Hi and welcome examiner. Bellow you will find my photography exam work and the planning for the exam, the shoots and all of the images taken to use and not used. You will also be able to find the shoot images before my topic of relationships changed and also the reason and planning of this change.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Monday, 1 June 2015
Exam Piece Ten
Image Ten
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Representation of relationships
The relationship in this image is the same as all of my other ones, that begin the relationship between nature and man, I believe this image shows that as the wall is a side of a building which is a man made thing, as all man made things it is made to benefit mankind only, but the plant growing out of the bricks tried anything to survive, it needed a place to live and grow and it decided to adapt in order to survive.
Formal Elements
There are multiple formal elements in this image ranging from line which is featured on the wall in the background and also on the plant itself on the leafs. There is also the use of texture which features on the wall and also on the plant. Another element would be colour, this is because of the bright use of colours in this image and especially after the photo shop process, this is because the green got brighter against the grey wall.
Compositional Elements
The compositional elements used in this image would be leading lines, though the line itself isn't smooth or straight I believe it creates a leading line of some sort which your eyes follow. The rule of thirds play some part in this image as the plant is to the left of the image which follows one of the lines. Another element would be depth of field, the depth in this image is a slightly shallow depth this is because the background of this image is not fully blurred out, it is still slightly in focus.
Photoshop Process
During the photoshop process I chose to play around with the levels of the image to make the colours more vibrant and stand out, I made the levels as you can see bellow.
Critique
I would go back and re-shoot this image, this is because I feel it could of gone a lot better than the results I'm left with, the use of elements both compositional and formal, I feel with more elements which are stronger the image would over all be a betting and stronger image to use.
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Exam Piece Nine
Image Nine
Representation of relationships
This image has the relationship of nature and man, I feel it is this relationship not just because it is my desired relationship but because the image is of the top of a wall, the wall is a man made thing, it is made with the sole purpose of benefiting mankind, the moss on the other hand is not, the moss would have had to adapt to live in this environment.
Formal Elements
There are multiple formal elements in this image ranging from lines, which are featured on the front of the wall, also down the side of the wall and in the back where the trees are, it also features texture, the texture are of two things, for example the moss has a texture and so does the wall at the front. Colour has a part in this image, this is because there is a lot of greenery in the image which helps it stand out more against the light grey used.
Compositional Elements
The compositional elements used in this image would be leading lines, leading lines is a main part in this image, this is because the leading line is featured on the main subject in focus. Another element would be rule of thirds to some degree, this is because the wall in focus is to the right of the image. Another one involved would be depth of field, the depth in this image would be a shallow depth as not everything is in focus, the only thing in focus would be the wall.
Critique
I like this image, but I would change it, the only thing I would change would be that you cannot see the full width of the wall it stops just before the end of the width, I feel if the full width was involved I would have had a stronger image.
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Exam Piece Eight
Image Eight
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Representation of relationships
The relationship this image portrays would be the relationship between nature and man, this is the relationship shown as the concrete circle is a man made object which is made to benefit mankind only, the plant growing to the side of this shows that nature tries to grow everywhere, no matter if you try and stop if growing it will grow in places deemed impossible to grow because nature adapts to survive.
Formal Elements
The formal elements used in this image are ones such as line, the lines used in this image would be the ones going round the circle, the wall and where the sky is. Another element used in this image would be shape, this is because of the main subject standing out and being multiple shapes. Texture is also used in this image as there is texture visible on the subject in focus. Finally colour is a big part, this is due to the amount of colours used, fro example though there is not a lot of purple you can still clearly see it, brown is also a big part as most of the image is a brown cream colour, the blue sky is vibrant so sticks out in this image.
Compositional Elements
There are multiple compositional elements in this image, for example there is a leading line in this image which is positioned on the wall, though the leading line is not on the ground I feel it is still a leading line. Another one would be rule of thirds to some degree, I think this because I feel as though the plant is on the left line of the rule. The depth of field in this image would be a shallow depth as not everything in the image is in focus.
Photoshop Process
The raw file editor process was pretty straight forward I went onto effects and then down to post crop vignetting. I moved the bars as the image bellow shows to get the dark effect round the edges.
Critique
Though this image is one of my own I feel the shoot for this particular one could of gone better, I took multiple images of this one place but I would have preferred it to show more of the road the wall this was on.
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Exam Piece Seven
Image Seven
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Representation of relationships
The relationship this image shows would be the relationship between nature and man, this would be because the image shows some sort of moss growing on the concrete of a fence, the image shows this relationship as the concrete is a man made fence and it shows how nature can adapt to certain situations to live.
Formal Elements
There are multiple formal elements in this image, it includes formal elements such as line, this is because the fence creates a line going across like the concrete does, but it also creates a line going upwards. On top of that there are multiple lines in the background of this image. Another element would be texture, the texture in this image is from the concrete and the moss which is not the subject, these two things are in focus so you can see the texture more clearer. The element would be colour, this is because the colours in this image though not many, stand out, there are greens, browns and greys. The edit of the image makes the colours more vibrant.
Compositional Elements
The elements that you can see in this image would be leading lines, there is a leading line to the right of the image, this is a focus to your eyes, it makes the image more interesting to look at. Another element that you can see in this image would be rule of thirds, this is because if you look at the moss in focus it is to the left of the image, this helps to balance my image and make it more interesting to look at. The viewpoint of this image is a not a usual viewpoint, it is directly in front of the moss. The depth of field in this image would be a shallow depth, this is because there is little in focus in the image.
Photoshop Process
During the process of using photoshop for the image, I used the burn tool to make the image darker and then I changed the brightness to make it a little brighter, though it may of contradicted what I just did the burn tool is not the same as making the image darker with the brightness. After doing this I then went on to posterise and used that tool, I did not used a hard posterise, I made it just so the background where the cars and leading line is posterised.
Critique
This image though my own, I do not personally like, I only like the moss and hoe detailed it looks, I feel as though the background is all off as it is pretty messy, I could of found another place to shoot some moss with a less busy background to make the image stronger.
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Exam Piece Six
Image Six
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Representation of relationships
The relationship in this image would be the relationship between nature and man, I believe this is the relationship as if you look at the image, this is because the image is of a plant which is nature, but not only any plant, it is a plant that is growing from the side of the building if you look behind the plant.
Formal Elements
There are numerous formal elements in this image, one of them being texture, you can see the texture of the plant if you look at the flower part, you can see where the plant has lived its life on the wall as the plant is now dying so now has more texture to the ends. Another element would be form, that being of the plant in focus, shape has a part in this image as well, the shapes being of the leafs of the plant. Pattern is also involved due to the pattern of the fence on the window and the wall. There is also a part of colour in this image, most of the colours are white, there are limited other colours, only a brown and green. The final element I can see in this image would be space, this is because the the subject looks almost as if it is just entering the photograph.
Compositional Elements
The compositional elements in this image are ones such as rule of third, the image has a rule of third as the subject is to the left of the image. Another element used would be viewpoint, this would be because the viewpoint is focusing on the plant end, this also makes the depth of field in this image is a shallow depth, this is because the only thing in focus is the plant rather than everything.
Photoshop Process
I used a raw file with this image so I used camera raw to edit the image. I Changed the exposure of the image, the contrast, I made the highlights and whites lighter and the blacks and shadows darker. On top of this I played around with clarity and vibrance to make the image sharper and the colours brighter.
Critique
This image I like, the only thing I don't like would be the background, this is because the background is quite messy, I feel if it wasn't as messy the image would be stronger.
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Monday, 27 April 2015
Exam Piece Five
Image Five
I decided not to Photoshop this image as I wanted at least one or more of my images to be original images without any editing involved.
Representation of relationship
The relationship this image portrays would be the relationship between nature and man, this is due to the fact that the plant, which you would usually see in a more natural place is now growing from places deemed impossible for them to grow, the fact that nature can grow in man made things and from man made things proves that nature is adapting to man and can now grow places that man have claimed and created.
Formal Elements
There are a range of formal elements in view in the image above, for example texture is a part in this image as if you look just before the plant as the wall that is just in focus you can see the texture of the wall. Another element would be form, this is due to you only being able to see the plant in this image. Colour also plays a big part in this image the same as my other images, this is because on the plant there are two different greens, also the green stands out on the red brick wall, there is also a hint of white in the back also some greenery from other plants nearby. I would say this image shows space this is due to the main subject being just to the right of the image, it looks almost as if it is just entering the image.
Compositional Elements
The compositional elements in this image I would say a slight hint of rule of thirds in this image, this is due to the plant being to the right of the image. Another element would be viewpoint, this is due to the image being taken at a certain viewpoint to get the wall in the back and to get the plant that close, the depth of field of this image is a shallow depth as the only thing in focus is the plant growing from the wall. I feel that there is almost a leading line in this image, the leading line being the wall if you look at it from an angle.
Critique
I feel like even though the image is not Photoshopped as I wanted it to be a natural image, it could of benefited from it, but at the same time if I would of moved closer to the subject of the image, this would be just to avoid the wall before the plant and a little off the wall to make the leading line and rule of third stronger.
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