My favourite photo is the one on the left because I think her posture and expression shows more about her then any other of GIlden's photos. The way she looks into the camera is as if she is looking right at you in real life and her expression and posture shows me she is worried or shocked and is grabbing the kitten for comfort. I also really like the colour contrast between the woman and the background because I think it brings the photo to life. |
My favourite photo is the one on the left and it shows a suited man on the phone in what looks like a cafe, behind some glass which is reflecting a bus which is passing by. I really like this photo because the abnormality of the composition interests me. As you can only see the man's reflection, it portrays him in a ghostly manner and I also like the bright red and yellow colours of the bus fin front because I think it adds good contrast to to the faded man behind. Finally, I don't think the photo has a very clear focal point, however I can see that lines in the photo lead your eyes towards the man in the bottom right hand corner.
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This is one of Eric Kim's photos and it's one of my favourites because of the specific emotions I get from it. The composition shows of grey and cloudy sky, some bare trees, are worn down house and offence, and airy man and a long pathway surrounded with grass. The main focal point is the man stood at the end of the pathway because of the vertical lines either side of the path lead you up to him. I like this photo because the man's legs are crossed and I think that makes the photo little bit more abstract and usual and also because the vertical lines of the Paul elongate the man's legs to make him stand out even more. This photo makes me feel a little bit on easy and scared because of the overall dark and airy theme of it and the editing. I also believe Kim has used the role of birds to add an extra facts and composition saying is the man and the pathway seem to be directly in the centre of the middle third.
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This photo is an example of photography which includes a strong use of the rule of thirds, the photographer is an unknown person however it was created in the 2000s. You can see that the photographer has cropped the photo so that the man is on the left, this draws our eyes to him as the main focal point is in the first third where the man is, however it also gives us some more freeing sense of space throughout the whole photo with the empty space being in the second third and last third. The wooden poles have also helped to point out the use of the rule of thirds to seeing as they seem to split the photo horizontally into three pieces, before grey-scaling it to add more emotion.
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Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter who's early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognised as the New York school for photography today. He's a man photography was to take photos acting as a bystander I'm not actually in the photos themselves, a little out of the frame and overlooking what is going on in the photos. This was a very unusual type of photography when he was around, however it has gotten more popular over the years.
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Robert Doisineu was the French photographer who used a Leica camera on the streets of France. He was a champion of humanist photography and was renowned for his 1950 image 'Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (kiss by the town hall), A photograph of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. Doisineu was appointed a Chevalier (knight) of the Legion of Honour in 1984 as well.
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I have decided to focus on this photo by Reynald Drouhin because I really like the effect it gives. Drouhin is a photographer who mainly takes photos of the beach, skies and countryside landscapes and then edits them to include geometric shapes which flip the photo upside down inside it.
All of the photos are taken in landscape and many of them have a split going down the middle of the photo usually being the horizon or the split between the sea and the sky or the land and the sky. This creates a boundary in the photo, adds contrast to the photo in the two halves and also helps to guide the viewer across the photo. This photo uses natural light, like most of his photos do, which add a softer tone to his photos overall. Which contrasts against the harsh lines of the shape which is edited in. Drouhin also uses all of the same shapes in his photos to make them more original and more like a series in themselves, this also helps to distinguish his work from others. I will be trying to use this style of composition in my work further on, however for now I think I will be experimenting with various different shapes to look at the different effects and tones they add to the photos. |
I am very happy with my final images because they turned out exactly what I had hoped. I really like the one on the left because I think the horizontal line going across the middle of the page (the horizon) shows a clear split between the sky and the sea and provides a good contrast to the photo. I also really like the second photo because I like how the soft and curvy lines of the coastline are contrasting with the harsh lines of the geometric shape in the middle. I also slightly edited the actual photo to have a 3d colour effect which I think looks good. If I was to do this shoot again, I would perhaps try creating a series with the same shape like Reynald Drouhin and possibly try portraiture and see how that turns out.
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The title of this piece is unknown. It is by Sohei Nishino. It was created in the 2000s. It is an example of photograph with has been taken and put into a collage. The composition depicts many different photos of London and all stuck and photo shopped together into one large photo.. The focal point (most important/eye-catching part) of the image is probably the London bridge. It is placed in the centre of the photo possibly The techniques used here are natural lighting and black and white editing to add effect and drama. The texture in the picture looks quite harsh and ridged because of the harsh lines on the edges of the photo. The photographer has used a traditional DSLR camera has been used I believe, as it was taken in the 2000s to create an abstract image of the city of London.
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This is an unknown photo by Jane Hicks and is an example of photography using projectors.The composition shows a photo of a woman with her hands up beside her head and a photo of black and white writing being projected onto her face and body. The focal point (most important/eye-catching part) of the image is the woman in the middle because she is the main subject of the photo as a whole. The colours in the image are black and white because they are the colours that have been projected onto the woman's face, however you can see her skin colour but I has been dramatically washed out from the projected light. The patterns I can see in the image are quite disorganised seeing as they are many different letters however I think it gives the effect of patterns instead and I really like it.
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