Assignment 1. Contrast.

Exercise 14. Cropping.

I have selected three pictures that I have taken and then looked at different ways that I can crop them.

This picture is has taken in camera, of a snapshot of Cromer taken from the pier.

I cropped into the top and bottom of the picture, I think this works well.

For this picture I have not cropped it so tightly.

For the last picture I have cropped the frame so it is upright but prefer the other crop.

This picture has been taken inside the camera. I like the texture that this picture gives and thought it would look good in different shapes.

I have cropped into the bottom of the picture to give a letterbox effect. This shows the texture of the picturing moving in the direction of the frame.

I have now cropped the picture into a square giving an interesting block of colour.

In this picture I have cropped it into a rectangle, this is my least favourite as I do not think you get the impact as in the other photo's.

This picture was taken inside the camera. 

                                      

I have cropped in on the left of this picture, this removes the stump and reflection which I found distracting.

In this picture I have cropped the background out further, this removes the out of focus duck.

I have cropped this picture as to give a letterbox effect.

Exercise 13. Vertical and Horizontal Frames.

The first part of this exercise was to take twenty pictures vertically. It was suggested to use a compact location. With this in mind I started in the garden then walked around the nature reserve which is close by.
After loading and viewing the pictures on my computer I then repeated the exercise taking the same pictures in an horizontal format.
Below are all of my pictures in both vertical and Horizontal.

In conclusion

I found this exercise interesting but I was not that impressed with some of my results. When taking a vertical image in a horizontal frame, I found that I am quite predictable and usually fit the image to the left hand side of the frame.

I have tried to vary this taking some of the pictures in the middle of the frame which I am not very keen on. I also tried to angle the subject and was particularly pleased with the garden chair.