1. Someone sitting on the ground and the small picture of the legs
2. Picture of a face and the small picture of half the face
3. Picture of the building and small picyure of the window

Self Evaluation

The photographic and technical skills I applied to my silhouette and negative space photos were depths of field, rule of thirds, and symmetry. Most of my silhouette photos were rule of thirds, and a couple of them were symmetrical. And my negative space photos are mostly rule of thirds and one symmetry photo. I didn’t try many different angles when taking the pictures. I mainly just held the camera vertical and horizontal. I was really happy with how my pictures turned out. I really liked doing the silhouette pictures because we just had to lay on the ground and take pictures of anything we wanted. I especially loved editing the silhouette pictures. I planned to execute the pictures I wanted by mainly having Michelle jump in the air. I really wanted a silhouette action shot. As for the negative space photos, I just took a picture of whatever caught my eye. My silhouette photos were personal works of art because I used a person, Michelle, in every one of them. They are also personal because most of them were taken with my subject caught off guard. Very few of my pictures were posed.  Other things I have learned this semester so far are about commercial ads and cubism. I really enjoyed doing cubism because it was very simple to execute yet the picture seemed so detailed. I really liked experimenting with the different colors and sizes of the rectangles. I also liked doing the magazine ads because we got to make anything we wanted. I also like that because we did the ads it showed me that I really like to do these kinds of things and I maybe would like to pursue a career in marketing and advertising.

Negative Space photography

Negative space is the area that surrounds the main subject of your photo. So an example would be a picture of a person against the sky. The person would be the positive space and the sky would be the negative space. In photography there are 3 aspects in negative space. There is the frame, the positive space, and the negative space. Negative space defines and emphasizes the main subject of the photo. It also adds interest to the photograph. Negative space relates to photography because it helps balance your photos. When taking a negative space photo it helps if you focus less on the subject and more on the background. Negative space also helps add much more focus and emotion to your photo as well. When using negative space, it is usually the technique used to make a picture a silhouette. However, negative space usually is a neutral background so your attention is drawn directly to the subject of the photos.

1. Picture of someone on the grass
2. The Mission Vista Signs against the sky
3. Fire hydrant
4. Arrows on the street
5. A tree aginst the sky or grass

1. a heart
2. love
3. tree
4. cupcake
5. my name

1. Flower
2. Building
3. Profiles
4. Car
5. Tree

Silhouette photography

Silhouette photography is when the photographers subject is shown dark and without detail, while the background is light. Usually the best light source to make the background light is the sun at sunrise or sunset. The backlighting from the sun shadows everything towards you and produces this effect. To take a good silhouette picture you must never point the lens at the sun. If there is too much light the subject will become to light. And if there is not enough light the photo’s background can become grey. The most important thing for a silhouette photo is making sure the background is lighter than your subject.