composition exercise

Simplicity
The element of simplicity is the technique used to achieve the affect of singling out an item or items from their surroundings. A simple picture can be achieved by getting closer to the subject, which is also one of the main rules in photography. The simpler the picture, the easier it is for the viewer to comprehend the picture and appreciate it. Simplicity is one of the main components of most good photographs.

There are several way to achieve simplicity in a
photograph. The most obvious and easiest is to place the subject against a neutral background, such as snow, as seen in the first image. There is not a lot of detail in the image, which is what makes it simple. Another way to achieve simplicity envolves focusing on the subject while ensuring that the background is unfocused, as seen in the second image. The girls face is focused, but most of her curls are unfocused, and the background is also neutral.

Arial perspective

The element of aeriel perspective is how an image captures distance or depth caused by atmospheric haze, and the tonal change in the image as the depth increases. The haze tends to make distant objects less clear than near ones.

The first photo represents aerial perspective because as the trees are more distant, the tonal value changes due to the haze. The second photo has the same concept because as the mountains are more distant the haze causes them to appear lighter, capturing the depth of field.

Humor

This photo represents the composition of humour because it is graffiti of a funny caricature of Joseph Stalin. Humorus photographs can be planned such as the first image, or can be a funny momant such as the second image.

Humorus photos are usually ironic, suchas the second image of the child pulling on the lions teeth.

photoshop exercise

For this Photoshop assignment our task was to place something or someone in a background that they wouldn't be in, and make it look realistic. I chose to put penguins in a desert, because clearly you would not find them there. First I opened the image, then I duplicated the image by dragging it to the new layer icon in the layers palette. After duplicating the image I took the magnetic marquee tool and outlined the penguins, and inversed my selection to allow the background to be selected, then deleted the background. The next step was to add a new layer and fill the layer with a solid colour; I choose green. With the background copy selected, I began to remove the blue halos. I did this by using the airbrush tool, painting away with small strokes, and replacing the blue with green to match my new background. Then I used the magnetic marquee tool for the second time, outlining the penguins again, and then copying them. The next step is opening the second image (the desert) where I pasted the penguins. Now that the penguins are in the desert final touches are ready to be made. I used the dodge tool to lighten the penguins, to match the background better. I also took away some green halos using the eyedropper tool to pick up the colour I wanted, then painted over the green halo's. Now my image is complete.