This is a report into my own styles of photography and those which I find most appealing. In terms of my own style of photography I like to take images of portraits of friends and family members as well as landscapes of the sunset/rise and different buildings around the area I live and place where I visit. Therefore my style of photography is a mix as I like landscapes as its like you are there in the image and it makes the textures in the images more realistic. However, portrait photography can capture the emotion and personality of someone. You can also isolate people from the backgrounds and other things that are going around them.
Below are some images of my front garden in the winter, whist it was snowing. This image makes the place, Doncaster, look peaceful and as if no one lives there. However, it doesn’t give a true representation of the town, but doe meet the brief of beautiful Doncaster. Although you can not see anything in the image that represents the place. If I was to edit the image I oiled turn up the whites to make the image look more alive and have a crisper look, rather than it looking more gloomy and dull to look at.
One of the key aspects of photography which I have learnt about is the golden ratio. This is a ration commonly used in nature, where an element of the image is placed in a specific place to make it aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Below is a diagram of how golden ratio is created.
In the image below the shallow depth of field use by the photographer means that only the front of the image is in focus, which is the glass ball whereas the beach behind it is blurry and out of focus. This technique is used to make the viewers eyes to one specific part of the image. The shallow/small depth of field can be created by increasing the aperture or lowering the f-number. In this image there is a colour palette of oranges and yellows and this is what the photographer has chosen to set the scene of the image. The image below is the perfect example of golden ratio is used as the subject of the image is placed to the right of the image so you can still see the beach in the background, although is is blurred out, but you can clearly see the beach image which is in the clear ball.
In this image it shows an action shot of someone throwing sand which makes this shot unique and they have cleverly selected the correct shutter speed as the person in the image is quite sharp and still however, the sand in the image has movement and you can see where about the sand hit in the image. By using centre composition in this image makes the subject of the image powerful as it makes you focus on the middle of the image and the action that is taking place at that specific time. On the outside of the subject there is a vignette, which is where you darken the edge of the image, this makes the subject stand out from the background.
In this image there is a shallow depth of field in the shot with only a small part of the image in focus, which is the landscape in the background. The foreground of the image is the pipe, which will be a prop in the image with the water. By using the prop with the water it creates a texture to the image a long with the cobbled street, which makes it effective as it makes the image more realistic and gives the image life, rather than it just being dull and flat to look at, therefore will interest a larger audience as it is more pleasing to the eye.
In order to develop my own photography I will aspire to explore using different props such as pipes, glass, and other different natural materials, in order to experiment with my images to create different textures and make my photography more abstract.
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