Depth Staging
Books in a library.
Two water fountains.
Recycling.
A tree on a sidewalk.
A coffee cup in a hallway.
Leading Lines
A telephone pole.
The street extends away towards the horizon.
A railing and stairs.
A sidewalk curb flanked by trees and parked cars.
A rug with tables and chairs in the background.
Repetition
A bench in the shade.
Keys on a keyboard.
Lockers.
Scaffolding.
Books in a library.
Artist's Statement
For this assignment, I had to take photos that illustrated depth by using three different methods: depth staging, leading lines, and repetition. The method of depth staging uses an object in the foreground and an object in the background and creates depth due to the differences between them. In order to capture images that use this method to show depth, I got close to an object and zoomed in on it. I made sure to also leave a part of the frame for other objects that were farther away, these two steps insured that an object would be in focus, while also having objects in the background. Leading lines creates depth by using a prominent line in the frame that starts near the camera and goes into the background. To make images that use leading lines, I first looked into the distance, and then found a long straight line that lead to it. I then positioned the camera to make the line prominent in the frame so that it extended into the background. The element of repetition gives images depth by using a similar shape that repeats as it goes into the background and appears to reduces in size. The image of the books on a shelf is an example of this. To take pictures that used repetition to illustrate depth, I first found similar objects and then pointed to lens in the same direction as the objects so that as they repeated, they got farther away from the lens.
I really loved all of your photos, you focused your camera to show depth so well. I don't know if there is anything that you should do differently, maybe try and find new original stuff to take photos of even though we are all confined to the same spaces.
ReplyDeletefor you photo of the rug leading to the chairs i wish that the beginning of the rug was in focus i feel it would have created more depth but i liked your photos
ReplyDeleteThe image with the keypad is a clear example of repetition in depth, as it shows the sides of the keys face on, and shows them going off, blurring into the distance.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the way you made all yours black and white, my favorite was the ones of the cans. I felt like maybe you should have switched that one image to black and white to fit with the rest but it clearly shows depth.
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