In my eyes: December 2015

Strong Contrast in Scale

Strong Contrast in Color

Contrast of Texture

For my contrasts of texture, color, and size, I tried to utilize perspectives and dynamics. For the scale one I knew that using a lego and using a shallow depth of field on him would make him seem important in the picture. By using a deep depth of field and not focusing on Matthew, it would make him seem somewhat larger and out of the picture. This added to the scale feeling. Obviously pianos are great for polar opposite color contrasts, but I turned down every color's saturation because black technically isn't a color (it doesn't reflect any colors so it appears black), and the white became whiter when I completely took away what was left of its color. This added to the color contrast greatly. Lastly, for the contrast of texture, I loved how one tree had a smooth interior but had a barky and rough exterior. I decided to crop the photo so that the viewer would entirely notice the texture contrast.

Kaleidoscope

For my kaleidoscopes I made sure to only use pictures that had lines and interesting shapes in them because I think that's what makes a Kaleidoscope cool. On top of that, I rotated and flipped the pictures around a lot to get the perfect scene. Finally I changed the view for all three pictures so that it would have an oval or circle around it to make it feel like a real kaleidoscope.

Triptych

Diptych

For my first triptych I decided to take pictures of three different sized and different sport balls. It's nothing special, but it symbolizes what I like to do. For second my triptych I used the idea of flashing a light around to create symbols. I turned my camera onto low light mode and put the blur strength at medium, and turned the shutter speed far down. For my first diptych I decided to create a sad and lonely feeling. I took pictures of two chairs, in the first they were flipped over, and in the second they were empty, which creates the lonely feeling (and the B&W). For my second diptych i decided to use my motion like my second triptych. I rolled a tennis ball around on a ledge while holding my phone connected to my tripod. I turned the shutter speed to 1/4 and the blur strength to medium to create this look. I like it because it looks like a painting in the sense that you can kind of tell what's going on, but it's also up to your interpretation.