Line & Shape
For this assignment, the majority of photographs were taken at my house or the house that I work at, so they are ordinary places that I see every day. One photo, the street view, was when I was taking a random drive with a friend and decided to pull over in Swansea and take a picture. The other photos are just of average household objects and my pets. For the clock, lantern, vase, and dog, the shot was taken as close as possible with keeping all of the surroundings. The photos of the street and the cat were taken far enough away to capture all of the necessary lines. The photo from the street was the only photo taken from below, and the photo of my dog was the only one taken from above, the others were straight on. The photos vary from horizontal to vertical. I considered the rule of thirds in all of the photographs by taking the photo using the rule of thirds lines on the screen. The most dynamic photo in this collection is the one of the cat on the staircase. The immediate focus is on the cat, and the way she is looking at the stairs leads you to look at the stairs, which is where the lines are.
Pattern & Texture
In most of the photographs for this unit, the pictures were taken up close, except for the shot of the beach chairs and the school desks. The tree, cymbals, and wall photos were taken straight on, while the others were taken from above. The photographs were mostly taken vertically. These photos do not follow the rule of thirds because they were taken too close to the objects to do so. These photos all represent pattern, texture, and rhythm. The image of the tree may be overexposed because there is a large contrast between black and white. The image of the beach chairs may be underexposed because the change from black to white is dull. The xylophone is the best example of a properly exposed photo because it is the most appealing.