Framing Work Diary

FRAMING WORK DIARY 

PLANNING 


IMAGE 1 

EVALUATION - Out of all the photos I took of the aspect 'framing' this is by far my favourite. To take the image I held a frisbee above my dogs head and told him to sit, as he did this he looked up to the frisbee and I caught the photo above. I think this worked very well in terms of showing an obvious representation of framing and also how important the focus of foreground and background is to an image. You can see in the photo that the outline of the frisbee isn't as sharp as you would expect it to be, this is because the camera focused more on the background, in this case my dog. This made my dog appear in much more detail and as the focal point of the photo. 

EDITING - When it came to editing I wanted to try something different instead of just adjusting the saturation or hue of the image. So, I decided to really focus on the yellow of the frisbee and how even though it was out of focus slightly, I can make it the attention grab of the image. To to this I used selective black and white which allowed me to change the main body of the image in black and white but keep that bright colour of the frisbee which draws attention to and makes the image more fun. 

DEVELOPMENT - If I was to take this photo again I would try to bring my dog and the frisbee more into the centre of the image so that it didn't appear to be at the top of the photo. This would have given the image a more central feel. 

IMAGE 2

EVALUATION - This image is slightly abstract in terms of the appearance of the frame and how out of place it looks compared to the background.  However I really like it as I think its unique and would draw people in as they try to make sense of who the two might think together. To take the image I stood behind the slide in my garden and placed the camera in the middle of the circle so that the entire photo was framed by the blue circle. I this worked well as the perspective gives you a good idea of framing but also looks at the curve of the garden. The curves in the image I think are true to their theory, in the sense that they bring a feeling of serenity and tranquility. 

EDITING - When editing this image I wasn't entirely sure what I wanted to change about it so I decided to try different things and see how they appeared and I really like how this resulted. The first thing I done was darken parts of the photos using curves this made the shadows on the circle darker and the bark/brown parts of the background darker. The next thing I done was increase the saturation, this helped to make the green in the photo more saturated and brought some life into the photo.

DEVELOPMENT - As I have mentioned previously, I think this is one of my best examples of framing and like the outcome of it. Therefore, there isn't anything I would do differently if I was to take the photo again.


IMAGE 3 

EVALUATION - This photo is based on one of my inspiration photos which are in my Image Bank. The photo inspired me to capture a view which we see everyday, a view from a window. Unfortunately, my view isn't as spectacular as the one displayed in the other image as it is the view over my garden however the photo still has the framing aspects which is the criteria. I believe this worked well as I really managed to capture just enough of the border of the window for it to appear as a frame. 

EDITING - There wasn't much that I wanted to do to this photo in terms of editing, I only wanted to focus on brightening the image as the original didn't show the wall around the window, consequently not showing framing as I wanted it to. To brighten the photo I used curves and more the top part of the line up so that the whites of the photo were much more obvious. I then slightly increased the saturation of the photo because when I used curves it washed out the colours in the sky which I wanted to bring back to the photo. 

DEVELOPMENT - There are a few things I would change on this photo if I was to take it again. One of them being the object at the bottom of the photo which I didn't realise was there until i looked back at the image. Another thing I would change is how wide the windows were open, I think it would look much better if they were open a bit more so that you could see the view more. 

IMAGE THAT REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT 

This is my worst image as it doesn't really frame anything and is not very interesting. Although there are some frames within in the photo it isn't very eye catching, in fact its quite boring and could be very easily overlooked.