The idea of this assignment is to incorporate all of the insights that we have learned so far on this course into a set of images aimed towards one subject. We have to produce around 10-15 images of a similar subject and to show the following effects.
- Single point dominating the composition.
- Two points.
- Several points in a deliberate shape.
- A combination of vertical and horizontal lines.
- Diagonals.
- Curves.
- Distinct, even if irregular, shapes.
- At least 2 kinds of implied triangles.
- Rhythm.
- Pattern.
The book gave a list of subjects to do.
- Flowers and plants.
- Landscapes.
- Street details.
- The raw materials of food.
- if you prefer, choose your own subject.
So I went for the option of.
- If you prefer, choose your own subject.
Which I have, that being the subject of weddings so I went to 3 weddings over 3 weeks and used the images I took for this course, hopefully covering the right areas.
So to start with was a single point dominating the composition of the image. This image is one I took while sat in 1 of the pews and as I was looking at the live view screen I saw the white ribbon bow and rose with butterfly with the bride and groom in the distance. So I knew that setting the camera aperture to F1.8 the shutter speed to 1/125 and the ISO to 200 I could blur out the bride and groom and leave it so that the rose feature was left in focus making it the dominating point of the image.
With the 2 points in an image I choose an image where a bride and groom were outside the church having a moment together I saw this and thought that looks great. I went with this image for 2 points because you could class the bride and groom as 1 point being that they are so close together and point 2 being the old church door. Settings for the camera were aperture set to F13 shutter speed to 1/60 and the ISO set to 100
Then we have several points in a deliberate shape I knew that I could use the flowers for the last wedding so I knew I needed this shot. I got hold of the bride and bridesmaids flowers along with the mother’s corsage and the button holes for the ushers. So with the flowers I noticed that they would make a great triangle and I remembered that I needed an implied triangle so I went for it. Only problem I had with the image was the paper the flowers were in was too short to cover the area for the image. The camera settings for this image were F20 aperture speed of 1/160 with an ISO at 100.
With a combination of horizontal and vertical lines I was not sure what would cover it till I looked up and saw the light, I really did it was 1 of the disco lights that was there for the entertainment. It gave the look of an old window with the light shining through. For this image I had changed my lens to an 18 to 70mm lens with a low F stop of 3.6 I then set the camera to an ISO of 200 as light around us was fading fast the shutter speed to 1/250 and the aperture to F5.6.
With the diagonals I was lucky really because I took this at the first wedding and was not quite sure what images I needed but I was looking around looking for clues as to what I might need, when I looked up I saw the diagonal ribbons flowing to the balloons in the centre and just had that feeling that diagonals was going to be one of the images I would need for this assignment so I took this image with the camera set to F5 and 1/13 and the ISO at 400 I got my image.
Whilst at the first wedding I remembered doing a topic on curves as I saw this through the view finder. The head table with their starters all set and a lovely curve to the head table so using the middle dish as my focal point I took the shot, camera set at ISO 400 speed 1/25 and aperture at F4.
Now for a distinct shape I had to go for this image I took it hoping it would fit and it is a large daisy flower head in like a small round fish bowl on a round silver plate, so it was a circle within a circle within another circle I loved it and was glad it could fit in. I did keep the objects in at the side as I felt it just gave the image that little bit more and not making it feel boring. The camera was set to an ISO of 400, speed to 1/25 and aperture to F4.5
Now with the implied triangles I know I covered 1 earlier so here is another implied triangle this time using the groom and his Nan and granddad from Australia but I also did an extra one of the bridesmaids from one of the other weddings so that is 2 images showing implied triangles with people and one from earlier showing a still life implied triangle using the flowers.
With rhythm I was not sure how to tackle this one so I set up a similar set up to the wildebeest in the book but I did not have a plain or any wildebeest so I settled for a large family image from the first wedding. Plus I could not wait for the light to die down a bit as everyone would have gone on to the reception event. This image I took at an F stop of 11 speed of 1/200 with the ISO at 200. I also took an extra image and that is of the area that was used for the above image and I felt that the roof tops also convey a sense of rhythm a long the roof tops.
Then the last image to have a pattern in it so I used this image of the chairs all set out ready for everyone to arrive. I did crop this image in a bit so that it was just the chairs in the frame. The camera was set to an ISO of 400 speed of 1/13 and aperture at 3.5.
So they were my images for assignment 2 and I hope that everyone who sees them likes them.
Thank you.
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