted the best photo of each technique. 


                                        Birds Eye                                         Bugs Eye


                                Diagonals                                       Frame within a Frame                     


                               Filling the Frame                                      Close Up


 Leading Lines                                   Rule of Thirds



Thursday, October 3, 2013

Best Photos Project 1


For the first photo of the lincoln statue, I chose this one 
because I like how the lights and reflection on the floor 
lead to the subject. I edited the sharpness to help focus better 
on lincoln, and also increased the contrast to have certain things 
stand out more.


                                 This shot was interesting to me because the light in the
                                 background adds another element to the image. Also, I
                                 made it black and white because it gave it a mood that I
                                think goes with the photo.

                                   This third picture of Lincoln was chosen because the
                                   light on the back of the statue really stands out, and is
                                   an interesting angle of him. Also the background of the
                                   view out the window added to the composition of the image.
                                   For editing I increased the brightness because a lot of the photo
                                   was dark, but also added some contrast to have the focus be on
                                                                            Lincoln.


                                  I thought this photo of a bike has a great depth of field.
                                  I tweaked the brightness of the photo a bit, but for the most
                                  part left a lot of the photo as is, because I like the way it looks
                                  without much filtering.




                                I thought this photo was an interesting angle, and also
                                a nice composition of colors. I cropped the bottom of the  
                                photo a bit so that it focused mainly on the shoes in
                                the picture rather than the jeans.