TEXTURE, POSITIVE / NEGATIVE SPACE, MANUAL MODE
Thinking about a composition can really help make better photos. The best way to find a happy balance is to get out and practice. Shoot heaps of photos, and do it often. Even if you don’t have your camera with you, if you see something that would make an interesting shot, close one eye and imagine how you would compose it.
Exercise 1Photograph five different textures. Fill the frame with these textures. Experiment with angle and DOF.
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| f/11 1/25 ISO 400 Taken outside at MIT flax wet from the rain. , filling the frame straight on view |
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| f/11 1/40 ISO 400 Tyres outside MIT front on shot |
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| f/11 1/4 ISO 800 Ok settings are crazy Im not checking them . Texture here we have two going on , a steel rusting bar and the leaves. A very slight high angle shot. The image is slightly blurred at the end of the bar . |
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| f/11 1/80 ISO 400 Taken off the concrete , high angle full of texture and fills the frame. |
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| f/11 1/125 ISO 400 High angle shot . Dirt spilling over the tyre filling the frame |
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| f/11 1/2,000 ISO 400 This was an under exposed shot but a very interesting one I love the texture in this image. The shutter speed is ridiculous. FStop should have been low as they were close up shots. |
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| f/2.8 1/160 ISO 100 I have enhanced this image in Photoshop or camera raw . Beautiful texture, high angle, narrow DOF |
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| f/20 1/200 ISO 200 This texture is groovy |
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| f/10 1/10 ISO 100 This green texture fills the frame, high angle and a narrow DOF |
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| f/5.6 1/40 ISO 100 High angle shot , narrow DOF |
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| f/5.6 1/250 ISO 100 High angle shot , narrow DOF |
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| f/6 1/200- ISO 100 This image is totally filling the frame. A nice texture Low angle shot. I tried to compose the kids |
Exercise 2
Take three wider framed photos with a clearly defined subject incorporating texture. Experiment with angle and DOF.
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| f/11 1/20 ISO 800 |
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| f/11 1/15 ISO 400 |
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| f/11 1/25 ISO 400 Nice wet leaves with a spiral vine. front on shot |
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| f/10 1/200 ISO 200 A night shot of my baby lettuce's , straight on shot, wide DOF. Nice texture |
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| f/20 1/200 ISO 200 Outside shot flash on , rough texture with a bunch of insect eggs attached. Front on shot |
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| f/14 1/2 ISO 1600 Outside night shot low angle , narrow DOF |
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| f/5.6 1/1250 ISO 100 Nice texture, soil , narrow DOF low angle shot. |
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| f/11 1/60 ISO 400 The bench at MIT great texture filling the frame . High angle |
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| f/4 1/60 ISO 400 nice squishy looking texture , a sand dune , Low angle , narrow DOF |
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| f/10 1/500 ISO 100 Nice rough looking texture , sand , front on shot, narrow DOF |
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| f/32 15. ISO 100 High angle , wide DOF , lots of prickly texture |
Exercise 3
Take some low angle photographs using the sky as negative space to frame your subject. Use spot metering mode.
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| f/11 1/2000 ISO 400 Settings out again shutter speed is ridiculous should be 40 - 60 . Lots of negative space. Spot metering |
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| f/11 1/500 ISO 400 Outside MIT part of the building perfect image but its not on spot metering I forgot to change the setting this is evaluative metering. There isn't much negative space in this image but the sky is there. |
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| f/11 1/500 ISO 400 Forgot to change to spot metering. Im driving myself crazy . Lots of negative space with the sky filling it. |
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| f/5.6 1/200 ISO 200 flash on Spot metering lots of negative space . Low angle |
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| f/5.6 1/200 ISO 200 Negative space, low angle lovely blue sky for framing in between the lamp post and another post. Spot metering |
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| f/5.6 1/100 ISO 100 Spot metering , low angle , negative space , the sky framing the picture. |
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| f/18 1/80 ISO 100 Nice sky framing, lots of negative space, low angle wide DOF spot metering. |
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| f/4 1/800 ISO 100 Shutter speed is way to high for this image. Lots of negative space framed by the sky. Low angle , wide DOF |
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| f/10 1/160 ISO 100 As above settings are wild and woolly. Lots of negative space filled with the sky . Im thinking perhaps the leaves are framing this image as well as the sky. |
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| f/2.8 1.250 ISO 100 Lots of negative space , the sky is framing the This in there tree. Low angle and a narrow DOF. Spot metering. |
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| f/4 1/800 ISO 100 Vicotria has lots of negative space and is framed by the sky. Low angle and narrow DOF |
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| f/4 1/800 ISO 100 Again lots of space and Victoria is framed by the sky , low angle narrow DOF , spot metering |
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| f/10 1/160 ISO 100 Negative space sky framing this image along with the leaves. Low angle , narrow DOF |
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| f/11 1/160 ISO 200 Image has been cropped and straightend in camera raw. Lots of negative space framed by the sky , low angle . Like this shot because we sky draws you in to this image. |
Exercise 4
Take photos of 2 or 3 people, think about your background, where to place your subjects in the frame, negative space around the subjects. Use a wide DOF for these photos. My camera is not focusing at all very well .
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| f/11 1/3 ISO 100 |
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| f/11 1/5 ISO 100 |
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| f/11 1/8 ISO 100 My image is out of focus my camera is playing up , and possible camera shake as its a very low shutter speed another example of myself not checking settings for my exercise. This image shows Karen , Stephanie and Rainer spread out nicely. Self directed |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 I like tis image. I like where they are placed but I was hand holding and I think most of my shots are out of focus. But Im learning from it . I had the kids pose . |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 This was a great exercise if my children listened . Hard work to accomplish any photos . Anyway I tried to move them around but there patience was terrible. The background was beautiful perhaps to pretty because once I have placed them on my blog my eyes went straight to the pink and red then the waterfall then the kids. My wide DOF could of been higher. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 Nice shot but the waterfall definitely is distracting. Victoria blends into it , I should of straightened this image as well. I think I should have my fstop higher as well. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 Nice photograph, again Victoria has blended in with the waterfall, low angle . Not a wide DOF as the background is out of focus. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 In this image I haven't changed it like the rest of them but if I was to I would definitely crop this from Victorias waist up and crop the bush down . High angle . Im enjoying this exercise but I must slow down , read instructions properly , CHeCK my settings ! |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 In this shot I should of taken the shot a little higher , I would of like to have had more of Victorias torso included. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 I realise with these images I wished I had of used a tripod. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 Damion standing behind the kids gives the image height. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 604 Positioned differently again. |
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| f/14 1/30 ISO 640 Kids have had enough now they were getting silly , we had a good time. I have positioned them differently again. Pity I hadn't taken the tripod. But Im comfortable with this exercise , learning how to place my subjects , my background . I can't wait to do this with the six of them it will be crazy. I don't know how people do family portraits OMG. |
Exercise 5
Create a photo of still life with 3 or more objects. Think about the placements of the objects in relation to each other, think about the vantage point, background, surface. Experiment with the placements of these objects photographing each new arrangement.
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| f/11 1/4 ISO 200 |
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| f/11 1/13 ISO 800 |
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| f/11 1/30 ISO 400 |
After doing the above exercises I haven't done a very good job here. My back ground is terrible what was I thinking I should have done this exercise with more thought. and removed the towel and had a plain backdrop.
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| f/5.6 1/6 ISO 400 high angle |
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| f/5.6 1/5 ISO 400 The shutter speed is way off , high angle |
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| f/22 3.2 ISO 400 I still haven't got it right with my settings Im letting the camera go wild. These are the cars repositioned . Theres to much of a gap between the foreground car and the mid ground. |
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| f/16 1/20 ISO 100 High angle, wide DOF . These shots aren't very interesting not well thought out. I could of done this exercise another way. I could of had my camera at a lower level a front shot with a narrow DOF. I think that would have been a more effective way to have achieved a better result. |
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| f/16 1/20 ISO 100 High angle, wide DOF |
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| f/16 1/20 ISO 100 High angle wide DOF |
Library Exercise
My research at the library was on a book called Flowers. As a class we had a discussion about our choice of books. Mine had some beautiful photos in it and I learned from Caroline that some of the images were photoshopped quite significantly and some had been placed as the photographer wanted them in certain ways . Flattened and placed very interesting. I had never thought of photos been touched up so much. I don't know where Ive been hiding the last 50 years. You learn something every day !
Heres some research I did and found interesting about composing an image.
1. The sky’s looking pretty nice at the moment. It would be nice to work that into a shot somehow.
2. That reflective wall of windows is pretty cool too, they’re reflecting the clouds from the other direction too.
3. It might be nice to use those bushes to frame the shot and contrast the blue of the sky.
4. If I go over to that path, I can look right up to those windows and the clouds beyond.
Zooming In
1. This could be tricky to expose, I’d better go a stop under the metered exposure to avoid burning out the sky. I can pull the bottom half back up in Lightroom. So, lets put those windows around the bottom third line.
2. That post can go on the right third line, and I’ll make that my vertical as well.
3. Nice! I can put that large cloud right around the top left thirds intersection.
4. And now we’ve got a cool recursive cloud thing going on in the reflection, and it’s even helping balance the composition around the centre. *click*
Have a look at the result:
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| Nice result. |
MY PRACTITIONERS FOR THE WEEK ARE :
YOUSAF KARSH
For his amazing portraits with very famous people
| Yousuf Karsh | |
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| Born | December 23, 1908 Mardin, Ottoman Empire[1] |
| Died | July 13, 2002 (aged 93) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Photography |
| Notable work | Portraits of Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Elizabeth II, John F. Kennedy, and others |
Yousuf grew up during the Armenian Genocide where he wrote " I saw relatives massacred ; my sister died of starvation as we were driven from village to village "
At the age of 16 , his parents sent him to live with his uncle, a photographer in Quebec. His uncle saw great potential in Yousuf and in 1928 arranged for him to apprentices with a portrait photographer John Garo in Boston.
Karsh settled in Ottawa in 1932, where he began his professional career. As early as 1936 he was photographing visiting statesmen and dignitaries, among them President Franklin Roosevelt.
The image of Churchill brought Karsh international prominence, and is claimed to be the most reproduced photographic portrait in history. In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1990 was promoted to Companion.
He was an incredibly talented photographer , his images were amazing, nicely framed. I could of gone on and on and added so many of his portraits. I found his work was soft and gentle even tho he photographed tough and rough men there was this soft flow about his work . In my opinion only.
Of the 100 most notable people of the century, named by the International Who's Who [2000],Karsh was also the only Canadian to make the list.
In the late 1990s Karsh moved to Boston and on July 13, 2002, aged 93, he died at Boston's Brigham Women's Hospital after complications following surgery.[10] He was interred in Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa.
Certainly has given me some ideas on framing your portrait and how to compose a portrait. Thank you
In the late 1990s Karsh moved to Boston and on July 13, 2002, aged 93, he died at Boston's Brigham Women's Hospital after complications following surgery.[10] He was interred in Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa.
Certainly has given me some ideas on framing your portrait and how to compose a portrait. Thank you
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MY NEXT PRACTITIONER IS
EIKOH HOSOE
Eikoh Hosoe (細江 英公 Hosoe Eikō?, born 18 March 1933 in Yonezawa, Yamagata)[1] is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post-World War II Japan. He is known for his psychologically charged images, often exploring subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality. Through his friendships and artistic collaborations he is linked with the writer Yukio Mishima and 1960s avant-garde artists such as the dancer Tatsumi Hijikata.
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Eikoh in his studio Tokyo 1989Kiyosato Museum of Photographic ArtsThe gallery was founded in 1995; Eikoh Hosoe has been its director since its inception. |
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| Ukiyo-e Projectors Lots of negative space,and textures |
His images were quite freaky . This shot shows lots of negative space and texture
“To me photography can be simultaneously both a record and a mirror or window of self-expression… the camera is generally assumed to be unable to depict that which is not visible to the eye and yet, the photographer who wields it well can depict what lies unseen in his memory.”
– Eikoh Hosoe
Eikoh Hosoe: Theatre of Memory highlights Hosoe’s mastery of photography through his four seminal series, Embrace, Kamaitachi, The Butterfly Dream and Ukiyo-e Projections, showing Hosoe’s sensibility for theatre, performance and the human body. It further demonstrates his creativity and mastery of photographic printing techniques. Throughout his career Hosoe, a master printer, has experimented with both film-based and digital techniques to develop new methods of photographic expression. In recent years, he has combined new printing technologies with Japanese washi paper to present his work on traditionally made silk screens and scrolls.
This is the first solo exhibition of Hosoe’s works in Australia.
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| Kamaitachi 23 1965 Lots of texture |
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| Kamaitachi 8 1965 Lots of negative space a freaky photo. |
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