On The Edge

Assignment: On The Edge 

Location: San Franciso Park

        The goal of this assignment was mainly to have a subject be “on the edge” of your picture and apply the skills we learned the previous weeks. One of those skills being covering your picture to black and white and then using the dodge and burn technique to mess with contrast.

I took this photo on a more gloomy day in San Francisco Park. I was drawn to the beautiful colored flowers, as you can see in the unedited version of this image but the grey sky and the even darker grey windmill kinda give off mixed emotion. I picked this image because I thought black and white would match my intended composition more. I wanted the windmill to be the attraction not the flowers and the gloomy feel to show more. To me this image is supposed to be in black and white, now it's weird to look at the unedited one.

I wanted the focal point to be the windmill because I thought it was the most interesting thing I’d seen in San Fran that day. I loved the historical background and all the woodwork detail. I was able to bring all that detail out in with the dodge and burn technique, where you can barely see any in the colored image.

Perspective was another tool we learned and I used in this assignment. I used the dirt path as well as the white flowers to draw your eye to the main subject of the piece being the windmill. I also kinda used the faming technique by placing the bushes on both sides of the picture to try and keep your eye from wandering off. 

A problem I had when originally taking the photo was the bright grey sky. I did not like how it looked compared to the beautiful scenery and thought it ruined the vibe. But by turning it to black and white I feel it goes a lot better cause you cant tell how dull the sky looked. I also took this picture from my phone so I could mess with the exposure.