Olivia-Grace Earl
Originally once I had taken this photo I had the intention of making the main focus of the photograph the bench, however as I was editing I found that the lone blue door in the background stood out to me most in all of the dull woody colours the rest of the photograph showed. I therefore decided to make that part of the photograph the main focus and in colour. If you are to analyse this photograph using the ‘Rule of Thirds’ you will notice that the main part of the door falls exactly in the middle square therefore pulling focus from the rest of the photograph. Within this photo I wanted to enhance the contrast between the focus and the foreground of the picture by tweaking the black and white shades in the photograph to make the other features darker so that they would show a clear different between the two. I wanted to use black and white photography to contrast the atmosphere within Andy Ellis' photos. I wanted to incorporate this into my work because it accentuates the theme of isolation and conveys emotion and helps the viewer understand and relate to the photographs.
Overall, I feel that this photo shoot was successful in conveying the theme of isolation and in incorporating the themes and contrasting atmospheres that Andy Ellis uses in his own photography. I am pleased with how the photographs turned out and I am happy that these photos convey the theme I had chosen for this photoshoot.
This is my second photo of this photoshoot. I found this flower naturally among the leaves and I think this is the strongest natural isolation within this photoshoot as it is not staged or placed and it really conveys the idea of natural isolation because of this. I decided to carry on the theme of black and white with the main subject in colour to highlight the isolation even more. I decided to edit the brightness of the flower to make it stand out even further than it would have already amongst the leaves as so to highlight how isolated it is. This photo also falls right in the middle box of the rule of thirds nearing the right side line so that it clearly pulls focus from everything else in the photograph making it stand out the most. I used the macro setting on my camera to get close up to the flower and still get all the details from the leaves. The flower is clearly isolated and has a clear contrast to the leaves because of the rough and dry texture of the leaves against the shiny, bright and smooth surface of the flower. This conveys the concept of isolation strongly and shows the theme.
This is a macro photograph of trees with a singular daffodil hanging in between the twigs. It fits with the concept as it is one bright part in a group of tangled dark twigs making it the only vibrant part of the photograph meaning it stands out and is isolated from the rest of the things within the photograph. I decided to take photos of this to convey a contrast between dull and bright and fit with the concept of this photoshoot. The angle is from the front to really make the flower the main focus of the image and to enlarge the main focal point with just the background being in the distance. This is a use of short depth of field which uses aperture to show the detail of the flower and its background. This means that the viewer is straight away engaged with the subject matter and you are drawn to it straight away. The focal point is also on the right vertical line of the Rule of Thirds so that it makes an interesting compostion and draws your eye to the daffodil.
I chose these last two photos for my project because I think it highlights the theme of isolation from your surroundings very well as it shows lots of dark lifeless twigs and leaves inter-twined with one singular bright flower creating a contrast of lifeless and living. I carried on the theme of black and white making the focal point in colour to carry on using the tecniques Andy Ellis uses in his photographs.