Post #5 Composition in Photography

        I think my image is visually interesting because of the angle the image was taken, the use of rule of thirds technique and the bright and rich colours. The angle the photo was taken isn't parallel to the goal post. This is visually interesting because even though the back post line is on an angle it is still following the rule of thirds. Another way this image is a display of the rule of thirds is because the object of the image(the girl in the pink sweater) is on the right hand bottom cross line of the 9 boxes. When the image was taken the focal point was not on the rule of thirds, using photoshop I cropped the image to create this.The girl is also a focal point because her pink sweater creates great contrast against the whole image and its organic colours. These colours used to be washed out, but with the help of photoshop and the use of colour boost I made the colours look richer and brighter, like a very sunny day, even though this image is was taken on a cloudy day. I took this image with the intent of the pink sweater making pop and I think after my photoshop edit I made my intent even better. I wanted to display dominance while still adding other compositional techniques to make my audience really look further, but look further in a certain  order which I control with the dominance displayed in the image.
       If I could retake this image I would take it from a lower angle, so the viewer could see the expression on my focus's face. I might use photoshop in a different way and play on the fact it was a cloudy day. Maybe create an image of loneliness or sadness instead of just high contrast sunny day simple everything is okay kinda fell.

Chess Piece Drawing Review

The image above is a drawing of a chess piece and a background which is a play on the grad technique used to draw images in an easier simpler way. As part of my assignment I had to try different techniques to copy my hand drawn work into a digital for in the most successful way. This is why I have three images of the same drawing. The first one is a scan image with some photoshop improvements. I think this was an effective way to copy my work because a photograph a it sometimes creates a shine from the burnishing and adds a highlight that shouldn't be there. The second image is a photograph of my image using a copy stand. I do not think this was an effective way to copy my work for two reasons. One, the bright hot lights create a yellow tint on my drawing which is not supposed to be there. Secondly, the bright lights also create an extra highlight by flashing back light right into the camera lens where there is some burnishing. The third image is another photograph taking outside where there is softer light. This way my I wouldn't get the yellow tint or the burnished highlight. I think this technique was more effective than the copy stand, but for this specific image I think that the scanned image was the most effective. I think this because the scan image captured all of my detail, while the outside image did not.

       While I was planing this drawing I wanted to make it visually interesting. I did this by modifying the technique of drawing with a grid. I drew the pawn using a grid and then took individual sections of the grid and copied them somewhere else on the page. Sometimes rotating or flipping the section to make the viewer look further. I used value to show light. I think I did this well because my drawing has large value scale with deep blacks and shades of white. The lines used in the chess piece its self are very confident and polished. While the lines used to draw the grid are confident and polished, but are very light because I had originally had the intensions of erasing those lines but once the piece was finished i decided that it would be best if the lines stayed.

Tech. Post #4 Composition in Photography

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This picture displays movement in a very interesting way because the first windmill is appearing still, but as your eyes move to the right the windmills appear spinning faster. This picture does a great job of displaying different levels of movement and the effects it has on an image. Not only does an image blur the faster the movement,but it also may appear different. All three of these windmills are identical,but the last one looks smaller than the middle and so on and so forth.

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This picture does an amazing job of framing the target piece. It ties in the colours so it is easy on the eye. The framing is done very very well because it does not absorb any of the focus from the focal point, but just highlight it in a very clever way. The colour contrast and blend is really good at, again framing the image in a very clever and artist way.


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Tech. Blog Post #3

This picture is titled "Stand Out". I titled it this because on a field trip in gr.7 to high park where my class and I took pictures of humans interacting with natural environment, this pink ribbon just stood out to me and I took the picture. Now looking at this picture two years later I see why the ribbon stood out to me. It is because the colour contrast between the hot pink and yellow,green leaves. I find this visually interesting because there is hues of red which I find ties in the pink so it is more appealing to the eye.