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Intention: To capture a scene in the rule of thirds of a child building a snowman.
Reference to Reading: Michael Freeman talks about using eye-lines to help guide the viewer towards a point of interest.
Outcome: I thought about getting rid of the children/people in the background of this image but realized that they help to create the scene of children (and adults) having a snow day at the park. I tried to minimize the impact of the people in the background, but I think next time I might try a shallower DOF, or a shorter lens.
Edits: Multiple Masks: +Shadows, +Blacks, +Saturation, +Texture, +Clarity, +Dehaze, +Sharpness, +Noise Reduction, +Exposure, -Highlights. General: +Exposure, +Contrast, -Highlights, -Shadows, +Whites, -Vibrance, Color Mixer for Saturation and Luminance, Vignette, Dodge, Burn, and Sponge (Desaturate).
Frozen Motion
Intention- I wanted to capture the snow particles kicked by the subject while using a fast shutter speed.
Reference to the reading- Duchemin states, "Fast shutter speeds will freeze action because the sensor sees that action for such a brief fraction of time" which can be seen in the stillness of the person's leg and the burst of snow.
Outcome- Using a shutter speed of 1/2000, the viewer can see the individual snowballs scooped up by the person's foot.
Edits- I increased the contrast to add more definition to the snow particles.
Intention: The goal was to show how panning can create a sense of movement in a photo while keeping the subject in focus.
Reference to Reading: David DeChemin talks about how panning can be used to lend energy to a scene.
Outcome: This image met my vision and kept the subjects nice and sharp while showing the speed and movement of them sledding down a hill.
Edits: Masking: +Exposure, +Contrast, -Saturation, +Clarity, +Sharpness, +Noise Reduction. General: +Exposure, +Contrast, -Highlights, +Shadows, +Whites, +Blacks, +Texture, +Clarity, Vignette, and Color Mixer for Hue and Saturation.
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Extreme POV/Rule of Thirds
Intention- I wanted to capture an image of a tower with the rule of thirds and show an extreme upward facing point of view.
Reference to the reading- Freeman states that diagonal lines "introduce the most dynamism into a picture" and represent unresolved tension which can be felt with the sharp angles created with the metal bars of the tower.
Outcome- The rule of thirds makes the image more visually interesting while the extreme point of view creates feelings of awe.
Edits- The saturation was increased in the image as well as the contrast to show more of a difference between the reds and blues in the photo.
I learned that it was better to overexpose the photos a little so that neither is too prominent if I want them blended.
لاَ تحزَنْ إذا مَنعَ اللهُ عَنْكَ شَيء تُحِبُه فَلَو عَلِمْتمْ كَيْفَ يُدَبّرُ الرّبُ أمُورَكمْ لذابَتْ قلوبُكمْ مِنْ مَحَبته .
Nir Arieli: Anima - www.flickr.com/photos/nirarieli2/sets/72157622735726530/
In this photo the model was a younger man (early twenties) who was comfortable trying new things out. He at first wanted to pose in full suit but found it difficult to move in more 'feminine ways'. Instead he compromised, alternating between shirtless and pink tank-top, consistently asking for advice about feminine poses.
In the photographing process we learned how different male and female models are expected to look and pose. It was a challenge to think up (or look up) typical female poses, but this was one that seemed to work.
In my shoot we opted to not use makeup or feminine clothing, unlike photographer Nir Arieli's Anima photoset, because we wanted to try with expression and pose alone to capture femininity.
OK, just a light bulb to illustrate the type of lights used for the project.
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