Landscape: Activity 5

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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.    

In the foreground of this image the tree is blurred out but in gives a great definition to the subject matter which is the small building, giving it more clarity and more effect.

Landscape Activity 1

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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.

Photo By: Walker Evans

- In the image here created by Walker Evans you can view the image and see a couple objects (object analysis. As you analyze  the image you can see that there is a grave yard in the foreground of the image, behind that a few building and then you can see some kind of factory in the background of the image. Walker Evans was best know for is work during the Depression Era.

This image is considered art, because you do not need something beautiful and outstanding to be considered art, art is what you have to say within the image, the hidden message. History is art, this image gives has a lot of history in along with it. Art is not just about beauty its the whole aspect of it.

Light: Activity 4
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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.

These two photos are examples of Shallow Depth of field gives a more focus on the subject and blurs out the background and foreground of the image. the photographer used a smaller apature size. 

Photo By: Jenny Onsager

Photo By: Cam MIller

The next two are examples of Maximum Depth of Field making everything in focus nothing blurred out, giving a clear image. The photographer used a larger aparture size.

Photo By: Todd Terry

Photo By: Russ Burden

Lighting: Activity 3

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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 photographs.

The photographer in this two examples used a light meter to measure the light that reflects of the faces of the models, to make sure the the photo does not come out to bright and over exposed and it at the proper exposure.

Photo By: Terry Lok

Light: Activity 2

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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.


The first photo is a single light source. The main light is coming from the right side which gives a dramatic look to the subject.

Photo By: Tom Bol

The second photo is an example go a multiple light source. The main light is on the left side of the subject, but there is also a light behind the subject to out line the hair and to separate the background (seeing that is it black) from the subject.

Photo By: Barrie Spence

Light: Activity 1

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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.

The first photo is an example of Hard Lighting. With the hard lighting it sharpens the image more and it gives a greater detail. Hard lighting in this image gives great detail on the dark colors on the girl , and the feathers that she is wearing. 

Photo By: Lior  Dar

The second photo is an example of Soft Lighting. Soft lighting in this picture gives a smooth feel. The girls face is really blemishing and does not give a hard line is her face structure. With soft lighting it gives left detail to the portrait.

Photo By: Ryan Bradly

Photo by: Julie Waterhouse

Frame & Composition: Activity 4

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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.

•This photo gives the best description of  visual weight. Even though the horses are set to the left of the image the horses are defined more then the background. 

Create four images, placing the focal point and/or visual weight in different areas of the frame. Discuss whether each image is balanced.

Photo by: Rebekah N. Romero

This image would be a photo that the visual weight is clustered. The eye is not really free to roam around in the photo since there is so much to look at in the image, from the different building, to the water, and the boat.

Photo by: Rebekah N. Romero

The image to the right is a good example of visual weight. The eyes is drawn to the man in the water where he is surrounded by the ocean and the city is far in distance.


The picture on the bottom, it is also a great example for visual weight and focal point. The main focus is on the flower, the viewers eyes is not all around the image it is directed straight to the flower.

Photo by: Rebekah N. Romero

Photo by: Rebekah N. Romero

 This image examples visual weight. Right away the eye is directed to the boat, but if you notice that the main subject (the boat) is to the right of the image rather than the center of the image.

Frame & Composition Activity 3:
Blog EntryFind 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.

Photo By: Alan Cleaver

Photo By: Melinda Seckington

Rule of Thirds- Compositional technique for making a photograph interesting and dynamic. A photographer can position the elements near the lines and intersection of a grid. A photographer would use Rule of Thirds to produce images, which are more engaging and balanced.

Example of non rule of third by Kassim Tejan

Frame & Composition Activity 2

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Read the following passage taken from the book The Photographer’s Eye by John Szarkowski and answer the questions below.

‘To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer’s craft. His central problem is a simple one: what shall he include, what shall he reject? The line of decision between in and out is the picture’s edge. While the draughtsman starts with the middle of the sheet, the photographer starts with the frame. The photograph’s edge defines content. It isolates unexpected juxtapositions. By surrounding two facts, it creates a relationship. The edge of the photograph dissects familiar forms, and shows their unfamiliar fragment. It creates the shapes that surround objects. The photographer edits the meanings and the patterns of the world through an imaginary frame. This frame is the beginning of his picture’s geometry. It is to the photograph as the cushion is to the billiard table.’

Q. What does John Szarkowski mean when he says that photographers are quoting ‘out of context’ when they make photographic pictures? 

A: What John Szarkowski means by 'out of context' is without unwanted surrounding details, getting full frame of the central idea.

Q. The frame often ‘dissects familiar forms’. At the end of the last century photography was having a major impact on Art. Impressionist artists such as Degas were influenced by what they saw. Look at these examples of Degas work, which clearly shows the influence of Photography, and explain why the public might have been shocked to see such paintings. 
A: The reason people saw such an amazing is because of the details of the painting, the types of composition is used such as rule of third.

Important: Find another example of a painting that you feel was influenced by photography and include it in you're posting!

Vincent Van Gogh

Gustave Caillbotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day 1886/87

Frame & Composition Activity 1

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Photo By: Loren Zemlicka

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.  

Photo By: Vasanthi Balson 

These two photographers took great emphasis into their subject. Taking the focus onto the subject and have little or no background.