Photography Notebook
This document shows the ten images I’ve taken during this term which subject
is a story of a day by the Thames River and other characteristic elements of the
city of London. The style is defined by people in their daily routines and relaxing
and admirable landscapes.
The sun and the shadows, the streets almost free of people to walk, the green
of the trees and peaceful river mean relax, pleasantness and nature which
constituted the mood and atmosphere.
Fig.1. Composition (f/7.1; 1/200s; ISO-100)
Fig.2. Composition (f/8; 1/250s; ISO-100)
Both images demonstrate the composition photo technique. When I took these
photographs I thought about giving a sense of action and dynamism to the
photograph in the Figure 1 by shoot the post slightly on my right, the London
Eye in the centre and the building and the trees on the left, so it can encourages
the eye to roam around the picture. On the other hand, what I had in mind was
place the bridge right in the centre to have a contrast between the photographs.
Also, both were shot with narrow aperture, which means a large depth of field,
fast shutter speed, since we can state the photograph is non-blurred and low
ISO Speed.
Fig.3. Perspective (f/5.6; 1/80s; ISO-200)
Fig.4. Perspective (f/5.6; 1/50s; ISO-200)
For the Perspective Photo Technique, I’ve taken two photographs of the same
subject, which are the leaves, but with different focal length lenses. Changing
the camera position and the fov changes the perspective and this changes the
composition. In Figure 3, as we can state, the image as more contents than in
Figure 4, where the background had been reduced due to the focal length of the
lenses (the sky is not available to see in the second image, which means that
the length of the lenses increased).
Fig.5. Movement (f/5.6; 1/100s; ISO-200)
Fig.6. Movement (f/5.6; 1/30s; ISO-220)
When it comes to the movement photo technique, I used a longer shutter speed
in Figure 5 than Figure 6 because I wanted to capture motion blur and a bigger
exposure. As a consequence we can see the light in Figure 5 is stronger.
In Figure 6, I tried to use a long focal length in order to get a faster shutter
speed. However, I wanted movement blur (as we can see in the car) and so, I
did not use a shutter speed faster than 1/focal length.
Fig.7. Depth of Field (f/5.6; 1/125s; ISO-100)
Fig.8. Depth of filed (f/5.6; 1/40s; ISO-200)
In terms of Depth of Field, I have chosen the Figure 7 to illustrate a long depth
of field, since the subject is further from the camera and to do it I used a small fnumber. In Figure 8 I meant to do the exact opposite by shooting the subject
closer to the camera and using a smaller aperture. In both photographs, the
ability of the lens to vary its focus and aperture size allowed me to create depth
of field and selective focus. Also, I was able to control the movement blur with
the aperture and shutter speed.
Fig.9. Selective Focus (f/5; 1/125s; ISO-80)
Fig.10. Selective Focus (f/5; 1/100s; ISO-200)
As we can see in the images, the photo technique present in Figure 9 and
Figure 10 is Selective Focus. As the technique implies, the post is focused
leaving the rest of the image out of focus and the hand and wall are also
focused, leaving the river out of focus and blurred, in Figure 9 and Figure 10
respectively.