Contrast 1 work diary

In my first contrast shoot we established in the lesson that contrast was opposites of eachother. For example light and dark or rough and smooth. This gave me a bit of an idea of what to capture but didnt create a huge understanding. When I went out to take my photographs the weather was dry and the sun was shining which was great because then my photographs would bring out the detail more of the established contrast as the sun would be shining on them. This allowed me to take some decent photographs which was good.

The first photograph Im going to evaluate is my photograph showing half brick and half wood. This photograph is taken vertically where the two man made materials meet. This photograph shows the contrast of two differnt building materials. The brick being very light and rough and the wood being very dark and smooth. The sun was directly shining on this photograph which bought out both the textures and hilighted the detail more to show the contrast of them.This photograph to me is very simple but the brightness of it and the layout makes it appealing to look at. Before I started photography at a level I didnt think that you could take a photograph of man made materials and make it look engaging. This is something I have learnt from all my shoots in formal elements. To improve this photographs both sides could of been even to make the photograph more presentable.

The second photograph Im going to evaluate is the photograph I took of the pavement where the shadow was covering half of the photograph diagonlly and the other half was very bright. This photograph shows the contrast of lightness and darkness. When I was taking this photograph I imagined the meaning behind it. This is that in life there is always going to be dark and lonly times but if you keep smiling your life will soon brighten up and become postive. This photograph is presented well. However to improve this photograph I could of taken it closer to achieve more detail in the photograph.

If I would go back and add more to this contrast shoot I would take more photographs of colour and the emotions that colour expresses.