Activity 4
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Collect one image where the photographer has placed the main subject off center and retained a sense of balance and one image where the photographer has placed the main subject off center and created a sense of imbalance.
Discuss the possible intentions of the photographer in creating each image.
Create four images, placing the focal point and/or visual weight in different areas of the frame. Discuss whether each image is balanced.
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| Visual Weight - by Shannon Kokosha |
The image above features a road sign as the main focus with a building in the background. It is able to retain a sense of balance because both sides of the image feature a point of interests, greatly reducing the noticeability of the empty space between the two subjects. Since their is only one website this image is featured on, I'm going to assume that this image was created with the purpose of showing people what off center balance looks like.
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| Unequal Brides and Groomesmen? - from WeddingBee.com |
This image features some bridesmaids and groomsmen gathered together in front of some trees. This picture is unbalanced because the brightness (women in dresses and the background) outweighs the darkness (men in tuxedoes). Another point to be made in consideration to balance, there is more bridesmaids than groomsmen. I believe this picture was taken to capture an important moment in two people's lives that will last forever.
The following pictures were taken by me over the course of a couple of days.
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| BOARDom (Uno) |
This image features a piece of wood placed in front of a basket. This image is unbalanced and I took it as a way to practice focusing my camera and utilizing the rule of thirds.
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| BOARDom (Dos) |
Another image with a piece of wood as the model however, this piece is shorter and thicker than the other. I believe this image to be balanced since both sides of the image are weighted equally because the wood is in the center. I took this image for our abstract closeup project, but this one just barely missed the cut.
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