I love how the photographer captured the moment so perfectly. I love the action move and how the soccer ball aligns with the sun. I also love the horizon and sky as the background; they are my favorite sceneries in a picture.
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Category Archives: Photos
Through the Distance
This photo was taken by Deviant Art user Tomi Pajunen. This particular photo struck me because the long road draws the eye deep to look into the distance. There is a faint silhouette of a person at the down the road highlighted by another streetlight down the road. However, it is unclear whether he or she is supposed to be the focus of the photo, or the snowy wilderness throughout the image.
The Diminishing Effect
This picture was taken by Simon Bray and it shows the Diminishing Effect. To take a piece like this make the most of the scenario, get right up close to the first object in the line, making it appear very large within the frame. This gives the impression that there is a significant reduction in size through the repeated objects, with the final object appearing insignificant compared to the first.
The Golden Hour
This photograph was taken by Lina Hayes. It takes advantage of what is known as the “Golden Hour.” This is the time of day in which the sun rises or before the sun sets. This natural lighting offers colors that are red, orange, and yellow. This “magic hour” offers a scene more intense in color but softer than when the Sun is higher in the sky.
Running from Darkness into Light
This picture was taken by Fredrik Clement. The man has a bright orange jacket, which contrasts the blue sky and green grass, clearly making him the subject of the photo. The composition of the picture works well because the entire shadow of the man is caught in the shot without stealing all the attention away from the man. There is also a sense of movement based on the position the man is in. On another note, since the environment behind the man is dark, we can say that he’s literally “running away from darkness into light”.
The Beauty of Black and White
This photograph is called the “Eiffel tower 100th Anniversary,” by Elliott Erwitt. The beauty of this picture is in it’s contrasts; the black and the white, the background and forefront, and the simplicity as well as the complexity. The photographer of this piece said that, “…the special thing about photography is what you see, not what you conjure up. That’s quite foreign to photography in my view.” The images of the silhouettes, use light in a way that makes the subject darker, yet at the same time seems to be the main focus of the picture. The movements of more obvious things, like the man jumping, and the less obvious things, like the umbrella of the couple flying backwards, create a more realistic and almost tangible sense of what is happening in the photograph. One can practically feel what it is like to be there at that moment.
Wailing Wall Moment
This is a photo of a man praying at the Western Wall, a portion of an ancient temple in Jerusalem. Known as the Wailing Wall, it is often a large tourist attraction; one can see letters/papers stuffed into to the left most crack in the wall because many people come and write prayers and requests to God and put them into the wall. The photo caught my eye because it captured a very intimate, private moment as this man was praying at the wall, but it also looked really beautiful because of the clarity of the white snow falling around him. The name of the photographer is unknown (from a blog).
Gerd Ludwig’s Horses Photograph
The photographer plays on light by having the horses surrounded by the green foliage. This contrast allows the audience to focus on the beauty of the horses. The horses are scaled against the trees in the background.
Living on the Edge
This photograph was taken by Jimmy Chin for National Geographic. The man in the picture has the main focus since he is clinging barehanded to the rock, causing the viewers to feel visual tension. The colors between the dark rock and the soft blues of the water and sky are drastic and add on to the tense feeling. A sense of depth is also portrayed by the presence of the blurred mountains in the background.
Master Hands
Russ and Reyn Photography – In their series of photos titled “Master Hands,” models are picked up by a giant shadowy hand, and being scared by it. The interactive human shadows are created through the use of set lighting, which gives the shadow hand a life of its own and lets an inanimate object take control of the photo.
