Photography 2020-2021

Rule Of Thirds Photography Assignment

The Rule of Thirds is a photography term that is a certain way the subjects in the image are composed. They are composed along lines that divide your picture into three both vertically and horizontally.

Independent Research Assignment

For this assignment, we were to research a photographer and use their photographs to inspire our own. I chose a photographer that does mainly portraits, but since I didn't have anyone to model for me, I chose to do self-portraits. From the photographer I studied, I discovered which lighting and poses look best for portraits. The experience was wild and took multiple hours but I am greatly happy with the results. All of my photos are of me, and were taken by me using a tripod and DLSR camera. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Don't forget to click the link to experience the full, larger photo!

Composition: Rule of Thirds

The aperature I used was 8.0. The shutter speed was 1/15. The white balance was approximately 7000K and the ISO was 200.

Composition: Fill the Frame

The ISO I used for this photo was much higher (800) compared to the others because I was indoors, but light was still hitting my face. The shutter speed was 1/100 and the aperature was 5.6. The white balance was around 7000K.

Composition: Rule of Thirds

The shutter speed that I used for this was 1/20. The aperature was 18 and the white balance was approximately 5200K. The ISO that I used for this photo was 100.

Composition: Fill the Frame

The ISO in this photo is 100. The white balance was approximately 5200K. The aperature was 18 and the shutter speed was 1/40.

Composition: Rule of Thirds

For this photo I used an ISO of 100, white balance was approximately 5200K, shutter speed was 1/30, and the aperature was 14.

Elements of Art Photos: Shape, Color, Pattern

Color Photo 1

This photo uses color in the glare of the saphire when the sun hits off of it. The reflecting light makes a green and blue hue appear around the jewel.

Color Photo 2

The photo of the yarn ball above has green, blue, purple, and pink which put together has an analogous color scheme.

Shape Photo 1

The subject of the photo is a powerline. We needed to show positive shapes with negative space which the sky being the negative space and the powerline being the positive shape.

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Shape Photo 2

This is a picture of a slug that I found crawling outside of my home. The slug is the positive shape with the white wall behind being the negative space.

Pattern Photo 1

The stripes that are continuously repeating represent pattern. I also added some dimension so it wouldn't be a flat, spaceless image by holding the patterned fabric up.

Pattern Photo 2

The repitition in the bricks creates a pattern that is used outside of my home. The bricks are all the same size and shape, continuously going on.

Principles of Art Photography Assignment

Unity: This photo shows unity with the similarities in the hues of the photo. The subject also fills the frame which gives a sense of wholeness.

Unity: This singular subject photograph shows my best friend and demonstrates unity with balance between the subject and the background.

Variety: This photograph shows a variety in the different sized bushes and trees.

Variety: This image shows variety in the different colored pebbles.

Contrast: This photograph demonstrates contrast because the color and shape of the flag greatly contrasts the saturated blue sky.

Contrast: This photo represents contrast between the dark color of the tree and the bright blue sky.

Emphasis: This photo of my neighbors cat shows emphasis because the background is more dull and subordinated while the cat is where the light is focused on.

This photo shows emphasis through contrast. The basketball hoop is lighter than the blue sky. Another thing that could be consider emphasized is the basketball that is falling into the net because it is the only sense of movement.

Principles of Art Part 2: Radial Balance, Symmetrical Balance, Rythym, and Movement

Movement: The moment I took this picture was when my sister was giggling after taking her hair down and I said something to make her laugh. Since the pose she is in was taken during a time of movement, it fits into the category.

Movement: This is an emu and what creates a sense of movement is the direction the emu is looking. It creates a directional force that ends up making you look around the composition.

Rythym: There is a repition in the species of cows and they are all laying together. They also all have the same horns and are similar in color.

Rythym: There is a sense of rythym created with the repetition of similar colors and shapes. The ornaments have red and silver shimmers and there are a few that are round in shape which is a repitition with the circles.

Symmetrical Balance: The longhorn cow is almost perfectly symmetrical in this photo. If you split the image in half you would see both sides are mirrored.

Symmetrical Balace: The same thing appears here with the cow. The llamas face is symmetrical along with their ears.

Radial Balance: The ornament has a central point at the top and the streaming jewels wrap around it from the central point. This shows radial balance.

Radial Balance: This ornament has a point directly in the middle and all of the silvery decorations connected to it come from this one point.

Photo Essay Assignment

For my photo essay, I wanted to show the different ways art is used in our daily lives. It wasn't my original idea, which was to show the struggles people with depression go through each day, because it was hard for me to come up with ideas for it. It is meant to adjust other's minds to view the art that is presented daily in their lives. Each of these photographs shows different aspects of art and how it's used in my life. In most of these photos, I used a fill the frame composition because I thought it was the best way to show each idea. The close-up images give a real pop to the photo essay. When I did my research, it said to use a variety in compositions but I found multiple close-ups more efficient in expressing my ideas.

The first photograph is a book. I think of books as a type of art because it is a creation of one's mind. I haven't read it in a long time but this is my favorite book called "Lovely Bones". Millions of books are written each day. The photograph underneath that is of my eyeshadow palette. I wasn't super into makeup until recently when I found confidence in myself. It is a way I express my style. I often use vibrant colors for my eyebrows and it is one of my favorite looks. This is the only eyeshadow palette I own and I see makeup as an amazing art form. The third photo is a small watercolor painting I was working on. I can't really afford many art supplies yet but this is the watercolor pallette I bought last year. I have used it quite often. Behind the painting is a brush in some of the water I used. This is another way I express myself, through creation. The photograph of my polaroid camera and pictures is there to show how art can be used as a way of memory. Photographs are one of the best ways to capture memories and they hold great importance to me. The photograph of the cicada is there to show that nature creates its own natural art. The cicada is an intricate creature and one of my favorite bugs. Its wings are probably my favorite part because they remind me of fairies. The last photograph is to show how art is used in advertisements. I went through a perfume phase and during a sale bought 10 VS perfumes. Each has its own unique shape and style. The looks of these perfumes are what drew me to buy them. I liked the design more than the actual product.

Aperture and ISO Digital Composition Assignment

For this assignment, we were basically taking photographs to compare different settings on the camera. We took photos using a low and high aperture along with a low and high ISO to show the difference in the end results. We were also assigned to take a forced perspective image, which is putting objects further and closer to the camera to mess with the scale.

Large Depth of Field

ISO 100; Shutter Speed 1/160; Aperture 22

This photograph had an aperture of 36 which is a small aperture. Small apertures allow a larger depth of field which shows the subject in focus without losing much detail in the background.

Shallow Depth of Field

ISO 100; Shutter Speed 1/200; Aperture 6.3

This photograph has a small depth of field. I used an aperture of 6.3 which is a larger aperture. Larger apertures allow the subject to be in focus while your background has sort of a blur effect. This is similar to when you focus your eyes on an object and the surrounding objects are blurry.

Low ISO

ISO 100; Shutter Speed 1/200; Aperture 13

Using the lowest ISO possible creates a better quality photograph. Since I used a lower ISO, the photo appeared good and doesn't have any background noise.

High ISO

ISO 3200, Shutter Speed 1/200, Aperture 13

For this photo, I used a high ISO which is best in lower-lighting photography. Since I used a lower ISO, you can see background noise appearing on the wall and the quality is lower than the photograph left of this.

Forced Perspective

ISO 100; Shutter Speed 1/200; Aperture 6.3

This photo demonstrates forced perspective since both of these boys are decently the same size, but I moved one further back to make him appear smaller.

Bracketing Assignment

When I did these, I used the setting in the menu and a tripod to capture these images. Our cameras have a setting that says AEB which is a built in bracketing setting.