My Top 5 Best Photos

This photo shows the form of the gymnast and shows shape

I could take this photo from a different angle to make this photo look more abstract as this is a very simple photo how it is. Or i could put and effect or filter on it.

This photo has front lighting which helps to show the muscle tone of the gymnast

In this photo i could make it more close up which would really make her muscle tone stand out even more. I really like the lighting in the photo though.

This is a birds eye view of my gymnasts doing the splits

I could make it so the ground in this photo is darker so it is more contrasted and the gymnast stands out

I used a slow shutter speed on my camera to show the movement of a front walkover 

I think to improve this photo i  could use a plainer background where there are no gaps in the curtain and i could use different lighting so it is only focused on the gymnast and less on the background.

I used a fast shutter speed to capture the form of a straddle jump

I really really like the lighting in this photo and i think the spot light really works for this photo and helps the gymnast stand out. What I could change is the background again and without having the ruffles in the curtain have a flat background so our eyes aren't distracted by anything.
*None of these photos are edited

Contact sheets

Task 4.5 Developing ideas

Brainstorm 

Thumbnails

Task 4. Lighting Conventions

Direct lighting- Creating shadow

Diffused lighting- put a transparent material between the lens and the subject 

Front lighting- Flattening the object

Side lighting- Mood and void

Top lighting- mood and drama

Back lighting-Creating a silhouette

 

Task 3. Sally Mann

What advice does Mann give young artists? 

To photograph things you like and things you are close to

How do you feel about the pictures of her children?

These photos are very exposing of the children, I'm not sure how I feel about these photos, they are every different. 

What things are closest to you?

Family

Friends

My dog

Gymnastics

Food

Netball

Tennis

Summer

Task 2.

1. Captured Motion- Fast shutter speed

2. Blurred Motion- Slow shutter speed

3. Shallow depth of field 

4. Large depth of field

5. Out of focus shot

6. Photo in a dark setting