Shape and Form, Line, and Texture

Shape is when the subject in a photograph has height and width, but no depth. Also the details of the subject are not present.







  Form is the illusion of depth created by shadows in an image.

Line can be used for many purposes in an image. A vertical line suggests height and movement, while a horizontal line can suggest symmetry by cuttign the frame in two. A slanting line conveys motion through the frame, while an "S" shaped line will convey depth.

This is an example of line.

 


 

Texture can support a subject or be a subject in itself. It causes the viewer to connect to the image through memories. The viewer can feel it by seeing it.

The Rule Of Thirds



This week we learned about the rule of thirds. It states that your subjuct should not be in the middle of the photo ( the center square of teh nine squares). It should be taken where the squares intersect (the red spots on the image above). Also a photograph of movement should be taken so that the subject is moving into the picture.



Black and White Enlargements




 





This week we took our black and white negatives and made enlargements out of them. You first place your negative in the negative carrier, and line it up with the easle. You then adjust the height and focus to change the size and focus of the image to be produces. A test strip is made then, by cutting a piece of photo paper in half. The light of the enlarger is turned off and the photo paper is placed on the easle. A piece of plastic is used to cover the majority of the photopaper. This is exposed for five seconds, and you continually expose more of the paper in five second intervals up to 25 seconds. You use this to find the ideal exposure time for the image you want to produce. When you choose the ideal exposure time, you make sure the light from the enlarger is off, and then place a piece of photopaper on the easel, and expose it for the time you have chosen. Then develop your print.

Photograms

Last week we made photograms.A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. I used used plastic over my sheet of photo-sensitive paper so that I could spill the nailpolish and perfume used in the photogram. When I developed it there appeared to be some contamination on the page so there could have possible been a leak.

This Week

This week in photography, we took pictures with manual film cameras. We also developed them. Though my partener and I struggeled at first in the dark room,  we managed to figure it out and we now have our negatives. We will be using these to make a full sized picture next week.

Garbage Clean-up

For this photo, I changes the lense aperature to capture movement.

For this photo I used manual focus to change the depth of field.