Friday, 13 March 2015

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

Monday, 2 February 2015

Photographic shot types

EWS - Extreme Wide Shot
VWS - Very Wide Shot
WS - Wide Shot
MS - Mid Shot
MCU - Mid Close Up
CU - Close Up
ECU - Extreme Close Up




Extreme Close Up

Close Up - these two images would be close ups as very little of the background is in the shot. 



Very Wide Shot - this is due to the whole building being within the shot, but very little surrounding imagery, such as the sky and and the ground.










Long Shot - this is a long shot of me and Rachel as all of our body is in the shot, and nothing it cut out.  And the photo below of Rachel and Andrew is also a long shot and all of their body is featured in the photo.