2. Out of Focus
For this experiment, I decided to photograph a still subject using a tripod as the
image had to have no camera shake and just needed to be softer and out of
focus. I changed the setting from Auto Focus to Manual Focus so I could change
the focus of the image and make it out of focus. For the photographs, I changed
the aperture from a small aperture to quite a big aperture. The top image was
taken on the setting f22 and even though I used a tripod for this image, camera
shake was still detected and this made the out of focus look of the image blurred.
Both the middle and bottom images were taken with a lower f-stop with f4.5 and I
found that the shutter was open for a less amount of time and so camera shake
cant be seen on these images and they worked really well. I like the effect that
this experiment has on the images and it makes them really soft and muted
images. I think that having the shutter speed on a higher setting leaves the
aperture open for too long and so this is why I don’t like the top image and it really
didn’t work compared to the bottom 2 images. I think that the top image would
have worked really well without the camera shake as the composition and angle
of the image works really well. I think that the middle image has been taken on
the right angle and the amount of space between the books isn’t too big and
doesn’t take the attention away from the books. There was no main focal point in
the image and the bright colours from the books with the white book with different
letters on balances the colour ratio out. Not being able to read the writing fully
leaves the audience guessing what the writing is trying to say and the image
doesn’t look busy to say there is a lot of books in the background and the main
subjects don't blend in with the background. The bottom image is a book that was
taken landscape so it was taken on a different angle altogether to make it really
hard for the audience to understand what is being said on the page. But the
image is really simple and doesn’t look busy with all the writing on the page and
the black from the writing stands out with the white background and creates a
strong contrast. I like how the edges of the image look a little darker than the
middle of the pages and this draws the eyes of the audience to the middle of the
image.
3. Use this slide to annotate your best image
The image isn’t busy
and the main
subjects stand out
against the
background of all
the books and this
works really well.
The bright colours
and the white of the
book with the
letters on really
contrasts with each
other and balances
out the colour ratio.
The composition of
the image is set up
well and only having a
certain section of the
book in the image
makes it a lot more of
a macro image.
The angle of the
image works really
well with it being
taken straight on
instead of a higher
or lower angle.
The contrast
between light
and shadow but
the light in the
middle of the
image is slightly
burnt so it does
distract the
audience a little.
There is no
camera shake
shown and this
effect has
worked really
well for this
image.
4. Movement
For this experiment, I changed the setting on the camera to Aperture Priority and
made sure that the ISO was on the lowest setting. Then I took the image with a
slightly slower shutter speed so that it captured the movement in the images but it
also kept everything that was still the images very sharp. For the top image, I
used an f-stop of f29 and the exposure was 1/8 sec. This made the movement not
too blurred as I wanted the moving cars to be still obvious for the audience. I like
how the two cars in the top image are nearly crossing each other and then the car
that's still is nearly in between them both and this has a contrast of movement
and stillness. I also used a tripod for this experiment so it kept everything I
wanted sharp and in focus and then the blurred represented the movement in the
image. If the images had camera shake in them then this would have made it a
less effective images. For the middle one, I represented movement in a different
way by using the lens and using the zoom on the lens. I used a longer shutter
speed again as it didn’t matter if camera shake was obvious in the image as it’s
going to be really shaky anyway. When the image had been taken and it was still
taking the image, I zoomed in with the lens barrel and it created this effect and
created a zoomed in and out effect and I think that this effect is really unusual and
different and even though the main subject was still in the image, it represented it
in a different way. For the bottom image I did the same process as the top image
by taking the image on a longer shutter speed to capture the movement in the
image. I like in this image how every car in the image is blurred as they are all
moving in the image and all the landscape is in focus. I like how it’s all sharp in
the image and the movement balances it all out and the white van really draws
the audiences attention to the middle of the image and this is where the
audiences attention should go to as it’s the main focal point of the image.
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The subject in this
image was still but
using the zoom
barrel to create the
movement
represents it in a
different way. I like
the effect this style
of experiment
leaves on the image
because it has quite
ghostly effect to the
image and looks
quite shaky and 3D.
There is a strong contrast between light and dark in the
image from the darkness of the shadows and the lightness
in the windows and this balances it out evenly and doesn’t
make it too heavy in the background and leaves the
attention to the main subject.
Having a longer
shutter speed
for this
experiment
gives you
chance to use
the zoom
barrel and not
using a tripod
doesn’t matter
because the
camera needs
to be loose so
the zoom
barrel can be
used easily and
camera shake
won’t be seen .
6. Reflections
For this experiment, I didn't find it as interesting compared to the last two
experiments that I used. I found it quite simple and a little boring compared to the
other two experiments which were a lot more fun and more experimental. For the
images I used a really high ISO and the f-stop for the top image was f5.6 so it
was on a normal setting to take these images. I found the top image really good
for a reflection but I found that I couldn’t crop the background out and it was really
hard to take this image as I wanted to get everything in that I could to show it was
a reflection. I find the pole as well really distracting and takes the attention and
focus away from the actual reflection and this is not what I wanted in the image as
the whole point is to make the refection stand out. I think that the colours in the
image make it really bright and this kind of grabs the attention and leads the focus
back to the reflection. The image is really sharp and in focus as well and no
camera shake was detected in this image. The middle image worked really well
and I like the strong contrast between the dark and light in this image. I think that
this image would of worked better if I changed it into black and white as there is
limited colour in this image anyway so it would make it less distracting if I
changed it to black and white so the colour isn’t a main focal point. I think that the
audiences attention goes straight to the York College sign which is the main focal
point of the image. The bottom image was taken through a blue sign on the wall
and so I decided to capture the reflection through it as I thought that having the
image with a blue tint to it makes it a little different and not capturing what the
reflection is taken through makes it a lot less obvious to the audience what it
actually is. I also think that if I had taken the image with the writing on the sign it
would of taken the attention away from the reflection and that’s another reason
why I took the image as it is. The bottom image is also meant to be portrait not
landscape.
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I think that this was the best
image for me out of them all as
you can’t tell what the reflection
is taken through so this makes it a
lot harder for the audience to
understand but also makes it
really intriguing. I also like how
the image has a blue tint to it and
it’s not just plain simple colours
so it makes it different that way
too.
I think that the composition
of this image isn’t the best
but I like how it’s just showing
what I can see and it was hard
to take the image so this was
the best angle I could get of
the image but I like how you
can see the reflection of the
lights through the glass so it’s
a reflection through a
reflection.
The whole image is
sharp and in focus and
there is no camera
shake as it was taken
with a fast shutter
speed but I feel this
image worked the best
out of most of the
images I had taken but
overall I didn’t enjoy
this experiment
compared to the other
two experiments.
8. Hockney Photomontage
For this experiment, I didn’t take 3 images as I ran out of time so I only got
change to do the two images. This experiment again wasn’t the best of
experiments I like the effect that it leaves on the images and I think it works really
well but I do prefer the top two experiments that I had done compared to the
bottom two. For this experiment I left it on the settings I had used for the
reflections photo shoot and to do this experiment I had to take a picture of every
part of the area I had chosen to take the images of and make sure I overlap the
images a little so that I had got everything in. I then put the images onto
Photoshop by selecting the file and clicking Photo Merge and then making sure I
didn’t blend the images together to create a perfect image. I then put a stroke
around the images so that every individual image stood out on the college and the
effect it left was it being like a collage. The top image was my first attempt and I
found that I preferred the bottom image to the top because I didn’t take any
images at the bottom or the top image so it only looks like half a picture and I
think it needed that bottom part to make it a full image. I also find this image quite
dark and dull but the lines in the image are quite disjointed which I like about the
image. I fond the bottom image worked better for me as I made sure that it took
the full picture from what I could see and not half of the image compared to the
top one. I also like how there is different light settings in this image and they all fit
together perfectly and the stroke around the images really makes it stand out on
the page and I like how it’s not perfectly even around the edge of the image.
9. Use this slide to annotate your best image
I like how the stroke
around the images help
each individual image stand
out so they all fit together
perfectly and recreate the
image that I saw.
There are different
exposures in this image and
I think it works really well
and the disjointed lines in
the image show that it isn’t
perfect and I like that
effect.
The images
around the edge
all overlap
differently and
this makes it a
lot more uneven
and more like a
collage and this
really works
well/
