Depth of Field
The three bottom photos of cards and food coloring containers were taken in class. The camera setting for all the class photos was setting "A" where I could control white balance, ISO, and Aperture. The first picture from the left is all in focus with a large depth of field, small aperture, and large f stop around 32. The next two photos only have section focused on and the rest blurry, using a shallow depth of field, large aperture, and small f stop around 2.8. To change what was in focus I turned the front of the lens to either the right or left. The better photo is the middle photo on the bottom row. Clearly the front of the picture where the food coloring containers are is blurry and the back at the top of the cards is very clear. It's a gradual transition too, from blurry to clear. A case where you would use a shallow depth of field would be when you want to focus on a specific part of a subject and really direct the viewer's eye to that clear part. An instance where a large depth of field would be wanted would we if you were taking a picture of a landscape, or event in which the whole picture would look better if it was all clear.
On the top row of photos the first and third pictures were taken outside in my back yard.The middle picture in the top row was taken in my room facing out of my window looking through glass. For the first picture, the foreground is the ground where it's mossy and there are fallen leaves. The middle ground is the ground and space between the ground and bushes and traveling farther back to the background, is the bush, and the ground and bush follow each other all the way down the picture. For my framing picture, I positioned my camera so the view could be looking through the colorful swirly glass outside my bedroom window. The viewer can see my backyard distorted through the glass. For leading lines, I had taken the picture of my fence because the lines all led back from being large to very small creating lots of depth. One photo that has lots of space is the first picture on the first row. The bush and ground are far from each other at first, and as the picture goes on the space between them gets closer and closer revealing the depth and that the picture actually goes on for a while.
On the top row of photos the first and third pictures were taken outside in my back yard.The middle picture in the top row was taken in my room facing out of my window looking through glass. For the first picture, the foreground is the ground where it's mossy and there are fallen leaves. The middle ground is the ground and space between the ground and bushes and traveling farther back to the background, is the bush, and the ground and bush follow each other all the way down the picture. For my framing picture, I positioned my camera so the view could be looking through the colorful swirly glass outside my bedroom window. The viewer can see my backyard distorted through the glass. For leading lines, I had taken the picture of my fence because the lines all led back from being large to very small creating lots of depth. One photo that has lots of space is the first picture on the first row. The bush and ground are far from each other at first, and as the picture goes on the space between them gets closer and closer revealing the depth and that the picture actually goes on for a while.
Reflection and Shadow
As you can see there are five photos of reflection and one photo of shadow. The photos of reflection were taken at school as well as in my house. The photos with the blocks and stools are being reflected from mirrors and the photo of feet is being reflected off the tile. The photo of the lights is being reflected off two walls. In the block photos, feet photo and light photo each object is shown as well as the reflection. For the stools though, just the reflection is being shown in the mirror. Most of the photos I took from above. For the stool photo and feet photo I shot the picture from more of a straight angle. I think my photos are visibly interesting because the mirrors can play with the viewer's eye, the feet look mysterious and the lights look bright and beautiful. The one reflection photo I would make changes to would be the lights though, and I would probably try to incorporate more of the lights and maybe shoot the picture from a side angle on the wall. The one photo that sets a strict mood is the feet reflection. As I said above, the feet look mysterious being reflected and the way the tiles are, makes the reflection a little distorted around the sides.
For my one shadow picture, I took the photo in the afternoon and took a photo of the shadow my cat made. The photo is just being cast on something in my room and the viewer can see part of my cat's body in the left hand corner. The shadow is cast as my cat was sitting up straight. It looks hunched and like she has a big head, and the positive space would be the shape my cat makes against the background and the small patch of fur from my cat's back in the left hand corner. The negative space would be all the left over white space. The shadow is blurred around the edges, but there are also lines that the viewer can see. The shadow in this picture gives me the mood of a lazy afternoon, where a person might be relaxing while petting their cat. There is no striking mysterious quality in my opinion, but I think it's a nice photo.
For my one shadow picture, I took the photo in the afternoon and took a photo of the shadow my cat made. The photo is just being cast on something in my room and the viewer can see part of my cat's body in the left hand corner. The shadow is cast as my cat was sitting up straight. It looks hunched and like she has a big head, and the positive space would be the shape my cat makes against the background and the small patch of fur from my cat's back in the left hand corner. The negative space would be all the left over white space. The shadow is blurred around the edges, but there are also lines that the viewer can see. The shadow in this picture gives me the mood of a lazy afternoon, where a person might be relaxing while petting their cat. There is no striking mysterious quality in my opinion, but I think it's a nice photo.
Alex Maclean
The light source in this photo taken by Alex Maclean titles "Floating Daisy Docks" in Chicago, Illinois, would be the sun because it's taken outside and the light is evenly distributed below. There is strict contrast between the boats and the water. The boats stick out a lot compared to the water because the water almost looks black and the boats are white. The photo's exposure is well done, it is not too dark or to light and the photo is in focus because the viewer can see very well that the picture is of boats in water. The shutter speed of the camera was a fast shutter speed and a large depth of field because the whole picture is in focus.
The angle at which the photo was taken was from above at an angle, and would by asymmetrical because if cut in half or flipped around the photo would not be exactly the same. Some boats on the left side and the fact that the photo is taken at an angle makes it asymmetrical. This photo follows the rule of thirds because nothing is directly in the center of the space and in each third of the photo something is there. The clear focal points are the boats, and there are no distracting backgrounds in the water because the water is very plain. This photo was taken horizontal and I think it is very effective because there is an angle to the horizontal way the photo is. The boats seem to be farther apart in the foreground and get closer together in the background because of the way the photo as taken. This photo has the viewer looking around and seeing all the clusters of boats, the viewer's eye jumps around to the different clusters and there are random pops of color in some of the boats.
This composition is very creative and interesting because the boats look like flowers from above. At first, when I looked at the photo, I did not know what the picture was, then when I clicked on it, I realized the boats were making the flower shape. I think the point of view is wonderful, and the mood I associate this picture with is summer and being laid back, because the boats creating the flower shapes just sit there in the water, and everything is calm.
The angle at which the photo was taken was from above at an angle, and would by asymmetrical because if cut in half or flipped around the photo would not be exactly the same. Some boats on the left side and the fact that the photo is taken at an angle makes it asymmetrical. This photo follows the rule of thirds because nothing is directly in the center of the space and in each third of the photo something is there. The clear focal points are the boats, and there are no distracting backgrounds in the water because the water is very plain. This photo was taken horizontal and I think it is very effective because there is an angle to the horizontal way the photo is. The boats seem to be farther apart in the foreground and get closer together in the background because of the way the photo as taken. This photo has the viewer looking around and seeing all the clusters of boats, the viewer's eye jumps around to the different clusters and there are random pops of color in some of the boats.
This composition is very creative and interesting because the boats look like flowers from above. At first, when I looked at the photo, I did not know what the picture was, then when I clicked on it, I realized the boats were making the flower shape. I think the point of view is wonderful, and the mood I associate this picture with is summer and being laid back, because the boats creating the flower shapes just sit there in the water, and everything is calm.
Landscape, Seascape, and Cityscape
The location for all the landscape photos taken were at a park in West Bridge water. The distances for some photos are farther away and others are closer but still considerably far to see a large amount of the landscape. There is foreground middle ground and background in all the photos of the park, with rivers, stone walls, or rocks. The point of views of the landscapes range from above, straight on or from a ground view. The two city pictures of the Empire State Building and other buildings in New York City were taken from below because the buildings were so tall, and it created an interesting view. The four photos on the top are horizontal as well as the one photo on the left of the second row. The three vertical pictures are the stream in the middle of the second row and the two skyscraper photos. Yes, there is definitely texture, shape and pattern with the water flowing, leaves, stone walls and fences in the photos of the park. Also, there is a strict shape to the buildings in New York as well as leading lines and the windows create a pattern. My camera and phone have a pretty fast shutter speed so that captured photos well, and the lighting of the park was dull so the photos were not too bright and illuminated and the viewer can see shadows and reflections in the streams and water. I wanted everything in focus for these photos so my camera had a large depth of field. These park photos communicate that this park is a wonderful place to sit or stroll because it's very peaceful and pretty. There are many interesting things to look at in the park and there are many different point of views for people to observe. The New York photos were taken during the summer, so I added them in with this project.