Photography

Friday, 13 March 2015

Photography Evaluation - Harry Potter

This image that was taken at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London reminds me of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, because of the vibrant colours, and the packaging on the products. I think that the sharpest and clearest point of this image is the second and fourth shelf, as I think it s the brightest parts due to the vibrant colours. I think that the other parts are less vibrant as they are a bit darker and not as well lit; this then creates a shadow effect.

The light in this photograph was artificial as taken in a room; there was light within the cabinet creating a shadow effect on the top shelf of the display. The time of day cannot be estimated as this image was taken indoors as you cannot see any sunlight within this image. Also when I took this photo, the flash was fired this due to the fact that the lighting was not substantial enough.

The main lines are horizontal and vertical, as you can see the lines of the shelves and the lines of the cabinet. The vertical lines give the sense of direction showing the height and the horizontal lines give a sense of depth as it is showing the objects on the shelf.

The shapes that are repeated throughout are oblongs, rectangles and squares, which are more or less the same things; this gives the sense of continuity.

The tone of this image is very warm, with all the neon, vibrant colours, and I think that the colours are the most significant part of the image and I think that is was makes it eye catching.

If there was a Rule of Thirds grid on this image it would there would be something significant in every square of the grid.

I took this image with a Canon 450D and a 18-55mm lens. When I took this I had the camera on auto setting and the ISO was set at 400, the aperture was at f/4, and the shutter speed was 1/60. As the lighting wasn’t very substantial and it was behind a cabinet and needed to make sure I didn’t get any glare on the glass, even though the flash did fire, it surprisingly didn’t create a glare on the glass.

When I look at this image it makes me thing about all the effort that went it making the props for the Harry Potter films that probably didn’t even get shown on screen.

This is another mage that was taken at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London and it reminds be of all the old newspapers that you see in vintage films and TV shows. The sharpest and most clear point of the image is the black writing against the white washed out background makes it look all the more vibrant and sharp and everything else around it is, I think, less important.

The light in this photograph was artificial as it was taken it a room and was behind a cabinet. The time of day cannot be estimated as this image was taken indoors as you cannot see any sunlight within this image. Also when I took this photo, the flash was fired this due to the fact that the lighting was not substantial enough.

The main lines are horizontal and vertical, as you can see the lines of the newspapers. The vertical lines give the sense of direction showing the height and the horizontal lines give a sense of depth as it is showing the newspapers in the stack.

The shapes that are repeated throughout are rectangles, and this gives the sense of continuity.

The tone of this image is very cold and what it says on the front of the newspaper also gives the feeling of this too.

If there were a Rule of Thirds grid on this image the main focus of the image which is the headline of the newspaper and this would be in the middle row of the grid.

I took this image with a Canon 450D and a 18-55mm lens. When I took this I had the camera on auto setting and the ISO was set at 400, the aperture was at f/5, and the shutter speed was 1/60. As the lighting wasn’t very substantial and it was behind a cabinet and needed to make sure I didn’t get any glare on the glass, even though the flash did fire, and it didn’t create a glare on the glass.

This is also another image that was taken at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London. And it reminds me of when I watched and read Harry Potter for the very first time, and I think that it is very significant to the films, for when Harry first gets his letter.

The sharpest and clearest point of the image is the writing on the first letter at the top corner of the image. Even though it does look a bit over exposed with the writing after I had edited it, I still think that it stands out.

The light in this photograph is all artificial and the light was created from the ones that had been placed in the cabinets on the display.

The time of day cannot be estimated as this image was taken indoors as you cannot see any sunlight within this image. Also when I took this photo, the flash was fired this due to the fact that the lighting was not substantial enough.

The mains lines in this photograph come from the letters themselves.

The shapes that are repeated throughout are rectangles, and this gives the sense of continuity.

The tone of this image is very cold and what it says on the front of the letter, it seems cold because there isn’t much colour, as it looks black and white.

If there were a Rule of Thirds grid on this image the main focus of the image, which are the letters, would be in every square of the grid.

Photography Evaluation - Long Exposure

I think that the main focus on this image is the middle of the fireworks, where it is red then turns into green.

The light in this image is all coming from the fireworks, as it was taken against the night sky, acting as a canvas for the vibrancy of the fireworks, making it stand out even though it has only been retouched slightly to make it look more vibrant, it is more of less the original image.

The lines in this image come at the bottom of the photo. It almost looks like brush strokes on a canvas to create the effect, they are light and not too heavy creating the feel of weightlessness.

Repetition within this image is at the bottom from where the fireworks hadn’t exploded and were more or less hundreds of tiny flare fireworks. Also the colours are repetitive with the greens and the oranges.

This image looks as it has been painted onto a black background because it is very flat and doesn’t have much depth.

Because fireworks are mainly light, there isn’t really much depth to this image.

There isn’t a lot of open space in this image, as it is more or less completely taken up with the fireworks it has been cropped around the sides, as there was a lot of dark sky.

The only light that is being generated in this image is at the bottom of the photo where you can see the orange fireworks and the top where the green fireworks are exploding, that is mainly the only places that are generating light.

If I were to put a Rule of Thirds grid on this image, the bottom row would feature the orange fireworks and then the rest of the rows would feature some of the fireworks.

I used a Canon 1100D with a 18-55mm lens. I didn’t use the flash when I took this image, as it isn’t required when doing a long exposure. The aperture was set at f/22 to have the number as high as possible it allows the effect to be substansial. The ISO was set at 100, which is the same as all my other firework long exposures. The shutter speed was on bulb setting and I exposed it for 30 seconds.

This image makes me feel like I’m in Florida watching the fantastic firework displays at the theme parks.

The main focus on this image is middle of the fireworks, it is obviously the beginning of the firework, right before it exploded to create the effect of it looking like a flower.

The light in this image is all coming from the fireworks, as it was taken against the black sky, that is really the only thing that stands out against the black, even though this image has been edited in Photoshop to make the fireworks look different from the original image, which it was green, and reds. And that is the only thing that has been edited.

The lines in this image come as the fireworks are exploding. It almost looks like brush strokes on a canvas to create the effect, they almost look as if they are weightless.

Repetition in this image is all over, with the effect of the fireworks creating the rain effect. Also the colours are repetitive as it is following a theme of different colours with the pinks and purples and whites.

It doesn’t have much depth to it as it looks as it has been painted against the black background of the sky.

The only light that is being generated in this image is from the fireworks. Even thought this image isn’t as vibrant as the others, I don’t think it stands out as much.

If I were to put a Rule of Thirds grid on this image, the bottom row wouldn’t feature anything, only the top and middle rows would have the fireworks featured in them.

I used a Canon 1100D with a 18-55mm lens. I didn’t use the flash when I took this image, as it isn’t required when doing a long exposure. The aperture was set at f/22 to have the number as high as possible it allows the effect of the long exposure to work when taking fireworks. The ISO was set at 100 and it was on bulb setting and exposed for 9 seconds.

I feel like when I look at the picture of the fireworks is feels like New Years Eve, because where I got to watch them you can see all of them al over Manchester and it looks kind of magical.

The main focus on this image is the streams of light at the bottom of the image; it is obviously the beginning of the firework, right before it explodes in the top part of the image.

The light in this image is all coming from the fireworks, as it was taken against the night sky, that is really the only thing that stands out against the black, even though this image has been edited in Photoshop to make it look more vibrant, it still looks like the original image which featured pink and purples.

The lines in this image come at the bottom of the photo. It almost looks like brush strokes on a canvas to create the effect, they are light and not too heavy creating the feel of weightlessness.

Repetition within this image is at the bottom from where the fireworks hadn’t exploded and were more or less hundreds of tiny flare fireworks. Also the colours are repetitive.

This image looks as it has been painted onto a canvas, because it is very flat and doesn’t have much depth.

Because fireworks are mainly light, there isn’t really much depth to this image.

There isn’t a lot of open space in this image, as it is more or less completely taken up with the fireworks.

The colour in this image is very vibrant, as I said before the image has been made more vibrant in Photoshop, which I think it looks better edited than the original image, I think it stands out more and looks more impressive.

If I was to put a Rule of Thirds grid on this image, the bottom of the image with the flares on would be on the bottom row, then the first flares would be on the middle row and the main explosion of the fireworks would be in the top row,

I used a Canon 1100D with a 18-55mm lens. To let it be exposed and create the effect on the image, I had it set on the bulb setting and exposed it for 25 seconds. When doing long exposure it is important to make sure that the ISO is on the lowest possible, the ISO for this image was set at 100.

When I look at these images it makes me feel like I’m watching the fireworks at the Disney theme park in Florida and it make me feel like I am on holiday, and really enjoy watching the displays when I’m on holiday.

Photography Evaluation - Landscape

The areas that appear the clearest in this photograph is the central part of the sky, where it is mainly red and pink.

The light in this image is all completely natural. There is no artificial light in this photograph as it was taken outside. The light is coming from the sunset in the direction of Manchester Airport, which is in a North Western direction from my house.

Even thought they are not actual lines in the photographs the clouds create the sense of lines, they are more like brush strokes. The black parts in the photograph, which create the silhouette, also create the lines of the horizon.

There is repetition within this photograph as there are multiple different colours but they are all on the same spectrum of colours. And also with some of the tall buildings in the background in the city.

As you can see way into the distance in the image it creates the effect that it is 3D, also because the houses are on an angle and going down towards the edge of the photograph. There is depth in the image as you can see the horizon way off into the distance, and the sky looks as if it is on different levels, which is created from the difference in all the colours.

If I were to feel this image it would feel as if it would feel like silky. The tone of this image goes from dark to light to dark again.

The colours in this image are very warm, with the pinks, purples, reds and blood oranges.

If I was to put a Rule of Thirds grid on this image, the bottom of the image with the silhouette of the houses would be in the bottom row of squares, then the bit of the sky with the red streak in the sky. And then in top row I would have the purple bit of the sky.

Top capture this image I used a 18-55mm with a Canon 1100D. The settings I had to capture this image were set at f/10 for the aperture, as is was a different day to the other image that I took, I felt that it needed a different aperture to make it more vibrant, even though I did a quick edit with it in Photoshop. The shutter speed was set at 1/100 as the sunset was setting very fast and it went dark not long after this was taken. The ISO was set at 800 bas the image light was much darker than before on the other image. And I had auto white balance on this image. Also the flash didn’t go off when I took this image.

When I took this mage it was at the stage in the year when it was beginning to become very cold and the days were beginning to get shorter. It was just on the end of the summer weather and moving into the autumnal weather. When I look at this image it makes me feel like the winter weather has finally arrived.

Photography Evaluation - Landscape

The areas that appear the clearest in this photograph is the central part of the sky, where it comes from yellow, to white, to red and then to blue, as it fades through the clouds.

There is no repetition within this photograph as there are multiple different colours.

If I were to feel this image it would feel as if it would feel like cotton wool. The tone of this image goes from dark to light to dark again.

The colours in this image are very cool, with the yellows and the blues with the little bit of red in the middle of the sky.

If I was to put a Rule of Thirds grid on this image, the bottom of the image with the silhouette of the houses would be in the bottom row of squares, then the bit of the sky with the yellow and red patch, would be in the middle row of the photograph.

To capture this image I used a 18-55mm lens with a Canon 1100D. The settings I had to capture this image was an aperture at f/4.5, the reason I had the aperture set at this is because it allows more light in. Because I set the Shutter speed at 1/60 is was only exposed for a very small amount of time. And the ISO was set at 200 as I thought it looked the best at this from the couple of different photos that I took with different ISO numbers. The white balance on this image was set on auto. The lighting on this image was all completely natural, as the flash didn’t fire when I took it; the only light that is on this image is from the sunset.

When I took this image is was just about getting the that stage in the year when it was leaving autumn behind and fading into winter, it was still in the warm stage, and it was just about to turn cold. When I look at this image it makes me feel at wintery because I know that the weather is changing and the cold nights are setting in for the winter.