This image was taken by Erik Johansson, and he titled this picture "Go your own Road." Johansson creates these impossible images by recombining photographs and other materials together. In this picture he created the illusion of a man pulling a road behind him 'creating his road.' There's an underlying meaning to this image basically saying follow your own path, don't follow one that someone has already made. When Johansson was creating this masterpiece, he took pictures of a road and pictures of a man running with a tarp. After this, he started editing the images together to make it look realistic. Johansson probably used the eye dropper tool to change the color of the tarp and also many other tools. He uses space and perspective through out this image, rule of thirds, and emphasis. For space and perspective, it looks as if there is a vanishing point for the road, but it is continuous. For the rule of thirds, the bottom right intersecting point focus' on the man. There is emphasis on the road being pulled and also on the underlying message.
When taking these silhouette images, I wanted to take pictures of things that I enjoy. In this image, I took a picture of a basketball hoop because I felt that this represented me the best. When taking this picture, I angled my camera so that the sun would be blocked by the backboard of the hoop. This helped create a focus point around the basket. I also used the rule of thirds in this image to make sure that the bottom intersecting point, on the left, would match up with the hoop as well.
Frans Lanting, one of the greatest nature photographers of our time, took this photo which is titled "Emperor Penguin Family." Lanting used many principles, techniques, and elements when taking this photo. He used the rule of thirds and had the top two intersecting points match up with both of the penguin's heads where the neck bends. Using the rule of thirds also emulates the principle of balance. The two penguins facing each other with the baby penguin in the middle makes the picture symmetrical. Cool colors surround the penguins and there are also some cool colors used in the baby penguin. High intensity colors are exposed around the heads and on the backs of the adult penguins. All of the the elements, principles, and techniques used in this photo, taken by Lanting, creates a sense of unity.
"Afghan Girl," which is the title of this picture, was taken by Steve McCurry. McCurry is famous for his portraits, which tend to be taken during 'armed conflicts.' This one was taken when he dressed up in native garb and crossed the Pakistan border into rebelled controlled areas of Afghanistan. She was living as a refugee in Pakistan, from Afghan, when she was photographed. This picture is really powerful because you can see the despair in her eyes. The use of high intensity colors brings them out intensely. He used the principle emphasis as well in this shot. By getting a close up of her face, it's emphasizing her eyes greatly.
This picture, titled "Silhouettes at Sunset," was taken by Carlos Gotay. In photography, a silhouette is defined as an outline against a light background. The subject that is defined as a black shape in this image is the tree and the guy walking his dog. Some elements and principles that were used throughout this image is color (cool/low intensity), emphasis, unity, and space/perspective. Using the colors black, dark blue, and other low intensity colors gives the image a cool feeling. By making the subjects black, it emphasizes them because that's the first thing a viewer notices. The background of this image makes it seem really far away, which uses the element space/perspective. With all of these elements, and a few more that weren't stated, it creates a sense of unity.
In this image by Ansel Adams, there are many elements of art used. Just naming a few of them would be shape, texture, contrast, and color. He uses shape with the image of the river going between the lands in a curvy way. This shape is considered an organic shape because it isn’t in a geometric like way. Texture is used in the mountains and sky. The mountains look jagged and steep, and the clouds look fluffy but powerful at the same time. This image is purely black and white and due to this, it creates a lot of depth in the picture. By using this characteristic in the picture, it uses the element of value/contrast. Going along with the contrast, Adam’s choice of darker colors gives it a cool feeling
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