Natural Frame | Leading Lines | Texture | Balance

Natural Frame

This photo has an element of Natural Frame, this picture has that element because the two doors act as a barrier around Sophia which is the main object that is being surrounded by. Natural Frame is when the surrounding environment creates a frame around the subject. In this case, the doors create a frame around Sophia.

Leading Lines

Leading Lines is when certain lines lead toward the object. The line supposedly should lead your eyes from one point on the picture to the focal point where the subject lies. In this picture, the wooden pole behind my friend Gabe leads downwards towards his face which you can see clearly in the picture.

Texture

In this picture, there is no main object in the picture but multiple. The rain drops on the leaf I suppose are the objects in which our eyes focus towards. This picture represents texture because you can really see the detail of the water drops stand out against the leaf which has a smooth base. I had to go into photoshop and play with the levels and edit the picture further.

Balance

This photo shows balance because both subjects in the picture are equally balanced in the picture. They both have equal importance in the picture and balances the picture by filling up the screen, if one of them were gone it wouldn't complete the picture.

My First Print/Contact Sheet

This is the first contact sheet that I ever printed, it was such a fun experience to be able to experiment with new things. Honestly, before I came into the photography class I had no idea what I was about to go in to and what the expectations for me were. I was excited to see how it would turn out as it entered into the developer and started to faintly appear. The first time we went to shoot I didn’t have any specific theme I was going for and started to take pictures of anything that intrigued me.

My Experience With Film Photography

Nikon F4

Working with film photography was something so vastly different to anything I’ve ever done. Before this photography class, I had no previous knowledge of working with film and the whole process we had to go through before getting the actual picture. I found it extremely difficult to shoot for the 4 different elements we had to follow. After I processed my film, I realised that the pictures where I didn’t really try to follow an element ended up being the pictures I printed.