(RICHARD+ Carol) Task 2+1 - Evaluation of photography

Evaluation of Photography

Glass 

This photograph show the theme of glass. In this photo you can see a shop window with the glass reflecting me and the landscape surroundings in the glass.

The historical & cultural context with this photo social, this photograph shows a lot of colours within the photograph because it reflect the colours surrounding it.
It is more of an abstract photograph because it isn't taken in the traditional style,  the camera I used to take this photograph was a Cannon 600D with a 18-55mm lens, I had to ensure I had the correct settings in the camera to allow me to get the best photograph. 

This photograph was taken of the sky I had to the shutter speed up to1/400 because it didn't need to be too fast to capture anything special but fast enough to avoid motion blur. I set the ISO to 1600 and the F-stop to 13 which improves the lighting and affects the focus to make it more suitable for the photo and conditions.

 It was sunny outside and really bright, so I set the white balance to 'Daylight' setting so that the colours are correct and doesn't  look distorted. I think that this photo is very effective because it has a modern look but with a message, i am happy with the final result of my photograph and it was what i initially expected.

Strengths - I think the strengths of this photo is that i got a good lighting which allowed me to capture the items in the shop window but also capturing a lot of detail in depth in the reflection of the photograph.

Weaknesses- If i had to take this photo again i would probably try and frame my image a lot better and professionally because for this photo i didn't have a tripod and wasn't able to stable the image to how i would have initially liked too.


This photograph shows the theme of Glass. In this photograph you can see the sun shining through the glass giving the light the distorted look, due to the angle of the camera. I wanted to show the sun light reflecting and shining through a window or piece of glass to give the stretched/distorted look. 

This photo is more of a traditional style than an abstract style because for example the photo has lines in it which makes it more formal. 

For the photograph had to choose the setting carefully to ensure that it was over exposed, the Shutter Speed was set to 1/1600 and F-Stop to 16 and ISO on 3200 so that it lets in more light without it being distorted or pixelated. I used a 18-55mm lens for this photograph, zoomed into 24 mm, and  white balance set to daylight.

Strengths - The strengths to this image are that i was able to capture the sun shining through the glass windows at the right time, doing this allowed me to get the stretched look on the sun light.

Weaknesses - The weaknesses of taking this image is that i had to move my position because of obstructions or clouds, if i had to take this photo again i would choose a less cloudy day and have more time.

Heavy

This photograph shows the theme of heavy. The photo shows and a builders skip on the street, i thought that this photo shows the theme well because skips usually carry heavy items and look heavy due to the way it looks. 

To give the impression of the heavy theme i used a low camera angle to make the object seems bigger and stronger. 
The settings for this photograph were on; Shutter Speed 1/1600, F-stop 18, ISO 6400, and lens zoomed in at 18 mm.


The theme for this photograph was heavy. The aim was try and show this theme within this photo. 
I think that i showed this well because i used a low camera angle to make the building seem even taller and heavier. This photo has straight lines through it which gives it more of a formal traditional look. The settings for this photo are F-stop 22, ISO 6400, zoom at 18mm and shutter speed at 1/1600.

Strengths - The strengths to these photographs are that i was able to get the low angle affect making the buildings look larger and heavier. 





Space

The theme for this photograph is Space. This photograph shows this theme in more of a traditional style.

I wanted to show the space within the landscape showing how full the space is packed with buildings and bridges. The reason i chose this area for this photograph was because it has got lots of building in the distance and has lines running along the side of the photo leading you into the city landscape.

I needed to make sure i got the best quality for the depth of field i wanted, to get this i need the settings on correctly. The setting for this photograph where;  F-stop on 16, ISO 3200, zoom at 38 mm and shutter speed on 1/1600.


This photograph shows the theme of space. The style of the photograph is abstract, because it's a different way of showing the theme. 

The idea behind this photograph is to how 'Space' beyond the earth, it shows someone laying down outside look up into 'Space', looking into the unknown.

 I think this shows the theme in a much more creative way. The settings for this photograph where F-stop on 22, ISO 6400, lens zoom at 18 mm and the shutter speed  at 1/1600.

Time

This photograph shows the theme of Time. I think this shows time in a way abstract way because of the camera angle. 

The photograph shows a tree, the reason i chose this tree was because it is an old tree and is oddly shaped, it shows how the tree has grow and shaped like this over time. 

For this photo i chose the setting of; F-stop on 22, ISO 6400, camera lens at 20 mm and  shutter speed at 1/1600.




This photograph shows the theme of Time. This photo is more of a traditional photo because its in a portrait style which is more of an old fashioned and traditional technique. 

This photograph shows a tree, the reason i chose this tree was because it old, worn and can see that it has aged over the years. 

The settings i chose for this photograph where F-Stop 22, ISO 6400, zoom at 20 mm and shutter speed on 1/1600.