Activity 4

Darren Rowse

The photographer had a sense of imbalance when looking at this but quickly realized that he could balance it out by including the green door on the right or the red door on the left. It creates a sense of safety in the human mind that everything is where it should be.

Aamir Shahzad

This images has a major sense of imbalance where you think there should be another eye on the right side of the image. This does not pleasure the human mind and creates a sense that something is wrong. This type of photography is truly special because of the impact that it has to our brains.

This image was taken by Jansen King. It shows that the image is off balance because the whole subject and it's reflection is on one side of the image.

This image was taken by Jansen King. This is not balanced because the dramatically brighter color is at the way bottom of the image where a good 80% is the almost opposite color.

This image was taken by Jansen King. This is again, an imbalanced photo. The flower is the bright subject while the cactus arm is just there for background and structural purposes. The subject is in the bottom left corner of the image which makes the rest of the image unbalanced.

This image was taken by Jansen King. This is yet again, an unbalanced image. The sun setting over South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. The subject is the very bright sun in the left of the image while the other side, doesn't have anything to counter-act the sun. Therefore, it is an unbalanced image.

Activity #1

http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_simplicity.html

The photographer here, noticed how the cars were a big distraction. They almost take away completely from the subject. The image on the right has the cars cropped out however. This creates a much better image and it clearly shows the subject with minimal distraction.

http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_simplicity.html

This image shows a somewhat distracting pay-phone and wall. It can be seen that the cactus on the left of the image is the subject. In the second image, the photographer takes a picture of the cactus by itself with a very basic, non-distracting  background.

Rule of Thirds Activity 3

Arjun Purkayastha

This photo shows a perfect example of 'Rule of Thirds'. The pillars in the top left corner make a sort of square that add up to be cross hairs. In the center of the cross hairs would be where the grid would be if you enabled it on this photo.

 John Watson

This photo has the subject (the flower) in the bottom right corner of the image sitting directly on top 

of the imaginary cross hairs of the 'Rule of Thirds' grid that can be places on top of the image. With the 

flower the main subject, and sitting in the location it's in the image, this makes for yet another perfect 

example of 'Rule of Thirds' imagery.

This was taken in the Superstitions near Phoenix, Arizona. A few birds taking a break on a floating barrel. It made for a great photo opportunity where I could capture a wide range of colors and contrasts. Something I like to look at to give me good thoughts and to inspire me for more artistic activities.

John Szarkowski (activity 2)

‘To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer’s craft. His central problem is a simple one: what shall he include, what shall he reject? The line of decision between in and out is the picture’s edge. While the draughtsman starts with the middle of the sheet, the photographer starts with the frame. The photograph’s edge defines content. It isolates unexpected juxtapositions. By surrounding two facts, it creates a relationship. The edge of the photograph dissects familiar forms, and shows their unfamiliar fragment. It creates the shapes that surround objects. The photographer edits the meanings and the patterns of the world through an imaginary frame. This frame is the beginning of his picture’s geometry. It is to the photograph as the cushion is to the billiard table.’
-John Szarkowski

John mentions in the above section that photographers are only quoting 'out of context'. By this, he means that the photograph does not capture the entire story, but only captures wha is happening at the exact moment. This is why a lot of false propaganda can be persuasive because it only shows a very small part of the story and typically, not the true story. This 'out of context' can go be either good or bad. After all, it's not the whole story.

Impressionist artists such as Degas were heavily influenced by the things they saw around them. At the time that photography started to take place which was in 1834, the public was shocked by what they saw. For the first time, they could see in-detail pictures that captured a moment instead of having the subjects pause while the artists sketch out what they look like. This was revolutionary and spired artists of all kinds to capture moments t=so people could really see the beauty in humanity. 

This is a picture from the Tongass Rainforest near Sitka, Alaska. An amazing forest with life everywhere you can think of. This is a picture of the enormous tress that grow there.