Sunday 10 July 2011

Project 1 The horizon line.







Although the images are not very inspiring,
I think they serve the purpose of the project.
















Here are further examples of a scene with
different horizon positions.


This first shows a field of rape with the sky
occupying the upper third. A typical landscape.











Here the sky has been reduced and the
foreground dominates the image.










And here the purpose of the image is to
emphasise the powerful sky.
 While the foreground
has been reduced considerably this image illustrates that it is not only the space occupied by a particular part of the landscape that determines its importance in the image but also the colour and tone.
Here the strong yellow and to a lesser extent the
green of the trees balance the strong blues of the sky.

Saturday 9 July 2011

Project2: Horizontal vs Vertical


The purpose here was to isolate the small figure
at the same time retain a semblance of the surroundings.












The vertical frame is a better choice. The isolation of the
figure is still maintained without too much of the distracting
detail in the top image.
















Here the object was to capture the two
women hurrying towards the bright
lights of the dress shop.













It is a vertical image and the vertical frame eliminates
 the detail on the left but retains the lights of the shop
 and the busy area around it.









Friday 8 July 2011

Project 3: Panorama.

Panorama 1.

Not a good image. As is often the
case , the light changes! This is a
combination of 8 shots with the
camera in portrait mode. Size of
 image is 35" x 10". viewing angle
approx. 180 degrees. It lacks a sense of scale!

Project 4:Collage




Collage.
The 7 images on the right reading from top

to bottom, form the collage assembled at the

bottom of the page reading from left to right.



Thursday 7 July 2011

Project 5 : Interacting subjects.







Mon 1.
Probably this was how the monument was intended
to be seen. The clear line of grass leading to the top.














Mon2.
This low angle creates an image where the trees
are beginning to dominate the monument.














Mon 3.
The emphasis on the foreground gives increased
depth to the image but less emphasis on the
main subject.










Mon 4.
Here while the structure has been emphasised
by the exaggeration of perspective, the grandeur
of the monument has been reduced by the
adjacent trees.

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Project 6: Framing the view.






The main centre of the image was intended to be the accent the red figure. With this landscape view there too much spatial difference between the red image and the surrounding landscape.







This different framing gives the accent more importance and prevents the eye wandering away on to the adjacent landscape.












This an image of a single figure in a wood is perhaps distracted by the trees and shrubs either side.








This takes the eye via the tree on the right towards the solitary image.




Tuesday 5 July 2011

Project 7: Figures in a landscape.





Figures on Helm crag.

Would have been better if more children were on the ridge.

Monday 4 July 2011

Project 8:Using perspective to help composition.



















Linear perspective.
The use of converging lines such as
roads, canals, post lines etc..


























Diminishing perspective.

Here objects appear to be successively smaller.








Aerial/Tonal perspective.


Atmospheric haze reducing contrast in
the distance and lightening the tone.





Sunday 3 July 2011

Project 9: Colour themes.

Shades of Green








In this view, if you concentrate you may count ten to
twenty shades of green. If measured the number will be
nearer a hundred.












Even in this limited view the number of shades of green is over a hundred.