Capturing Compositions

For this assignment, we had one class period to take a miniature toy and take pictures with it. The goal was to make the miniature look real through the picture, look like it wasn't a miniature. We took pictures outside as most of the miniatures were animals. I chose three animals, a turtle, a velociraptor, and a triceratops. The reason why I chose these three miniatures was because I like dinosaurs a lot, and they are part of my art concentration, and I thought that they would look really cool and big in the short grass, like they were still alive. They also had colors that went nicely with the natural environment. Another aspect of this project was that we had to make all of the images follow the photography compositions and techniques, which was challenging. This whole project was pretty challenging because there was a time limit, given item, and 18 specific pictures to take with them, but I think that that made it more fun.

Some of the images that I think are a little bit weaker are the leading lines and low-key lighting images. I think this is because I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the raptor because it looked realistic, but the turtle and the triceratops were a little challenging. It was also hard to find areas to take those leading lines and horizon lines with and make them look natural. Some images that I really like however are the framing, the sharp focus, the angle up, and the grouping. I really had fun with the raptor and liked taking close up-cropped images of it because they looked really interesting. Finding a way to do framing outside was a little hard, but what I was going for was taking a picture of the triceratops through the raptors legs, like the raptor was about to pounce on the triceratops.