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Title of photo: Megan

 

Photo #2

 

Objective 2: Creative Exposure

The camera mode (P, Tv, Av, M) and why I chose it: I used Av so that I could easily work with the aperture.

f stop used and why: I used 1/5.7 to control the aperture.

Shutter speed used and why: The shutter speed was 1/2000. I used this so that I wouldn’t have any motion blur or camera shake.

ISO used and why: My ISO was 800 because we were outside and it was sunny so the camera would let less light in and have no camera shake.

Exposure compensation and why it was used: I didn’t use exposure compensation because I was happy with how bright the photo turned out.

Focal length and why: My focal length was 53.0mm because I didn’t want her face to be distorted in any way.

 

Objective 3: Elements and Principles of Design

The principles of design demonstrated (describe the use):

 

Line: The curved lines in Megans face and eyes have a sense of beauty which adds to the photo. It also gives the picture a very calming effect.

 

Color: The green colors in the background give the picture a cooling effect. However, I added a warming filter just to her face so that she stood out more. By doing this, the picture ends up having some complementary colors.

 

Form: The side lighting helps to create that three dimensional look in her face. It also makes some shadows with also assist in creating depth.

 

Space: The blurred background creates a negative space which draws the eye towards the positive space. Her face stands out nicely and is the main focus because of this.

 

Emphasis: The Background has no distracting items and is blurred. This helps to draw the eye to the main focus of the photo.

 

Unity: The elements in the image belong. The trees and brown grass all fit together to create unity. The grass takes up a large portion of the photo and gives her face a nice even background.

 

Contrast: The darkness from the trees and the brightness from the grass, allows the eye to focus more on Megan’s face.

 

Objective 4: Lighting

I used both side and soft lighting. The side lighting helped to make megans face very three dimensional and not one sided. The soft lighting lit up her whole face in a way to show the lines of her face but still had some shadows.

 

 

Objective 6: Critique

Next time I want to make sure to change the camera settings in a more effective way. I should have changed the ISO and shutter speed to reduce the noise. However I feel like the aperture was nice in this photo. Everything in the background was blurred.

 

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Uploaded on May 2, 2014
Taken on April 28, 2014