Hot Kenobi is a photographer who photographs Avengers action figures and uses scale to make the figures look like life-size supper heroes! He tends to break the rule of thirds because in most of his photographs there is a lot going on, so throwing everything onto one side of the image wouldn't make is look very good. His centered photos look amazing. To make the scale work, in mostly every single photograph, he blurs the background. He also uses lot's of color, since the action figures are very colorful, and he photographs a lot outside, so green speak through. If not, he photographs on plain white background.
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Scale is a frame of reference for the audience to figure out how big or small the object is. It is important in photography because it allows the audience to decipher the photograph and decide on how big or small the object really is. Scale can be used to take pictures of tiny objects like toys, bugs, etc. to make them look extremely big! To create a Scale image, it's all about angles, perspective and depth of field.
Depth of Field allows you to focus on one specific subject or capture a whole landscape. Aperture is controlled by the f-stop on the camera. Aperture kind of like Depth of Field allows you to focus on a smaller subject. Aperture controls how big or small the lens is, which determines how much light to let in. Both Aperture and Depth of Field can be used to focus on a tiny detail or to capture a big landscape. Shutter speed is how fast and how many photos you want to be taken.
The three rules of light in photography:
Reflectors are used to get more direct light on the subject for photography. Diffusers are used to diffuse light which gives more of a soft effect. Reflectors and diffusers vary in size and color. Different sized are used for how much light you want, how big of a section what you're capturing is. For reflectors there is white, gold, and silver. White reflectors give a even neutral light. Gold reflector give off a warm light, which is good for sunsets. A silver reflector increases the highlights which is perfect for black and white photos. For diffusers, there are black and transparent ones. Black ones are used to block some lights, and transparent diffusers are used to just diffuse the lights so it's not too harsh.
Ansel Adams was a photographer and environmentalist who took black and white pictures of the environment and landscapes. A common theme that I noticed while looking a his photographs was that all his images had a lot of texture from nature. For example: close up of acorns, or of waves. Those are two completely different texture. He also uses a lot of leading lines and diagonal lines in his landscape pictures. The rule of thirds is also consistent in his work. From studying his photographs, I got really inspired to take a hike and capture everything, using lots of different textures combined, just like Adam did.
A photograph has the rules of composition applied to it, while a picture doesn't necessarily need it. Both a picture and a photograph are capturing a moment, but a photograph has more thought put into it. A picture is what you take at a birthday party with the whole family around the birthday cake, it's quick and easy, you don't need to worry about rules while taking a picture. I feel like I've been taking photographs, even though I did not know about rules before, I don't just take a picture for memory, I actually try to make the viewer feel something with my photograph.
The ten rules of composition are
The rules of composition improve a photograph by allowing you to really speak through you photograph with these tricks, and it will also just simply make is look more put together. I will most likely use rule 2 and rule 10, I want to use the trick of zooming in, kind of to confuse the audience as to what they are looking at, and I will be using rule 10 because I will purposefully be breaking rules. This photo is using 5 of the rules, and it is an incredible photo. The five rules it i using are:
I love selfies, I take at least one every day. Selfies are, for me, a way to embrace myself. I don't have even one actual selfie on my Instagram, but I still take them. I think the stigma behind selfies that they are just to impress others, or that they are for coincided people is wrong. The purpose or function of a selfie, for me is to capture and communicate how I feel. My favorite way to do that is through Snapchat. It's quick and easy to take a selfie of you doing a sad, or smiley, or mad face and send it to whoever you want. The selfie is an amazing way to communicate. Of course it's not ideal for every situation, but for talking with friends, it's perfect!
Going back to the first selfie in history, Vivian Maeir's. Here selfies hold such a beauty in them. None of her friends or family ever saw them, she never even saw them! She didn't take these pictures to post or to communicate them She just took them. On the other hand, we have Kim Kardashian. Her job is to take pictures of herself and post them on Instagram! She takes selfies just to post them on social media. And we can all agree her selfies are beautiful. Her contour? It's ALWAYS perfect! Kim K can see exactly what she taking a picture of, and she can look at the selfies before posting it, while Vivian Maeir never saw what she was doing. But Kim K and Vivian Maeir both felt the need to capture a picture of themselves. They're not so different after all. |
AuthorCrystal Centeno-Padilla. Senior at Denver South High School. Archives
May 2018
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