Persevere in order to achieve the best possible photograph. Really scrutinise them through your annotation if they fall short of expectations and make the improvements you identify.
Do not include images of yourself that someone else took. Nowhere in your portfolio should you have images of you unless you specify how you shot them, yourself. Otherwise, it looks like someone is doing the work for you and you could be disqualified.
Do not include images of yourself that someone else took. Nowhere in your portfolio should you have images of you unless you specify how you shot them, yourself. Otherwise, it looks like someone is doing the work for you and you could be disqualified.
Where is the Good, Bad and Ugly task?
Rule of Thirds
The rule of thirds are a grid made up of two horizontal and vertical lines that intercross to make 9 boxes. The rule of thirds is used as a way to place the object or subject in the picture to make it very interesting. you would place the subject on one of the vertical or horizontal lines.
This picture is taken with the subject in the centre of the frame. As you can see that this picture isn't as good as their is a lot of negative space around the outside of the picture and the tree isn't the main focus in the tree.
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But if you place the subject on one of the three lines of the picture then that can allow you inside the picture and almost give you a gateway inside. Also it does't block the rest of the picture and allows you to see what is going on in the picture.
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You can see that in this picture the subject is placed in the middle boxes. This isn't very in effective because the main point of interest isn't in focus. The lines are covering the floor and the background and not the subject of the picture.
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This photo is better than the other photo because the rule of thirds is used very well in the picture. The top horizontal line is on the background which invites you int the picture and lets you get a sense of the setting. Also the subject is in the main point of focus.
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This is another example of the rule of thirds as the subject's arm is on the first vertical line, and the line of the light painting is lying on the horizontal top line. The rule of thirds allows us, in this image, to understand how the picture was taken and how much thought was in the picture.
Photographer analysis
Good analysis of the photographers' work. Enlarge all the below images so we can really see them.
Guy Tal
Tal creates beautiful and magical pictures of very interesting subjects. He does this by having his ordinary object in focus, then he simply zooms in and captures each line, crack, colour change, and detail he can. He wants us to consider how interesting the most simplest of things are when you go further into it.
Tal is considering the idea of neglect and simplicity. This is shown by use of the lines that curve round to make a giant hole where the flowers fall into. This shows something gracious falling into a giant hole and being left, while know one knows this. Tal was interested in this issue because around Colorado where he lives there is a lot of beauty in the wildlife. he has said that he has more of a connection to nature than to humans. Tal has used exposure to get good light ing on the pictures and make everything interesting. This creates a positive effect. As you can see the flowers in the photo look very colourful and give a happy tone to the picture because the light has exposed a bit and shined on the flowers. This helps to support Tal's point about neglect and simplicity. |
Andreas Gursky
Gursky creates a bright and large scale photo. He does this by going out very far away and uses a wide angled lens to capture what he wants, to show how large things are. He wants us to consider how much things have changed and the privilege we have now. Gursky is considering the theme of modernisation. This is shown by the use of the many different options of food and snacks on each row and the wide angled lens capturing the endless rows. Gursky was interested in this issue because he wants us to not fear how the largeness of the future. Gursky has used a wide angled lens in creating this work. This creates a overwhelming affect. you can see this because of the amount of rows in the supermarket. This helps to support Gursky's point about modernising.
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Eliot Porter
Porter creates a fantastical real effect in this picture. He does this by using a picture that share the same area for a base. He wants us to consider that we are connected to nature because they grow apart just like humans. Porter is considering our similarities. This is shown by the crowded forest of trees which represents overpopulation. Porter was interested in this issue because it shows that we are not the only people with problems. Porter has used the rule of thirds by having the closest trees in one of the lines in creating this work. This creates an inviting effect as there is a lot of negative space that has been filled with rows and rows of trees. This helps to support Porter's point about .our connection to nature.
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Well researched and thoughtful analysis
Formal Elements
Value (Tone) and Contrast
I saw the dark and light colours of the silver and black cars and thought ,with the sun shining on them, they were perfect for contrast. I used an ISO of 400 so that i could get some good lighting from the cloudy sun. I also used a shutter speed of 1/80 so that I couldn't get any shakes. |
Line
I used this for lines because the white of the paint showed the gaps between the planks more clearer. Also I wanted to capture the depth of the bench and present everlasting lines. I also cropped the picture to focus more on the lines. Shapes
The shape is a series of squares created by the planks of wood nailed together for scaffolding. I used the same ISO, 400, and there was no need to change the shutter speed of 1/80. |
Colour
For this I used the same ISO and Shutter-Speed. We put a broken hoover on the stand and between the frames. We did this so that we could get a contrast of the red and the blue colours. Also we used the frames on the side for the lines in the picture, and the shapes for the squares on the frames and the cylinder of the hoover. |
Frames
With these pictures I used an ISO of 400 and a shutter-speed of 1/80 so that we could get no shake in the picture at all. We used the idea of frames in this section and applied it to everyday life objects. We would used things like cracks and gaps to make the frames for the pictures. They were to try and create a sense of abstract reality by making them look like extremely realistic paintings. It was extremely effective in the fact that it isolated the middle of the picture buy cutting out the background and edges.
WWW: I managed to take appropriate pictures whilst still trying to keep the rule of thirds with the cross sections of the planks of wood.
EBI: I would take some of the pictures at a different angle so the frame can really border the picture.
WWW: I managed to take appropriate pictures whilst still trying to keep the rule of thirds with the cross sections of the planks of wood.
EBI: I would take some of the pictures at a different angle so the frame can really border the picture.
Abstract Close-Up
With these pictures I used and ISO of 400 ( sometimes 800 in the dark places) and a shutter speed of 1/80 so that there was no shake visible. It was very difficult trying to get a close up with out blur, but when i changed the (F) for the homework it was easier.
WWW: I managed to get some good pictures and really capture what I wanted to.
EBI: I should have maybe found a wider range of things to take pictures off.
WWW: I managed to get some good pictures and really capture what I wanted to.
EBI: I should have maybe found a wider range of things to take pictures off.
Close up abstraction Homework
While taking these pictures I would vary between the ISO's of 100, 400, and 1600 because the sun would shine brighter on some places. I used a shutter speed of 1/60 at the beginning but I got some shakes in the pictures and changed it to 1/80 so that I could get a focused picture. Finally i used an (F) of 19 so that I could get a focus when I went close up on the pictures. When capturing these pictures I found it very easy to get close up and see things from a new perspective. It was very interesting to see the patterns on objects very close up.
WWW: I found it easy taking the pictures with all the right settings.
EBI: With some pictures I couldn't get to close without the picture going fuzzy and blurry.
WWW: I found it easy taking the pictures with all the right settings.
EBI: With some pictures I couldn't get to close without the picture going fuzzy and blurry.
Colin Winterbottom
Winterbottom is a photographer who grew up in the suburbs of Washington. He lived there for 20 years. He got an undergratuated degree in economics and master of arts in philosophy and social policy. He is a full time photographer and worked for an urban institute for eight years at a full time job. He takes photos about things like scafolding, large structures ( mainly in black and white), and close up abstractions. Close up abstractions are where he will zoom in on something like a broken rock's inside and focus in on the strange and interesting patterns that are contained inside, and how they look like a different world. In viewing his images of building I really learnt how to create a sense of scale in objects. I also learnt how interesting little things are when you look closely at them. I do like his work because it is like no others; the way he zooms in on thinks like the wall and makes it interesting. I would say that if I want to create a work like his then I would need to find something interesting and try to find a way to make it the main focus by playing with the lighting on the object so that it will work well in any colour that I changed the picture to.
Winterbottom creates a tilted reality effect in this picture. He does this by actually tilting the camera and having the subject of a building, something we see everyday. He wants us to consider how more buildings being built could maybe be bad
Winterbottom is considering that we might reach a dark future. This is shown by the picture of scaffolding being in black and white, showing that progression could be a bad thing. I think that Winterbottom might be interested in this issue because, with the rising in progression in technology, it is taking buildings quicker to get made; so if we turn a blind eye then more buildings get made behind out backs. Winterbottom must have used a computer to change the colour of this photograph in creating this work. This creates quite a dystopian and sad affect to to the picture by showing no colours that could make us feel happy. This helps support his idea that we might reach a dark future as it makes us think about how life could one day feel like this. |
Three best close-up abstraction photos
This this picture I used an ISO of 400 so that I could get no light reflection on it. I used an (F) of 19 so that I could get closer with no blur. And I used a shutter speed of 1/60 because I was leaning on something and had no shake. I wanted to really see the cracks and get a third dimension by the bulge of the cracks. Also I used the rule of thirds when taking these pictures as the cracks are on the the bottom horizontal line of the rule of thirds.
This picture falls Under the category of 'Cracks'. |
With this picture I used and ISO of 200 because the reflections of the light kept causing sense flairs, so I moved and lowered the ISO. I used and (F) of 19 so that I could make it easier to get closer and I used a shutter speed of 1/80 as I did this free hand and got some shakes in the picture. I found this perfect for this category and thought it would make a nice photo.
This picture falls under the category of 'reflections'. |
With this picture I used an ISO of 400 as the sun light was doing the rest of the job. The shutter speed was 1/80 and the (F) was 5.8 as I didn't need to stand to close to the wall. I wanted to capture something very consistent and thought that a lay of bricks was the best option as it is everywhere and is never really thought to be an interesting thing to most people.
This falls under the topic of 'Patterns'. |
Cracks
I used an ISO of 100/ 600/ 800/ 1600. I used a shutter speed of 1/100 because the cracks were small and I need to go up close and get a good picture with out having any shake. When taking these picture I wanted to base them around the idea of depression, that why all of the picute in this section look very sad.
WWW: I managed to get a good variety of different cracks and managed to get them in a good lighting that reflected the mood.
EBI: Some of the pictures are a bit blurry because the cracks were too small, next time I will find a way around this.
WWW: I managed to get a good variety of different cracks and managed to get them in a good lighting that reflected the mood.
EBI: Some of the pictures are a bit blurry because the cracks were too small, next time I will find a way around this.
Reflections
With the reflections pictures I used an ISO of 100/400/1600 because of the different exposure of light. I used a shutter speed of 1/80 to get the clearest pictures as I was in strange positions taking these photos and didn't want a lot of shake. The (F) I used was 6.5 so that I could get a focus on things that were reflected and were far away. In taking these pictures I used the philosophy of different dimensions that are in our reach. This was the reason I took these pictures at different angles, to show the strangeness of the reflections.
WWW: I managed to create a sense of strangeness by taking the pictures at different angles.
EBI: I should have branched out and taken more pictures of different reflections.
WWW: I managed to create a sense of strangeness by taking the pictures at different angles.
EBI: I should have branched out and taken more pictures of different reflections.
Patterns
In the process of taking the pictures under the section of patterns I used an ISO of 400, a shutter speed of 1/80, and an (F) of 6.5 to get the pictures in focus. I wanted to capture the patterns of every day life in these photos by taking them of simple things that you will see around the house. I took these pictures on the idea that the simple things of life are interesting.
WWW: I managed to incorporate the simple things like the rule of thirds in my pictures, while still trying to take into account things like the colours in the photo.
EBI: Some photos were a bit bland and blurry, and some photos I think weren't as clear E.G. the photo of the cars and the radiator.
Aaran, your ability to compose images is phenomenal. When shooting, close-ups such as these though, you need to have a higher F-stop (11 or higher), in order to get everything in the frame in focus, unless you are purposely trying to achieve a shallow depth of field. It will require you to put the shutter speed down but as long as it's a 1/60, you shouldn't get any camera shake. Thanks
WWW: I managed to incorporate the simple things like the rule of thirds in my pictures, while still trying to take into account things like the colours in the photo.
EBI: Some photos were a bit bland and blurry, and some photos I think weren't as clear E.G. the photo of the cars and the radiator.
Aaran, your ability to compose images is phenomenal. When shooting, close-ups such as these though, you need to have a higher F-stop (11 or higher), in order to get everything in the frame in focus, unless you are purposely trying to achieve a shallow depth of field. It will require you to put the shutter speed down but as long as it's a 1/60, you shouldn't get any camera shake. Thanks
Patterns
I will shoot the patterns that you will find usually in your every day life. I will be shooting things like cloths in a cupboard, layout of the pavements and mugs on rack. I will be shooting in my house, roads and streets near, some gardens, and my basement. I will try and shoot at sunset so that I can get some patterns in the sky and get some natural light on objects. I am going to be shooting on my DSLR camera so that I can get a better image than on my phone.
With taking these pictures I used an ISO of 800 and 6400 as the lighting wasn't good. I used an shutter speed of 1/60 and 1/80 so that I got a brighter picture. With the picture of the buildings I used an (F) of 9.8 so that I could get the buildings in the distance better.
WWW: I managed to achieve the shooting that I needed and go some good pictures in the slideshow
EBI: Some pictures I took were blurry because I might have used the wrong (F) or a low shutter speed.
WWW: I managed to achieve the shooting that I needed and go some good pictures in the slideshow
EBI: Some pictures I took were blurry because I might have used the wrong (F) or a low shutter speed.
Patterns, close-up and distance
When I am shooting out side I will try and take pictures in the morning so that I can get the morning sunlight shining everywhere. I will also try and take some pictures at mid-day so that I can get some average light with less exposure. When I am taking these pictures I will use a strap so that I don't break my camera, and I will maybe use a tripod.
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With these pictures I used an ISO of 6400 for the ones inside and for outside I used an ISO of 900. With the pictures of objects or backgrounds in white I had to change the ISO to 100 and change the shutter speed. The shutter speed varied form 1/60, 1/80, and 1/4000. The (F) didn't need to be changed with the pictures, it stayed on 6.8 for the shoot. I shot these pictures with my cannon DSLR cameras and took all the pictures in my school. There was a lot in store for patterns in this school. When I was taking close-up pictures I noticed that they had natural patterns within them.The faraway pictures were a little hard to take.
WWW: I felt like I took some good pictures in both categories, and thought about things like the rule of thirds, exposure and light. I also liked that in order to not get a background in the outside pictures I put the ISO to high so that I could get a high exposure and cut out the background.
EBI: I should take some pictures that are not in school and go out for a shoot. Also I think that some of the pictures are not in focus and I should maybe take more time to get them in focus.
WWW: I felt like I took some good pictures in both categories, and thought about things like the rule of thirds, exposure and light. I also liked that in order to not get a background in the outside pictures I put the ISO to high so that I could get a high exposure and cut out the background.
EBI: I should take some pictures that are not in school and go out for a shoot. Also I think that some of the pictures are not in focus and I should maybe take more time to get them in focus.
Final Close-Up and Far away
With this picture I used an ISO of 1200 as the sun was glaring down on the ground. The shutter speed was 1/80 to get the image darker, and I used an (F) of 6.8 so that I could get a in focus picture. The reason I chose this for my subject was because I was always fascinated by the different patches of road put together. I was always interested in what it looked like up close.
WWW: I used my knowledge of photography well so that I could get a clear picture. EBI: With the far away picture I could take it from a birds eye view, not at an angle. |
I used the same shutters speed and (F) number, I changed the ISO to 6400 because of the light reflected heavily on the white petals. With this picture I was fascinated by first looking at the bigger picture, then zooming in and finding out how it is made.
WWW: I felt like I worked well with the light exposure EBI: With the close up picture I could have made the attention go to the flours rather then the branch. |
When taking this photo I used an ISO of 800 and a shutter speed of 1/60 because the shade was primarily in this area. I also used an (F) of 5.8.
I was interested in looking at what a wooden board would look like when looked at closely. WWW: In the far away I managed to make the boards have a pattern on them. EBI: I could make the image brighter than it already is. |
With this photo I kept the same settings as there wasn't much light exposure. With this picture I was mainly interested in the pattern the flours make in the bush, and the pattern that the actual flowers had.
WWW: I liked the close up because it is in focus and really gets you interested in the shape and length of the plant. |
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Annotation
Introducing a task:
Subject matter
ebi:
Subject matter
What’s next
Analysis
What do you think the photographer’s intentions are? There may be more than one. ‘PEC’ each intention.
P (Photographer’s name) creates (what type of images? Fantastical, surreal, objective)
E He / she does this by… (describe something in the image)
C He/she wanted us to consider ….
What wider issues is the photographer addressing?
P (Photographer’s name) is considering (is the photographer talking about a bigger issue in photography, society, politics?)
E This is shown by … (describe something in the image)
C The (Photographer’s name) was interested in this issue because (they felt it was relevant to us now…)
How do the materials and techniques used support your photographer’s intentions?
P (Photographer’s name) has used (the darkroom / multiple exposure / film / digital manipulation techniques) in creating
this work.
E This creates a ______ effect. (describe something in the image)
C This helps to support (Photographer’s name) point about (showing an identity / hiding a person’s identity / the media
/ anonymity)
Annotation
Introducing a task:
- In this task I was required to…..
- This task links to the theme, (project title) as it shows....
- My intention was to respond to ……. because I wanted to explore....
Subject matter
- The subject I chose to photograph suited the theme as it……
- My composition helped to support my response to the theme by….
- I managed the exposure very well. My ISO / shutter speed / aperture settings were…..
- I prioritised my shutter speed to… (capture movement / blur/ frozen moment)
- I prioritised aperture to manipulate depth of field.
- I used a tripod to avoid camera shake.
- My images express my intentions which were…
ebi:
Subject matter
- The subject I chose to photograph did not necessarily fit the brief as it was not interesting enough / appropriate / adequately lit…..
- Next time I should go to (a different location), photograph at a different time of day, organise people in advance, think more about my composition so that….. ect
- I did not create enough depth of field / sense of movement. The image is over exposed / underexposed / too blurred.
- Next time I should use a tripod / use a different type of lens (be specific) / experiment with film…
- My images do not show my intentions which were…
- The concept wasn’t clear in my images, I need to make it more explicit by…
What’s next
- Next time I will consider the work of (a photographer) to inspire a more accurate depiction of what I want to achieve.
- I will experiment further with… (blur / shutter speed / composition)
Analysis
What do you think the photographer’s intentions are? There may be more than one. ‘PEC’ each intention.
P (Photographer’s name) creates (what type of images? Fantastical, surreal, objective)
E He / she does this by… (describe something in the image)
C He/she wanted us to consider ….
What wider issues is the photographer addressing?
P (Photographer’s name) is considering (is the photographer talking about a bigger issue in photography, society, politics?)
E This is shown by … (describe something in the image)
C The (Photographer’s name) was interested in this issue because (they felt it was relevant to us now…)
How do the materials and techniques used support your photographer’s intentions?
P (Photographer’s name) has used (the darkroom / multiple exposure / film / digital manipulation techniques) in creating
this work.
E This creates a ______ effect. (describe something in the image)
C This helps to support (Photographer’s name) point about (showing an identity / hiding a person’s identity / the media
/ anonymity)