Activity 5

Activity 5

Create a landscape utilizing foreground subject matter to create a sense of depth. Discuss how the resulting image is likely to be read by the viewer.

This picture creates a sense a depth of field with the camera and the sky. The camera brings in a shallow depth of field while the sky draws the viewers eyes farther out, deeper into the photo. And the open background gives more room for the view to see farther into the photo. 

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Activity 4

Create two photographs in a location with tall buildings or trees using both formats. Create a closed and open landscape at one location. Discuss the different ways we read the resulting images.

The first picture is an open landscape. There is less objects blocking the cameras view and there is more space for the photographer to take pictures of.

The second photo is a closed landscape. There are trees and objects blocking the view of the camera. There is less of the background that is able to be see from all the objects. 

Activity 3

Compare and contrast a landscape photograph with a landscape painting. Discuss the expressive possibilities of each medium using your examples to illustrate your argument. Choose your examples carefully as representative of the medium.

Example: The two images below are similar in subject matter, how are they similar? How are they different? What options doe a painter have compared to the options a photographer has in terms of expression.

patrick schneider.

Both of these images are very similar in subject matter. These images both contain pictures of sunflowers and a small amount of the  sky.  But they are different in some ways. One of the obvious ways is that one is a painting and one is a photo. And with that, the photo is more realistic. The photo really captures all the different colors, shades, and textures of the flower while the painting can only try and mimic it. But a painter has more options than a photographer. A photographer can't change the intensity of the sun or the colors of the flowers. The Photographer can't always change the subjects that it is shooting to his or her liking. While a painter can paint and change anything they want in their pictures. 

Simi Sherin

Activity 2

Find two landscape photographs that question social values or act as a metaphor for personal issues that the photographer is trying to express. Discuss whether the communication is clear or ambiguous and how this communication is conveyed.

Example: What does the image below say about humans need to control the environment? Or, does it indicate an attempt to recreate a time long past and remind people of their outdoor beginnings? What do you think? Does it say anything different?

topboxdesign.com

In these photos, I feel that the photographers are trying to express the need to preserve nature. How man is destroying it and that it needs to be left alone. These two photos show the New York High Line that use to be railroad tracks but went unused. So then nature took over and grew over and around it.  But instead of letting nature grow New York build over it, only letting some of it to thrive. I feel that the communication is very clear. You can clearly see how the buildings are taking over where nature use to be.

Anna Wad 

Activity 4

Blog Entry

• Find two examples of photographs, which make use of maximum depth of field, and two examples, which have very shallow depth of field.
• Describe how the photographer’s selective use of aperture affects the subject in each of the photographs you have chosen.

Brittney Barney 

These two photos use maximum depth of field. They display this depth of field because of how far back you can see in the photos. In the first photo not only do you see the boat, but you also see all the way to the horizon over the ocean. In the second photo you can see the mountains all the way in the back but also the rocks close up. 

Megan Arnold

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These photos use shallow depth of field. In these photos there is only focus on one subject and the background is blurred. You can only really focus on the subjects and nothing behind them. 

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Activity 1

View the image by Walker Evans on this page and describe what you can actually see (objective analysis) and what you think the image is about (subjective analysis).

Discuss how effective Walker Evans has been in using a landscape image to communicate a point of view. Can this photograph be considered as Art? Give two reasons to support your answer.

Make sure you include the image in your blog post with credit in the citation. When you analyze the photo, look for deeper meaning beyond the literal description of the Photo.

What I see in this photo is a graveyard in the middle of a small city. Buildings seem to surround the graveyard on all sides. A grave stone shaped as a cross is on of the main center of focus since it is closest to the camera and is one of the largest objects in the photo. I think this image is about the evolution of our surroundings. How even though the buildings around the graveyard are advancing and encroaching it, the graveyard itself stays the same. Like it is frozen in time while everything around it changes. 

I feel that Walker Evans has been very effective in using a landscape image to communicate a point of view. You can see how the building seem to loom over the graveyard, almost threatening it, but the graveyard remains constant. And yes this photo can be considered as art. two reasons I think this is because it is a unique point of view of Walker Evans and it shows his opinion on how he feels of this place. 

Graveyard and Steel Mill - Walker Evans 1935

Activity 3

• Find two images that have been shot into the light or included the light source. Explain how the photographer may have gone about taking a light meter reading for these photograph

Vera Hogenson 

In this photo the photographer shot into the sunlight while focusing on the subject. The sun really illluminates the upper half of the photo and the subject. The photographer had to use a light meter reading to make sure that the sunlight does not completley overtake the subject. 

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In this photo the photographer also used the sun behind the subject to help lighten the subject. Since the sun is lower in the sky it is less intense in the photo. The photographer had to use a light meter to make sure that the sunlight did not overtake the subjects face. 

Activity 2 

Blog Entry

• Find an example of a photograph where the subject has been lit by a single light source and an example where more than one light has been used.
• Describe in each the quality and position of the brightest or main light and the effect this has on the subject. In the second example describe the quality and effect the additional light has.

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One light source

This is an example of one light source photography. In this photo the light source seems to be coming from the right side of the photo and is shinning diagonally on the subject. This makes it so that the main parts of the subject that are facing the light are illuminated while the parts farthest away are much darker. It also make the right side of the picture much lighter than the left side. 

haynephotographers
Multiple light sources

This is an example of multiple light sources in a photo. In this photo the light source seems to be coming from straight on and to the right. Using multiple light sources helps illuminate the subject more. It makes the photo brighter and makes more of it visible.

Activity 1

Blog Entry

Look through assorted photographic websites and find some examples of subjects lit by hard light and examples of subjects lit by soft light. Describe the effect the light has on the subject’ texture, form and detail, and the overall mood of the picture.

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Hard Lighting 

Here is an example of Hard Light photography. In this example the light is very strongly on the subjects face. This makes the main focus on her face and makes the rest of the picture almost blend into the background. With Hard Light photography it mainly shows a strong part of the subject but then dims the rest of the subject. This makes the mood of the photo very intense.  The shadows in these photos are also a lot darker and bigger in these photos. 

Ervin Sperla
Hard Lighting 

Makenna Boley

Here is an example of Soft Light Photography. This lighting is a lot less harsh and creates a softer tone for the photo. With Soft Lighting more of the subject is shown. Instead of the light just focusing on one part of the subject, it lights up the entire subject. It creates a lighter mood compared to Hard Lighting.  Also in Soft Lighting, there is less and lighter shadows.

Kate Williams 

Activity 4

Activity 4

Blog Entry

Collect one image where the photographer has placed the main subject off center and retained a sense of balance and one image where the photographer has placed the main subject off center and created a sense of imbalance.
Discuss the possible intentions of the photographer in creating each image.
Create four images, placing the focal point and/or visual weight in different areas of the frame. Discuss whether each image is balanced.

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Here is an off centered photo. The girl which is the main focus is off to the side rather then in the center.  But yet there is still a sense of balance. 

This photo has the main subjects off center
but has a sense of imbalance. For one, there
is an odd number of people in the photo so
it does create a sense of imbalance. And because
the horizon line is to level in this picture. 

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Activity 3:

Find two examples of Photographs that follow the Rule of Thirds and two examples that do not. Comment briefly on why and how you think the composition works.

Two examples of Photographs that follow the Rule of Thirds:

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 Both of these pictures follow the Rule of Thirds Rule because both the focal points are on the left line or the right line. Such as the top picture, the boy is slightly to the right while the picture on the bottom, the tree is slightly to the left. 

Two examples of Photographs that do not follow the Rule of Thirds Rule: 

Yuri Pauttov

Adele Humphries

 These two pictures do not follow the Rule of Thirds  because the focal point is centered. Theses pictures are more of symmetry than Rule of Thirds. 

Frame & Composition: Activity 1

Activity 1

Blog Post

Look through assorted photographic websites and observe how many photographers have moved in very close to their subjects. By employing this technique the photographer is said to ‘fill the frame’ and make their photographs more dramatic. Find two examples of how photographers seek simple backgrounds to remove unwanted detail and to help keep the emphasis or ‘focal point’ on the subject. Attach two images you find to your reply to this discussion. 

By Bee Photography

In this picture, the surroundings are blurred so that the focal point is the eye. The bright sun colors create a happy mood while the bright blue eye creates a calming effect. The photographer zoomed extremly close to show all the details of the eye. 

http://photomephoto.blogspot.com

For this picture, the mountains and grass in the background are blurred out while the ball and the grass closest to the camera is in focus. The photoagrapher put the ball and the grass as the main focal point.