INSTRUCTIONS
Take pictures that fulfill the criteria of the composition guidelines.
Upload these images to your portfolio. You should upload 1 image per principle, so 9.
Take care in the presentation of your assignment page. Your peer will review your page and give you feedback.
Assignment 6 Composition Reflection:
My First assignment with my NEW Mirrorless Sony a7II camera, and I was so pumped to be able to bring it with me on a work trip. Being in Florida for the past 10 days gave me a tremendous opportunity to be able to incorporate some phots that I normally wouldn't have been able to shoot as I live in land locked Idaho. Reading and familiarizing myself about these 9 composition principals prior to shooting was helpful in using them to set up the shots to employ the composition techniques. Each of these assignments I can see what we have been learning along the way being employed as well, and can progressively see an improvement on my composition, lighting and overall photographs. At this point in the semester I have begun to become very comfortable with Lightroom Classic making minor exposure/tint/color/etc adjustments to enhance my photography.
Rule Of Thirds: Old sea weathered building, framing al the interesting lines and textures on the exterior of this boiling, 20201029, Historic Panama City, MILLER, As I was walking around Historic PCB I would find very interesting buildings and shots I wanted to capture. This building was especially visually pleasing with the textures of the metal. I lined up the shot using the rule of thirds to put the most dramatic lines on the thirds and have the 4 intersecting point in the middle on the most visually appealing parts of the structure. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 26mm, f4, 1/2000s
Fill the Frame: Pile of nautical rope, filling the frame with the tangles an loops of the rope, 20201029, Historic Panama City, MILLER, Walking out on the docks I found a pile of rope, took a picture, got close, then got closer, the pile of rope, texture and the lines caught my eye and kept getting closer. I chose the closest of the three shots to highlight filling the frame. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 105mm, f5, 1/1000s
Viewpoint: Restaurant table light, capturing the 'glow from below' and the unique angle using the dark background to additionally frame the shot. 202010230, Atlanta International Airport, MILLER, Heading home from some time in Florida I was sitting in an airport restaurant. I was drawn to the amber glow of this light against the dark background, but lookin up from under the light instead of a side shot brought a little more interesting angle to the shot. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 105mm, f4, 1/8s
Framing: Blue Moon, shining through our tree that has almost lost all of its leaves, 20201031, Our front yard in Mountain Home, ID, MILLER, We were sitting outside passing out candy on Halloween, waiting to also capture the blue moon. After taking the shot, I felt the glow of the moon set a natural frame to the photo drawing you into the center of the picture. I didn't want to go too high on my ISO setting to reduce as much grain as I could. I shot on bulb mode playing with the amount of moonlight I exposed to the shot. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 105mm, f4, 6s
Leading Lines: Boat in the bayou, Using the boat's surroundings to draw you back to the boat, 20201029, Historic Panama City, MILLER, Setting up this shot, I positioned my self in way that the surrounding would draw you back to the boat. The roof and deck line of the restaurant create vanish points back to the boat, the black boat to the left leads you to the sail boat, and the masts and rigging on the boats also draw you down to the sail boat of focus. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 92mm, f4.5, 1/2500s
Symmetry and Reflection: City park fountain, capturing the symmetry of the structure, 20201029, Historic Panama City, MILLER, I found this fountain with the idea to line it up for a Symmetry and Reflection composition. In retrospect I wish I would of moved my frame over slightly to the left to truly capture a symmetric image, but through out the shot what you see one one side you can see on the other side down to the detail of the tops of the parked trucks in the background Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 34mm, f5, 1/2000s
Foreground and Background: Directional Signs on a bayou dock, pointing to other destinations, 20201029, Historic Panama City, MILLER, I found this set of signs out on the dock and enjoyed the Florida/water life vibe it had. Focusing in on the weathered arrow signs I as able to put the rest of the bayou out of focus, but still visually adding to the water life vibe knowing its a boat and dock in the background. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 64mm, f4, 1/1600s
Horizon: Split horizon, equal parts sky and water/ground, 20201029, Panama City Beach, MILLER, As hurricane Zeta made landfall it created amazing cloud formations in the panhandle area of Florida. I wanted to the the horizon of this shot directly in the middle instead of on a rule of third because I felt the sky and the water with the beach had equal parts of interesting lines, light refractions, motion and uniqueness. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 24mm, f4, 1/1600s
Isolation: Lone man on the beach looking for washed up treasures, 20201029, Panama City Beach, MILLER, I originally shot this on my camera in B&W, but chose to use this image as the contrast and the black and white work as tool to isolate the already alone man in the shot from the vast area around him. I chose to keep him darker, almost silhouette in order to draw your eye to the profile of him against the rest of the beach. Camera Settings: Sony A7 II, ISO 200, 105mm, f4, 1/50s
