Lighting Final

 Existing

 Natural Light

 Natural Light

 Artificial

Natural Light

Why is this person important in your life? 

Parker Hillard is important to me because he's one of my closest friends. He's always there to make me laugh and he just treats me like one of the guys. Park is always there to hang out when I'm sad or mad at the world and he's just there to make me laugh.

How does their personality dictate your artistic decisions?

This kid is a pain in the butt to photograph to be honest. He never stays still and he hates posing for the camera. So when and doubt, take candid shots. The candidness of these shots really exposes the person that Parker is, which is a jeep loving, food hogging, creative, goofy person. I had him outside with his Jeep because he is IN LOVE with that thing, and I took a photo of him in the garage making something so I could get him in action while he was doing something that he loved. 

How has this unit affected your photography? 

This unit has affected my photography a lot because I discovered that I had to follow him around for a while (not to sound creepy at all) to get a good photo because he always moves around. I also had to change my patience level during this unit because I'm used to photographing people in the studio in 20 minutes and being done with it. I had to hang around Park for 2 days to get shots that were up to my standards but also expressed his personality.

Lighting Final Contact Sheet

Working with Silhouettes

Gradient

Shape

  

Solid

Pattern

Lighting Shots

Natural Lighting

 Direct Light

Shade

Existing Lighting

 45 Degrees

 Back

 front

side

Artificial Lighting- Multiple Light Source

 hard light

 reflector

soft lighting

Artificial Lighting- Single Light Source

 Butterfly

 Hard Lighting

 Loop

 Rembrandt

 Silhouette

 Soft Lighting

Split

I've learned that lighting in a photograph can effect and change almost everything. Lighting can change the mood and the quality of the photo as well as the story in the photograph. Without light, we wouldn't have photographs to look at or take.

Final Project Composition

The City Photo is important to me because it's a picture of Philadelphia and I was born there so it means a lot to me sentimentally. I thought Vertical Lines ran throughout this photo and the lines on the building led the eye up so that is the compositional element in this photo.

In the next photo to the right (the firework), I used Movement and rhythm as my compositional element. This photo is important to me because I took it on New Years Eve and it was the first NYE I've spent with my dad and my step mom together. 

The next photo to the right has diagonal lines as the compositional element. This photo is important to me because it's my name tag from Journey's which is where

I work and spend half of my time usually.

Next photo is the sunset on the farm which had the compositional element of horizon lines. This photo is important to me because I go by this farm every day of the week and every morning I see the sunrise behind it. 

The Coca Cola clock was originally symmetrical compositionally but then I cropped the photo in closer to make it more interesting to me. This photo is important to me because it's the clock in our family friend's restaurant that he just opened. 

The center photo's compositional element is curved lines. This photo is important to me because it's the gear outside of Planet Fitness and I go to Planet Fitness almost everyday, and I love to run and workout there.

In the top left photo of the book, I planned on taking a close and detailed shot of the book pages. I intensified the blacks to enhance the contrast and interest of the photo. The photo uses leading line composition to draw my eye from the edge of the pages up to the corner of the photo, off the page. This picture is important to me because I love to read books. I usually don't find time to but when I find an interesting book like this one, I have trouble putting it down. 

The photo of my dog uses a compositional element of texture to really show the detail and draw the eye in on the fur of my dog. I love this photo probably more than any other because my dog is my best friend and I treat him like a real person. I honestly don't know what life would be like when he's gone and I can't take pictures of him anymore. 

The bottom left photo is of all of my favorite things, clothes and shoes. This photo uses the compositional element of variety so your eye moves around to each piece and subject in the photo. This photo is important to me because I am addicted to shopping it's basically all I do. 

The final photo is of, yes, the beloved Starbucks. I like this composition because it's asymmetrical and it just draws my eye from each starbucks drink back and forth to each new detail. This photo is important to me because I go to Starbucks more than I probably should and I enjoy the atmosphere in there (and the drinks). 

Final Project Composition Shooting Assignment

Final Project Composition Proposal

Shot 1- A picture of my closest friends in a circle on the ground (unity) 

Shot 2- something music related 

Shot 3- shopping/clothes/shoes related 

Shot 4- running shot

Shot 5- snowy pine tree because I'm outside a lot

Shot 6- the mall because I basically live for my job

Shot 7- my dog because he's pretty much always with me

Shot 8- either a sunset or sunrise because I love the colors and I really love looking at them 

Shot 9- chipotle or panera

Shot 10- my journey's name tag card