Assignment #16: Find a shot strengthened by horizontal lines.
"They" say horizontal lines add calmness and stability to a photo.
The Winter
Fishers, Indiana
Milk Cans
Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado
Friday, August 30, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Frame Within a Frame
Assignment #15: Take a shot through a window, door, or other foreground frame.
I know there are more of these out there than what I'm seeing.
Through the Cube
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sugar Creek Suspension Bridge
Turkey Run State Park, Parke County, Indiana
I know there are more of these out there than what I'm seeing.
Through the Cube
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sugar Creek Suspension Bridge
Turkey Run State Park, Parke County, Indiana
Friday, August 16, 2013
Side Lighting
Assignment #14: Take a photo with the primary source of light off to one side or the other.
The key, for me, is to see the light.
Spinner
Pioneer Village interpreter, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, Indiana
Here is the Church
Holy Family Episcopal Church, Fishers, Indiana
The key, for me, is to see the light.
Spinner
Pioneer Village interpreter, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, Indiana
Here is the Church
Holy Family Episcopal Church, Fishers, Indiana
Friday, August 9, 2013
Warm/Cold Color Contrast
Assignment #13: Take a photo that features a compelling contrast between two predominant colors - one warm and one cold.
This assignment was "Complementary Colors" when I first added it to my list - that's a popular technique in a lot of how-to discourses. I found it odd, though, that some folks listed complementary pairs in terms of paint colors - blue/orange, red/green, and yellow/purple - while others used the color wheel for light - blue/yellow, red/cyan, and green/magenta. So who's right? Could it somehow be both? Are there really just three color pairs that one should watch for?
I couldn't answer those questions until I read a few paragraphs by Anne McKinnell suggesting that the most compelling color pairs contrast a warm color (like red or yellow) with a cold one (like blue or green). I like that idea. It makes more sense than blindly following a color wheel and allows for the possibility that different shades of a color can have different temperatures.
Anne suggests using lots of one color with a splash of the other. I think she'd agree that that's not a hard and fast rule. I have also found that a certain amount of neutral colors in a photo doesn't necessarily interfere with the effectiveness of the contrast.
Freedom
In the sky over the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater in Fishers, Indiana
63
Nearly empty stands at Victory Field, Indianapolis, Indiana
This assignment was "Complementary Colors" when I first added it to my list - that's a popular technique in a lot of how-to discourses. I found it odd, though, that some folks listed complementary pairs in terms of paint colors - blue/orange, red/green, and yellow/purple - while others used the color wheel for light - blue/yellow, red/cyan, and green/magenta. So who's right? Could it somehow be both? Are there really just three color pairs that one should watch for?
I couldn't answer those questions until I read a few paragraphs by Anne McKinnell suggesting that the most compelling color pairs contrast a warm color (like red or yellow) with a cold one (like blue or green). I like that idea. It makes more sense than blindly following a color wheel and allows for the possibility that different shades of a color can have different temperatures.
Anne suggests using lots of one color with a splash of the other. I think she'd agree that that's not a hard and fast rule. I have also found that a certain amount of neutral colors in a photo doesn't necessarily interfere with the effectiveness of the contrast.
Freedom
In the sky over the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater in Fishers, Indiana
63
Nearly empty stands at Victory Field, Indianapolis, Indiana
Friday, August 2, 2013
Panning
Assignment #12: Track a moving subject with your camera.
I'm a big fan of these shots but I've learned that you don't generally just stumble upon them - you usually need to put yourself in the right place at the right time.
Pacific Pelican
Torrey Pines State Reserve, La Jolla, California
Spinning Wheel
Keeneland Racetrack, Lexington, Kentucky
I'm a big fan of these shots but I've learned that you don't generally just stumble upon them - you usually need to put yourself in the right place at the right time.
Pacific Pelican
Torrey Pines State Reserve, La Jolla, California
Spinning Wheel
Keeneland Racetrack, Lexington, Kentucky
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