Project 2: Framing and Composition

Contact Sheet

Rule of Thirds

This photo was taken in my sister's room on her bed. I placed her two childhood stuffed animals on the right side of the bed because of their well-worn, well-loved look. On my camera I used color select to highlight the blues and greens and make the creams and beiges white. On Lightroom I added more shadows and exposure to make the sheets look more textured and the stuffed animals have more of a vintage look.

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Close-Up

Although eye close-ups may be a photography cliche, I have always loved them for their ability to convey the emotions and character of the subject. For this photograph the subject in question is Stephanie Hamilton when we went on our first photo shoot for Project 1. My editing choices were to emphasize her characteristic freckles and add more depth and clarity to her eyes. I also added more exposure and shadow to intensify the photo.

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Fill the Frame

This photo was taken with a large amount of glare from the sun, yet I still took several shots with no attempt to counteract the glare because of the ethereal woodland vibe that I saw as fitting due to the fact that the subject was a maple tree. I cropped out a large portion of the photo that include a leaf and a glare spot I decided were too distracting. This made the photo quite wide and not very tall which I am rather fond of.

Diagonal

The diagonal I chose as my subject was some broken branches sticking out of the sand that I came upon on a beach walk in Lincoln City. While editing I chose to make the colors more cool toned with more exposure. I also added more contrast and shadow to the wood in order to bring out its natural texture.

Frame-within-a-Frame

I chose this photo for my frame-within-a-frame because of the simple statement it makes with its muted colors and clean lines. Minimal editing was done to this photograph, chief among them was cropping out some elements that took away from the simplistic look.

Bird's-Eye View

Maya Friedman is the subject of this photo taken from an elevated walk-way in the Pearl. I had initially asked Maya to stand on the other side of the fence that served as a railing to the walk-way in order to get a frame-within-a-frame of her looking through an opening. When half a dozen people decided that they wanted a photo like this too, I decided it was too crowded and stood up which resulted in this shot from above. When it came to editing I chose to increase the black level dramatically because of the way it gave the sidewalk more texture and went with Maya's dark hair.

Bug's-Eye View

This is another photograph taken while on a beach walk in Lincoln City. The grass dunes have very long stocks which made them a prime subject for bug's-eye photos because it is much easier to get under them. I chose this photo in particular because of the way the wind gracefully bent the blades. In Lightroom I added more color and contrast to the stalks while deepening and dramatizing the overcast sky.

Leading Line

For this photo I got low to make the line of the hose lead out from a more eye-level area to the spicket and the top part of the frame. During the editing process I made the photo black and white to eliminate distracting background colors and put more emphasis on the hose itself because of the now dark shadow that runs alongside.