Project: Looking through the viewfinder
Exercise: Fitting the frame to the subject
This is the first exercise in the course, after the introduction, and it has to do with "composition". So basically I had to place the subject in different parts of the frame.
First photo is supposed to represent the "conventional" viewpoint. I'm not very sure that what I have bellow is really the conventional point, but it is certainly done "without taking too much time to consider the composition", as the instructions require.
Exercise: Fitting the frame to the subject
This is the first exercise in the course, after the introduction, and it has to do with "composition". So basically I had to place the subject in different parts of the frame.
First photo is supposed to represent the "conventional" viewpoint. I'm not very sure that what I have bellow is really the conventional point, but it is certainly done "without taking too much time to consider the composition", as the instructions require.
The "conventional" viewpoint
So the subject is placed in the center, with some surrounding elements present in the frame.
In the second photo, the subject has to fit the frame exactly. Unfortunately, my photo doesn't look good :( I presume the purpose of this photo has to do with "understanding" or "imposing" the subject; having it so tightly enclosed in the frame, you don't get to see anything that surrounds it, so naturally the attention is drawn only to the subject and nothing else.
In the second photo, the subject has to fit the frame exactly. Unfortunately, my photo doesn't look good :( I presume the purpose of this photo has to do with "understanding" or "imposing" the subject; having it so tightly enclosed in the frame, you don't get to see anything that surrounds it, so naturally the attention is drawn only to the subject and nothing else.
Exactly fitting the frame - 1
And because I didn't like the photo above, I cropped it, to really fit the frame. Didn't get much of a difference, though...
Exactly fitting the frame - 2
Still, I like this version more.
Next photograph is a close up of the subject, just a part of it actually, very detailed.
The instructions say that none of it's edges should be visible. And taken this into consideration, I'm not sure the photo bellow really qualifies, but I liked this close up very much, probably because of the the implied symmetry. And I think the circles bellow the UFO-like "umbrella" wouldn't make much sense, without their edges.
Next photograph is a close up of the subject, just a part of it actually, very detailed.
The instructions say that none of it's edges should be visible. And taken this into consideration, I'm not sure the photo bellow really qualifies, but I liked this close up very much, probably because of the the implied symmetry. And I think the circles bellow the UFO-like "umbrella" wouldn't make much sense, without their edges.
Close up
The next four pictures present the subject within the surroundings. The first is the original, the next three are cropped versions of it.
The subject has to be rather small (1/4 or less of the frame) and has to stress the surroundings. In the case of my subject (the little observatory ... I think it is/was an observatory, but I'm not very sure, because access to it is denied...), the surroundings seem to be more water and sky, than buildings or other features, which are located at some distance from it. Having said that, I'm wondering if my subject was a good choice for this exercise. It does stress that the "surroundings" are far (if I can put it this way), and that IT is rather lonely in the middle of that water and under the blue sky.
The subject has to be rather small (1/4 or less of the frame) and has to stress the surroundings. In the case of my subject (the little observatory ... I think it is/was an observatory, but I'm not very sure, because access to it is denied...), the surroundings seem to be more water and sky, than buildings or other features, which are located at some distance from it. Having said that, I'm wondering if my subject was a good choice for this exercise. It does stress that the "surroundings" are far (if I can put it this way), and that IT is rather lonely in the middle of that water and under the blue sky.
Stressing the surroundings
Crop 1 is just a smaller version of the original image, which doesn't change the first impression.
Crop 1
Crop 2 changes the perspective, it makes the subject appear a little closer to the buildings in the back, so it doesn't look so alone anymore (the water body to the left can't be seen now).
Crop 2
In Crop 3, although the buildings are still far, the tree that can be seen in the left part of the frame suggests the subject is close to some greenery or something.
Crop 3
In the end I can say that this exercise made me think a lot more of the "surroundings" of the subject in a photograph. And also of the fact that I have to choose my subjects better, according to the requirements. As I want to make a future out of photography, I think this is important.
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