This is a tilt shot, the camera is tilted upwards; I have learnt that this makes the subject look powerful, have authority over something. Yet this type of shot also can have bad effects such as if it was a close up shot, it wouldn't be appealing because the subjects nostrils may draw people's attention rather than what the photographs intentions were originally. This shot can sometimes be more about power than glamour. It is composed well because the subject is placed directly in the centre of the photograph therefore the viewer will be drawn there, and the subject looks like a powerful figure.
This is also a tilted shot but this time it is tilted down. I have learnt that this shot makes the subject become powerless, innocent and inferior. Sometimes this shot may be used to create sympathy or it could be used to make someone look small, this could mean that they are not as big and as smart as they think, or it could be a situation where the subject was on top of the world but then lost everything and became this person; if this was the case then this photograph would show their feelings which may be devastation, anguish or regret. It is composed well because the meaning that this photograph is supposed to have is clear; the subject does look small and powerless.
This shot has been taken off centre; the effect of this shot is that the subject may not be the most important part of the photograph and could be there to create effect or to give another meaning to something else in the photograph. It is composed well because the figure is in the left third of the photograph and may make some viewers think about why this has been done which will give photographs like this more meaning and recognition.
This photograph has been taken to make the subject's eye-line low; similar to the low-tilt shot. It usually means that the subject is powerless, innocent and inferior. Sometimes it could be because there is something else in the photograph which is more important; this could strengthen the meaning that the subject is powerless, innocent and inferior. This photograph is composed well because the subject looks lonely, depressed and inferior which is the meaning that this shot is supposed to have.
This is a close up shot; this type of shot is usually intended to show facial expressions or even to try to make people think about what the subject is thinking or feeling at a certain time. It is a shot type that people will see a lot; this is because it enables the photographs to connote or denote different things. It is composed well because the subject is looking straight into the camera lens; this will make viewers have different opinions of what she is thinking about or is feeling. It also is in sharp focus which allows the viewer to see specific facial expressions.
This photograph has been taken with a focal point, the focal point is usually taken in photographs with something leading to it which is usually a diagonal line; such as in the photograph the shadow is leading up to the focal point which is the person. The diagonal lines also add energy to the photograph because they are making the viewer look along or up or down the photograph waiting for something at the end. This photograph is not composed well; this is because there is more than one shadow. Therefore the energy is taken out of this photograph because the viewer will not be initially drawn to the subject's shadow and will have a slower reaction when they are first looking at the it.
All of the images are in focus and I used the focus ring to do this, this is mainly so that the photographs looked clear. I did not zoom in on any of the photographs because this may have made them become out of focus and I would have had to adjust the focus ring. Another reason for not zooming in would be because it may take the meaning of the photograph away. For example if I zoomed in on the first photograph and only showed the shoulders upwards and not the subject's body; it may have made them look less powerful and have less authority.
I think the strengths of my photographs are that they are all in focus and all of them apart from the last one are composed well. Another would be that the meaning that is supposed to be given in them is given apart from the last one.I think the only weakness of my photographs is that the last one is not composed well and as a result of this the purpose isn't clear and it takes the energy out of it.
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