The objective of this assignment was to capture the formal element of pattern through photography. This was a more difficult element to capture due to the fact that pattern has a lot of crossover between line and texture and the location that I was shooting at did not have a great deal of patterns present and those that it did were largely comprised of lines for example zebra crossings.
Favourite image
1/480, F5.6, ISO 80
This is my favourite image because of the way in which the buildings structure creates a number of different shapes depending on how you look at the image. I am also drawn to this image because of the contrast between the light and dark elements of the structure.
Least favourite image
1/60, F5.6, ISO 200
I dislike this image because of the way in which the pattern in the images leaves are not the focus of the image a way to achieve this appearance would be to shoot closer to the leaf, use a shallow depth of field or a macro lens.
For this formal element I encountered many of the same issues that I had with texture such as struggling to keep the camera still and in focus when zooming in. If I were to repeat this shoot I would consider the use of a tripod and looking macro photography. I would also plan to take the photos on a brighter day as it was extremely overcast when I took the images meaning that I had to regular use the flash setting on the camera to capture the vibrant colours of the image unfortunately this sometimes created an overly saturated and poorly lit image.
Aspiration
I would like to be able to produce images of the high quality and variety displayed in Anne Belmont's work.
the overall template for a work diary would be to explain the outcome through technique (camera settings, dof, shutter speed, etc.), connotations, denotations (through composition, formal element). Otherwise well done..
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