Compositional Elements Photo: Diagonal Lines

LIGHT AND SHADOW

This photo illustrates the element of light and shadow. The daisy is in the highlight, so it is the main piece, and the shadow is the leaves and grass behind the daisy, making it stand out even more.




TEXTURE

This photo illustrates the element of texture. The grass gives a feeling of soft grass.



CENTRE OF INTEREST

This photo illustrates the element of centre of interest. The cone's hole at the top is darker than the walls of the cone so the viewer's eyes are drawn to that first.



SELECTIVE FOCUS

This photo illustrates the element of selective focus. The camera is concentrated on the leaf and the rest of the tree is blurred.



CAMERA ANGLE

This photo illustrates the element of camera angle. The window is seen from the bottom and the camera is angled up.

Law Suit Over Marilyn Monroe's Photos

Bert Stern has filed a law suit at Michael Weiss and Donald Penny for accusing them of stealing his photos of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, just months before her death. Weiss and Penny claim they found the photos in the garbage and that there was no name or anything on them that indicated Stern's ownership. Their lawyer, James Brickell, also said that Weiss and Penny made a deal with Stern and that was to get prints for the pictures in exchange for the originals; they said Stern asked them for money instead but backed out when they refused. Stern said that was a heap of rubbish. He and his lawyer, Stephen Weingrad, declared it was unlawful for a photographer to have to pay ransom for his photos. They also accused of Weiss and Penny to have been rude when Stern had offered money to pay for their defendants' troubles with returning the photos. Who do you think is the rightful owner of the photographs? Who do you think will win?

Diagonal Lines In Photography

Diagonal lines work well to draw the viewer's eyes through the photograph. They create points of interest and also give a picture more depth by suggesting perspective. They can also add a sense of action and dynamic feel to the artwork. Diagonal lines can help or destroy your photograph. It can help by drawing your reader in and adding a lot of action. And it could destroy it because if you go overboard and use too many lines, you'll end up with a chaotic and confusing photograph.

Graphic Designs

This is a graphic design that is one of many from www.bydesignbda.com, a website that is all about graphic designs. This particular design is very creative and would be suitable for representing music; the atmosphere is very melodic and harmonic. I chose this design for this entry because it has a simple look about it but it gets the message of creativity and individuality across. In the sidebar is the link for this website.

Different Kinds of Frames

Framing is the act of making a natural border on a photograph using trees or other objects. Doing this attracts the viewer's eye to a certain section of the photograph, therefore making the photo seem more effective. In the above examples, the first photo illustrates this point to a perfect tee. The photographer used trees and bushes as a natural frame, leaving only a small part of a distant mountain showing. The second photograph depicts a different kind of frame, one where it uses legs as a frame instead of trees. Also, in the tree photo, you are looking across a valley; in the leg photo, you are looking up from under the legs. The perspective and framing distinguish the two.

Logo Assignment

My company, Water Reed Productions, is a hardworking company that creates cartoons, and graphic designs for various companies.We are a diligent company that enjoy the work we produce for our various benefactors. The otter holding a fish represents working hard (the otter had to hunt down the fish) and its goofy grin represents the fun side of its nature. The only thing that I think could have been improved was the type of the logo. This cannot be read when the logo is shrunk. Other than that, the logo was a good piece.

My Chess Piece

In my chess piece, I used shading on the side of my pencils to create a softer tone than using the tip of my pencil for harder lines. In some places, it was difficult to layer to achieve darker tones, so those were areas of fault. I tried to nail the proportions almost perfectly because without the proportions, the finished work lacks an important trait. The background was slightly dodgy mostly because of the "halos" that were caused next to certain shapes and lines, but I tried to fix those as soon as they were detected. The thing that made the knight stand out was the light and dark contrast on the chess piece itself; when you squint your eyes at it, the light parts are seen more visibly than the really dark parts.