Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Project 1 Framing and Composition

For our Framing and composition project we had to shoot photos with eight specific framing techniques in mind. These techniques were close ups, rule of thirds, bugs eye view, frame within a frame, diagonals, birds eye view, leading lines, and filling the frame. Once we had shot the photos we picked three that best showed the framing technique and then made one to three edits of those pictures using lightroom. After we had all of our edits and original pictures we moved them to a contact sheet showing three of our best techniques and varying amount of edits for each picture.




Close Ups
This picture was taken as close to the eye as I could get with my camera staying in focus, showing the detail of the eye. I then cropped the picture and added focus. This apparent detail in the photo and the closeness the camera was to the eye makes this picture a close up.


Rule of Thirds
In this picture the subject, Berritt, is in the last third of the photo. I edited the picture to make it more horizontal, giving it the appearance that she was farther in the right side of the photo. Because she is in one third of the photo and not in the center this photo shows rule of thirds.

Diagonals
The wires in this picture run diagonally across the frame, showing the diagonals technique. I cropped the original photo to make it so that the diagonals filled the frame and were more apparent.

Leading Lines
The lines on the painting lead to the subject, Jack. I look at the picture from the top to the bottom, following the lines downward toward Jack, which shows leading lines.

Birds Eye View
This picture was taken from a level above looking down Berritt and Camilla. By being above them and taking a picture looking downward it made it a birds eye view.

Bugs Eye View
To take this picture I was almost laying on the ground shooting upward toward the sign, making this picture a bugs eye view. I also edited the color and added more of a yellow tint to give it a warmer feeling, which I thought improved the picture from the original.

Frame Within a Frame
At the bottom of the stairwell there is an opening that looks out over the city. This opening is a frame showing the city, making this picture a frame within a frame.

Filling the Frame
The lollipop in this picture completely fills the frame, you cannot see the edges of the lollipop, making this picture filling the frame.