MY LEARNING (B)LOG @ OCA - STUDENT 514841: EYV - Part 1

PROJECT 1 - The Instrument

EXERCISE 1.1

I shot 4 photographs, each in 2 seconds interval, with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 driven via wifi connection by an ipad. I put the camera on a tripod to fix the framing. All the exposures were taken indoor without changing any of the parameters. Following are the snapshots from Adobe Lightroom.

At first glance the histograms look the same, but zooming in and switching from one snapshot to another, I could find some subtle differences: the most evident are in the left and right edge of the histogram. They are located in the blue channel This case could be related to the fact that in the frame there are blue chairs and a reflected window. The natural light could have changed in a matter of seconds. I believe that even the internal temperature of the sensor could influence the recording of each pixel, changing the distribution of the points composing the histogram's piles from one channel to another.

PROJECT 2 - Visual Skills

EXERCISE 1.2 - Point

In this first three-shots set I progressively shifted the red statuette from the center to the left edge.

All the lines are symmetric and carry to evaluate that the right position for the statuette should be in the center (first photo) in relation to the frame, because this central position confirm the symmetry and equilibrium of the composition.

I feel that the second photo does not suggest balance, even if the statuette is precisely situated at the edge of the left-line, but this position contests with the overall symmetry..

The same could happen in the third photo, but the scratch on the wall guides the eye to the statuette, suggesting that the position is in relationship with the guidelines

In these two-shots set I put the main subject, the door, in the precise center of the frame, so that the composition is perfectly symmetric again. There several guidelines and, in this set and in the previous set as well, the statuette seems to be in the right position in the first photo, however all the attention is driven to the big door and the point is not easy nor clear to see, but I believe that the point is in the right relationship with the frame.

In the second photo the point is close to the edge, clear and easy to see before the pale wall. The attention is driven first to the door, then to the point, so that it does not look in relationship with the frame.

The three following photos by my opinion show a clear example of a point not in relationship with the frame. The composition is so full of geometrical shapes that there is no space for other relationships.

For the following set of photos I chose a composition strongly oriented to drive the eye to the left upper side of the photo. Nevertheless, in the first photo, the attention is quickly driven back to the red point.

In the following photo the point is dominated by the column shape so that all the attention is driven to the pot and the back along the guideline.

The same for the following photo.

EXERCISE 1.3 (1) Line

f 9 1/320 8 mm * 1,6 = 12,8 mm

f 9 1/160 8 mm * 1,6 = 12,8 mm

f 11 1/320 8 mm * 1,6 = 12,8 mm

f 14 1/320 8 mm * 1,6 = 12,8 mm

f 14 1/200 8 mm * 1,6 = 12,8

f 16 1/320 16 mm

f 16 1/200 48 mm

f 8 1/250 85 mm * 1,6 = 136 mm

I used a different selection of focal lengths, going from very short (12 mm) until medium telephoto (136 mm). In all shots I used guide lines in order to create a sense of depth. Even if the sense of depth is extremely accentuated using short focal lengths, using guide lines with telephoto accentuates the sense of depth anyway.

EXERCISE 1.3 (2) Line

Cropped image

I took this serie of shots using lines in order to flatten the frame. I did crop some images (it is stated in each caption), in order to exclude some confusing background or flatten the resulting image. Referring to the difference between framing and cropping, framing is the process that we do, while we are in he way of taking a photograph, of arrangement of subject and other elements within the edges of an image. The edges of an image are fixed by the kind of device or the device's setting we use. Cropping comes in a following time, when we tune the image in order to refine an original framing, or even change it completely.

EXERCISE 1.4 Frame