Digital Composition

All images will be below their titles. Original, unedited images will be to the left of the edited versions (if there is a photo that has no adjustments made, it will stand on its own.) Artist statement is below.

For this assignment, I was told to take 18 original photos that fit the 18 rules of composition, one for each. These photos were taken outside of Freeport High School. The finished products below have the original photos and the edited versions of them beside them, with a description of the edits made above and a label of which of the 18 composition rules they represent. While I struggled to complete this assignment due to some issues with the memory card of my digital camera, I found a way around it and took multiple photos inside of my house and outside in my yard/driveway. I took as many photos as I could, keeping in mind which fit certain composition rules, and then chose 18 to edit in class. Using my knowledge from the last assignment "Exploring Photo Edits," I edited the majority of the images and created final products. I will admit that since not all of the lighting was the best for low key or high key lighting, I made decisions to use photo editing to my advantage: to make the lighting more intense or less intense. In some, I used cropping to enhance my images, such as in my formal balance example (cropping to make it more symmetrical.) There were some photos with nice colors that I wanted to pop out (like in my informal balance example,) so I used editing to help with that. I believe that my finished product is relatively successful considering it was a bit stressful, but I attempted to make it less rushed and more thoughtful nonetheless, even if I couldn't leave my yard. I would like to get technical issues worked out sooner next time.

Leading Lines

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0, Exposure: 0, Highlights: 0.06, Shadows: -0.06, Brightness: 0.05, Contrast: 0, Black Point: 0.05, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0.05, Cast: -0.04

Repetition/Grouping

Original— Unedited

Edited— (CROPPED IMAGE) Brilliance: 0.08, Exposure: 0.01, Highlights: -0.02, Shadows: 0.01, Brightness: 0.12, Contrast: 0.01, Black Point: 0.16, Saturation: -0.08, Contrast: 0, Cast: 0.38

Framing

Original— Unedited

Edited— (CROPPED IMAGE) Brilliance: -0.01, Exposure: 0.05, Highlights: -0.19, Shadows: -0.09, Brightness: 0, Contrast: -0.08, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0.13, Contrast: 0.04, Cast: -0.18

Informal Balance

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.15, Exposure: -0.04, Highlights: 0.06, Shadows: -0.36, Brightness: -0.07, Contrast: 0.06, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0.20, Contrast: -0.07, Cast: 0.26

Formal Balance

Original— Unedited

Edited— (CROPPED IMAGE) Brilliance: -0.06, Exposure: 0, Highlights: 0.06, Shadows: -0.13, Brightness: 0, Contrast: -0.11, Black Point: -0.30, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0.10, Cast: 0.06

Rule of Thirds

Original— Unedited

Edited— (No edits made)

Low Horizon Line

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.16, Exposure: -0.02, Highlights: -0.19, Shadows: 0.04, Brightness: 0.28, Contrast: 0.09, Black Point: 0.06, Saturation: -0.20, Contrast: 0, Cast: 0

High Horizon Line

Original— Unedited

Edited— (CROPPED PHOTO) Brilliance: 0.13, Exposure: -0.02, Highlights: 0.07, Shadows:-0.05 , Brightness: 0.05, Contrast: 0, Black Point: -0.08, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0, Cast: 0

High Key Lighting

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance 0.67, Exposure: -0.14, Highlights: -0.26, Shadows: 1.00, Brightness: 0.49, Contrast: -0.36, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0, Cast: 0

Low Key Lighting

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.72, Exposure: -0.48, Highlights: 0, Shadows: 0.27, Brightness: -1.00, Contrast: 0.28, Black Point: 0.06, Saturation: 0.07, Contrast: 0, Cast: 0.10

Silhouette Lighting

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.03, Exposure: 0, Highlights:0 , Shadows: -0.19, Brightness: -0.88, Contrast: 0.33, Black Point: -0.15, Saturation: -0.34, Contrast: 1.00, Cast: 0

Angle Up

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: -0.33, Exposure: 0, Highlights: 0.25, Shadows: 0, Brightness: 0.14, Contrast: 0.19, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0, Cast: 0.06

Angle Down

Original— Unedited

Edited— (CROPPED IMAGE) (no other edits made)

Close Distance

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0, Exposure: 0, Highlights: 0, Shadows: 0, Brightness: 0, Contrast: 0, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0.08, Contrast: 0.02, Cast: 0

Far Distance

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.09, Exposure: 0, Highlights: 0, Shadows: 0, Brightness: 0, Contrast: 0, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0.10, Cast: -0.07

Soft Focus

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.19, Exposure: 0.17, Highlights: 0, Shadows: 0.14, Brightness: 0.07, Contrast: -0.01, Black Point: -0.16, Saturation: -0.18, Contrast: 0.37, Cast: -0.50

Sharp Focus

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: -0.15, Exposure: 0.08, Highlights: 0, Shadows: -0.05, Brightness: -0.03, Contrast: 0.03, Black Point: 0.06, Saturation: -0.06, Contrast: 0.08, Cast: 0

Selective Focus

Original— Unedited

Edited— Brilliance: 0.07, Exposure: 0, Highlights: 0, Shadows: 0, Brightness: 0.04, Contrast: 0, Black Point: 0, Saturation: 0, Contrast: 0.06, Cast: 0