Shutter Speed

The first picture is without someone running Ito the picture, whereas the second picture shows someone running into it. The reason why I caught him mid running is because I used a fast shutter speed to capture him still. 

In this picture there are several uses of triangles, this keeps the viewers inside the picture. The first thing the viewer sees is the runner inside the picture, especially towards his leg because a direct triangle is formed.

This picture connotes to me some sort of race is going on because the photographer here captured someone moving fastly. 

Tilt

I dislike my first attempt of the tilt effect because it just looks like a camera shake. However, my second attempt started to gain a roundshape but still wasn't accurate. 

Whereas my third attempt you can see a circled shaped outline, however it doesn't have a main focus so the viewers eyes are looking all over the picture. My final attempt, you can actually see the circle shape and the main focus is led towards the middle. The only thing bad about this picture is that my model isn't in the centre of the circle. This effect reminds me of someone which is drunk or dizzy because the circled shape. It gives the illusion of the brain being slow. 

Zoom

The effect focuses on the middle of the zoom. As you take the picture you press the zoom to get the zoom effect. 

Here is the original picture of the effect I made which was shot in college. 

This picture is my first attempt at the zoom in effect. As you can see, the picture focuses into one point on the picture. However, because this was my first attempt I didn't really get it perfectly; for example, there isn't really a centre focus on this picture.

Whereas my second attempt started to gain more of a centre shape. The final attempt I did the picture came out pretty accurate: it had a centre focus, the effect worked and the exposure was correct.  This picture reminds me of fire works because the effect makes it seem as if the picture is exploding. This gives off a vibrant atmosphere because fireworks are usually to celebrate occasions.

Shake

Here I have used camera shake to

create an affect by objects and people becoming elongated. Both of these pictures remind me of an Alice in Wonderland theme because the lights look as if they're different door ways and the elongated bodies seem surreal. This is why I enjoy this affects because it makes everything seem surreal.

Composition Images

S Curve-  The image guides the viewer to look up because of the banister which starts at the start of the picture then makes its way round to the top of the picture. The image doesn't use rule of thirds because it's not directly in place with anything, it's just the banister guiding the viewer into the picture then stops in the middle of the picture. There have been triangles used: on the stairs, at the top of the stairs and at the bottom of the banister. I think the triangles on the stairs are the most affective because it keeps the eye directly focussed on the stairs. The photographer hasn't framed the picture correctly because not everything's in place or shot from a specific frame. The photographer placed the camera on an angle to get the S Curve shape within the photograph.  The reason why they did this is because it's to keep the viewers eyes guiding along the banister.

However the bad thing about this picture is, that the viewers eyes guide along the banister but the banister stops half way; so as soon as the banister reaches half way your eyes suddenly start to look at the whole picture rather than focus on the S Curve. 

This picture is quite dull. 

I like that the banister guides the eyes at the start of the picture and that the light hits directly off the banister. On the other hand, I dislike that the picture has a slight shake on it . Also that the banister stops half way so the eyes are cone tested on the whole picture and that the triangle at the top also takes the focuss off the S Curve shape. I would change this by using a tripod and a higher shutter speed (no lower than 1/60).  However, the triangles keep the eyes inside the picture. This picture lacks of vibrant colours but because the colours are so dark, the reflection of the light along the banister is more affect which attracts the eye to the point. 

The feeling of this image is quite morbid and isolated because of the colour and the angle at which the picture is taken at which consequently means that the perspective of this image is kept in the image.

The picture reminds me of an old dungeon stair case because the stars look very steap just like an old Victorian stair case. 

Tone - The picture shows the difference between life and death. The White wall symbolising start of life and the black wall connoting death. I believe that the photographer did this as a metaphor- that the start of life is more superior than death, that there's more white wall to suggest that start of life is more significant than death.

The way that this picture was taken was free hand without using the tripod. Without using a tripod, the photographer had the risk  of camera shake. However, by moving the shutter speed at 1/60 second, would get rid of a camera shake. 

The work which I've taken have been around college, so my theme for this project is college based. So, I maintain continuity - to a certain extent, of various pictures around college but none of them have the same subject. 

The image here guides the viewers eye by the contrast between black and white. However, this could improve if I captured more triangles within the picture because they keep the eye in the picture. 

I like this image because it is very abstract compared to the others. I like the contrast between the colours and the meanings you could imply from it.  However, I dislike that after looking at the White block the eye drifts out of the picture because there's nothing more keeping it drawn in.

The context of the image connotes two opposed feelings as I said before. I think that even though there's more white in the picture, this picture is also quite sad and dark. I think this because the black block can demonstrate that after life there will always be death, which I think is very dull.

Depth of field isn't used in this image because I didn't think it was necessary to be used as I'm not defining a certain object or subject. 

To describe this picture I would say that it is darkening and shows foreshadowing events if you relate it to life.

Lines- In this picture many lines are used for example: the banisters, the lines outside the stairs, on the stairs and also the lines on the wall. This draws the viewers eyes because it makes the eyes follow the lines until they stop at the end of the stair case. Also many triangles are used to keep the eyes in the picture after the lines ended.
In this picture you can say it's showing a form of escape. Which it is, but if you look at it closely, it doesn't entirely mean it's a bad thing. For instance the white light at the bottom of the stairs shows that it's a way out and that way out can mean there's a good thing at the end of it. This could link to the tone picture's meaning, showing that there's a life. However, this picture reminds me of some sort of escape because of the staircase. You see, this kind of shot in films or tv programmes, usually to connote that there's something there. 

The colours aren't dark at all so it hasn't got a dark meaning to it. 

Texture- The picture above shows texture because the way the light reflects off the painting it makes it seem as if it's quite rough and thicknes. It guides the viewers vision because there's a triangle in the top right hand corner, also the focus is in the middle of the painting so the eyes directly look at the texture in the middle of the picture. The photographer placed the object best where the light reflected from to get the texture of the painting. 

The viewer can see that the picture is rough and quite busy because there's a mixture of black and white everywhere unlike block colours like my tone picture.

From the picture I enjoy the middle of the picture how the texture draws your eyes in. However, once your eyes look at the texture they start drifting all over the picture rather than a main focus. If the photographer placed more triangles within the centre of the picture, it would've kept the eyes focussing in the centre. This image connotes  dark feelings because as you can see the black is on top of the White which implies that the black is more superior than the White. This suggests that the dark feelings are over ruling happy feeling or memories because black symbolises death and ending whereas white symbolises start of life and new beginning. Maybe that the White could depic happy memories however, the bad memories are over taking the good. I do the the colours here move your feelings because of the mixture of colours, the colour scheme in this picture are quite dull so immediately it sets off a dark and nasty tone towards it. The picture here reminds me of clouds because you can get clear clouds which imply a lovely day or you could get clouds which are grey and dull which also imply that it's going to rain. Plus, if bad clouds are out they always over lap a white cloud- just like the painting is doing here. 

The depth of field in this image is used in the centre of the picture because that's where most of the texture was seen when the sunlight shone upon it, so it blurs out the rest of the image. This is effective because it keeps the eyes within the picture.

Pattern - In this picture the image guides the viewer by the leading lines on the walls which are leading with the pattern. Also inside the pattern there are triangles formed which makes the eyes look directly at the pattern on the wall. The triangles are affective because they keep the eyes towards the pattern which is the affect I was hoping for. The picture here has been taken by hand to get the angle of the pattern other wise the focus wouldn't be on the pattern. The reason the photographer focussed it at the start of the pattern is because the eye immediately looks there, then eventually follows the leading lines. 

This photo is very leading. The thing which I enjoy within this picture is the angle which you can view the pattern at because your eyes follow the pattern. However I could improve this photo if I made the wall for distorted and focussed the main feature on the pattern.

This picture reminds a dado rail because the leading lines and the continuous pattern make is seem as a boarder. A boarder is to grab someone's attention and because the pattern on the picture it grabs someone's attention.

 Shape- This image guides the viewers eye by involving several triangles and of course, triangles keep the eye inside the picture. There are several big triangles and within them there are smaller triangles. This is affective because the viewers eyes are immediately drawn towards the big triangle that takes up most of the image. The photographer here has framed the image affectively because it's a busy picture.
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Colour- In this image there are various of different  colour which contrast when they're against each other. Such as the yellow contrasts against the red or the green contrasting against the dark blue. The viewers eye gathers towards the middle because majority of the pens are gathered there, also that's where majority of the colours are side by side to each other so they're all contrasting. 

This image to me connotes that the pens symbolise people and the fact that the pens are different colours show that people are different in their own way but we all go together. For instance, the pens are different because of their colours but they have the same purpose which is to write. Just like people are all different, but our equality is all the same.

Form- This image here shows different angles because of the way the bottle is facing, so it automatically leads the eyes into looking diagonally. Within, this image it uses quite warm colours such as purples,pinks, reds, etc. This immediately warms the eyes and makes them feel quite relaxed.

White Balnce

Direct Sunlight- In this picture it uses direct sunlight. Here the scenery looks pretty natural and settled.

Shade- Whereas in this picture it uses a shadow. This makes the picture seem slightly darker. So from this picture the viewer can connote its a quite isolated and dark place to vision.

 Cloudy- The cloudy effect in this image isn't that different as the shadow one. However it shows a dark atmosphere as if it's a dark, gloomy, cloudy day.

Tungsten- This effect makes it seem quite blue. I personally think this effect seems like a crime scene because of the blue bars and the shadow is slightly blue. The connotations of blue, is like a police sign or lights hence why I immediately think it seems like a crime scene.

Florescent Light- In this picture it is slightly lighter which doesn't make it seem as dangerous to walk through however it still indicates that the place is very alienated.

Flash- The flash shows the detail of the leaves, gates, bricks, stain on the wall, etc. This is good to show detail in a photo. 

Ghost

For the ghost practice I used a slow shutter speed so my model could have te to step out of the image. This first image is of my hand which I practiced the ghost trick on to see how long I would need for it to work. 

Here is an image before my  model stepped out. This is to show how I set up my image.

Here is my first attempt of the ghost trick. As you can see, it didn't work because my model stepped out too early so to improve it I need to count the seconds and tell her when to step out. 

This is my second attempt of the ghost trick, which did work. However, even though it worked, you can't really see the outline of the person because she stepped out too late. Despite not being 100 percent accurate, you can tell that there is a faint look of a human being so it is quite ghost looking.

My final ghost practice went mostly accurate. As you can see you can see the outline of the person but it looks quite ghostly because the model fades out of the image and creates a form of a person.

Colour Balance

In all these images I tried different colour balances: red, green, pink, blue and yellow. From these pictures, you can suggest something misterious and abandoned because of how everything is placed. Also each colour doesn't really improve the atmosphere of the picture because of how isolated it looks. I especially like the blue because it compliments the scenery of the picture, unlike the green which ruins the tone of the image.