This image is a great example of using natural light to frame an image. The light falls through the window and hits the girls face which is the key part of the image. The light also creates a lovely detailed shadow to the right of the image so as your eye naturally reads the image it almost tells you a narrative. I think this wouldve been shot on a 35mm lens as the whole scene is in focus but the background has slightly dropped out. A reasonably large aperture wouldve been used because it is low light conditions . No flash was used because the natural light illuminates her face perfectly. The clothing that the girl is wearing and the colour of the wall behind her means that she naturally stands out against the background.
This image was shot on a 35mm lens with a wide aperture to give a sharp depth of field across the image. The couple although they look as though they are dancing will be still, a very slightly delayed shutter speed wouldve been used to capture the motion of the pigeons in the foreground of the shot. What works well in this image is the very bright white of her dress against the rich sepia toned background. The dress also helps to reflect light onto her partners face so the pair arenicely lit in the centre of the frame. The birds also add a sense of romance to the image. I think that a large diffused flash was used in this image to light up the birds and also subtly light the couple in the background.
We have been asked to complete a task looking at framing and composition of images, we had to visit the library and get five seperate images from five seperate photographers publications/journals (not books). We then had to comment on the relationship of subjects and objects within the frame, positioning, distance, use of negative space, the lens used, techniques used and to generally work out how the image was made, how did the photographer do it? I gathered my images from two editions of 'The World Press Photo' book and three editions of 'The Photographer'.
Natural light is the key player in this image. The model is framed in the round window she sits in, the light pours in around her body and highlights her features. There mightve been another light counteracting the backlight so that she is well exposed but i cant quite tell. The image is nicely composed with the window centre and high up in the shot leaving room for the shelf below to put the image into context. This image works largely with the strong shapes and lines. A standard lens and wide aperture would be used for this shot, it has a sharp depth of field and clear focus.
This image looks as though it has been shot on a medium format camera because of the square format and immense detail. The shutter speed would be about 1second in this shot because the waterfall has that misty, cloudy effect where the motion in the water has been captured, it could be even longer. This wouldve been done on a tripod with an aperture of about 22 so that the natural daylight wouldnt burn out the detail, instead the light falls through the gaps in the leaves creating a pattern on the rocks. This image is extremely asteticaly pleasing, the waterfall flows left to right in a soft dreamy fashion which contrasts nicely to the crisp, detailed rock surrounding it, this is down to the slow shutter and small aperture.
This image wouldve been shot using auto focus on a standard lens. The aperture would be about f16 because it is shot in daylight in bright sunshine and the whole scene is evenly in focus. A very fash shutter speed is needed to caption the action quickly. Although the framing for this shot wouldnt have had much thought go into it because it is spontaneous, it has been framed well. The figures in black surround the man and the sunshine falls down onto him and his white sheets clearly making him the subject of the image and pushing the other characters back into the background.
