Week 7: Image Size, Crop, Selection and Move

The three photographs above are my rather crude attempts to edit with GIMP. [I have Adobe, but I am suffering technical difficulties so I switched to GIMP for this assignment.] I am still struggling with isolating a single image, removing it and pasting it to another picture. [If you read this and you've figured it out for GIMP, please let me know.]

Week 6 Landscapes

Above are a collection of landscape photos taken over the past two weeks. The vast majority of my landscapes are representational. However, there is one photo in the collection above that I think of as more abstract. The photograph was taken at night with a 30-second exposure and maximum aperture (while a car drove by).

Week 5 Framing Slideshow

Week 5 Rule of Thirds

 In the first photo the frog is featured primarily in the central box of the imaginary grid (laid out by the rule of thirds). I think the shot is still interesting, but I prefer the second shot where the frog is slightly off center.

Composition - Using the edges & corners of the image

As I was reading websites related to photography and composition I came across the following: "Both the edges and the corners of the image can and should be used. They are not just “there” because there is no way to do away with them. They are there because they are important and can be used both effectively and creatively" (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/composition-2.shtml).

I find myself often trying to center the subject, but the other areas of the digital 'canvas' have potential to create just as interesting, perhaps even more compelling photos. Follow the link below to a very beautiful winter landscape. Note the clean, crisp picture with a rather large, snow-covered plant in the lower right corner.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/images-10/Zion-winter-sunrise.jpg

Week 4 Lighting Assignment

Above are three photos taken of the hill near my house at different times of day. The first photo (top left) was taken in the later morning hours. The second photo (middle) was taken in the late afternoon / early evening hours. The third photo (bottom right) was taken after dark and required a tripod and my husband's advice on settings (ISO 800, F3.5, 30 second exposure). The photo that best captures the fall colors is, of course, the first photo, but the night photo is interesting for different reasons.

Week 4 Assignment - Color

Above are examples of monochrome and analogous color schemes.
The monochrome picture is a collection of handbooks on my shelves at work. A simple pattern of black and white repeats across the photo.
The analogous photo was taken near Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Campus. The colors range from yellow, to orange, and red.