3 flavors of image enhancement

Rule of Thirds in Field

Front Focus

Back Focus

Looking to Top Right

Tree

Object

Landscape

Facing Camera

Looking to the Side

2 Looking at Camera

Advanced Portrait Study Part B

Looking Right

Looking Left

Facing Forward

I've definitely noticed that it's easier to show emotion when facing to the side, but in my personal experience with this project I agree that the photos facing left were more emotional. I adjusted hue and saturation in all of these photos, I turned saturation all the way down for black in white in my facing right example which ended up making it show less emotion than my example of facing left where I only turned it partially down, and also adjusted the hue because I thought the deep magenta in her face was also emotional.

Advanced Portrait Study Part A

Weird Angel

Smile

Out of Comfort Zone

Looking Within Frame

Candid

Looking Off Frame

Experiment with Lighting

Warhol Effect

Double Exposure

Fake HDR

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Rule of Thirds

In this photo the left top intersection aligns with her eye which pulls the focus to her eyes and face, and her ear is on the right third which pulls attention to her ears and earrings.

 

For this one the subject is Ryan and his head is on the top right intersection of the photo, the left intersection lines up with the left vertical line, which adds to the feeling of isolation.

In this one the mini library and the car line up with the two bottom intersections which draws attention to them Also the roof of the porch lines up with the top third which draws attention to the house.

The rule of thirds is a way to draw attention and utilize design. Humans are hardwired to find thirds pleasing so photos with subjects aligned with thirds look more artistic and pleasing to look at. An image that uses the rule of thirds will look much more natural and comfortable to the viewer.

Static and Dynamic Compositions

Dynamic Portrait

Dynamic Architecture

Dynamic Landscape

To create dynamic composition I looked for long diagonal guiding lines to draw attention to certain parts of the photo and intersecting lines to create make the photo look out of place, unsettling, or hectic. In my first photo the diagonal sign combines with the subjects place on different steps to give the photo eye flow, levels, and lines. The photo of architecture works very well for this assignment because there are many parallel lines that are diagonal to others, and there is one large line in the upper left that takes up dominance in the photo, creating harmony and unity. I took the last photo at west cliff during a wave break. The edge of the cliff makes a good connection between the energy of the wave and wharf in the background, and the diagonal horizon adds to the energy created by the wave. A fast shutter speed helped me achieve a crisp wave making the photo look even more realistic and giving power to the wave.

Static Portrait 

Static Architecture

Static Landscape

For my static images I looked for good interactions between horizontal and vertical. For my portrait example I used the  horizontal steps to contrast the fact that the subjects were vertical from each other, and used the placement of one above the other to show good proximity. In my picture of static architecture I liked the way that the vertical posts led up into the overhang to create a box shape around the porch as emphasis for the door and bench. My last image was my favorite because the single horizontal fallen tree showed a lot of contrast to the to the vertical trees and the variety creates a really nice juxtaposition.

(Essay not finished)

Portfolio Cover

Portraits

Butterfly

Split

Short

Broad

Rembrandt

Loop

Experimental