Theme 1- Concept- Close Ups

Some good photographs- Close Ups and Alterations

This is a close up photograph that I have taken. I took it of a pen with handwriting saying ‘Photography blog’ for an introduction to my first project. My first project is of close up photography. I wrote this in handwriting and using long strokes so to create a more personal image which would involve the audience more. I had positioned this on an angle so that it is that much more interesting and exciting. And I also positioned the pen on a slightly more extreme angle so that it differs slightly. I like the lighting in this photograph because it creates a very good shadow of the pen so that there are different colours and shades involved. I like the detail in the photograph. The main boy of the writing is in focus but some parts are more blurry and out of focus. This helps to make the photograph more interesting and exciting. The same goes for the pen.

This is an altered version of the original photograph. In this version I have used the filter ‘lighting and shadows’. Where I altered where the lighting enters from. In this image I used a program called ‘gimp’ which is a similar  version of Photoshop. I positioned the light source in the upper left of the photograph so that there is a greater shadow caused by the pen, and also that the shadow doesn't obscure or block any of the letters. I like that there is a very strong area of bright whites, and then a slow gradient back to the regular colours. This shadow and lighting effects in ‘gimp’ are much more different to those in Photoshop as there is a much softer gradient, opposed to the strong cut off point caused by the Photoshop version. I like this effect because it looks far more interesting and exciting rather than the regular lighting version.

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This is a close up photograph of some pencils that I have created. I used two different types of pencils in this so that there is a difference in colour. It helps to make it more interesting as there is a difference. I also like that the pencil has different levels of detail. This may be because they are at different distances from the camera. I like the shadows given off by pencils because it gives a sense of darkness on the white background.

This is the altered version of my original photograph. In this version I have cropped it slightly so that it looks more of a panoramic photograph. This may help to make the photograph more effective as it is different to many of my other photos.

This is the altered version for my cropped image. In this version I have changed it to a black and white colour scheme so that it is more exciting. It makes the shadows much darker which is an effective technique and one which I like.

This is another altered version of my photographs. In this image I have kept the cropped and black and white theme, and I have also altered where the light enters the scene. I did this so that I could create a lighter image on one side, and then a darker image where the shadows already are (right). I like this because it gives the photograph a shine and a white, modern appearance.