Vocabulary II Assignment

This assignment asked us to take a fresh look on a subject we photographed at the beginning of the class, and looking back, I do think I like these better than the originals.  We were asked to take new photos emphasizing the "Vocabulary of Photography"; color, contrast, line, scale, shape, and texture.

Color

When I saw this building in Walker's point, I couldn't help but use it as my example for color; the contrast of the yellow and orange building looked like such a riot of colors compared to the drab beige buildings all around it.

Contrast

When I took this picture on the Carroll University campus, even in color, it was mostly black, white, and a mix of greys.  However, turning it to a black and white photograph accentuated the contrast even more, as the small amount of green leaves previously shown in the background was a bit distracting.

Line

The line created by this waterfall in Lake Park was so intriguing, and I thought this particular angle emphasized that aspect.  The whole thing becomes a leading line; first drawing your eye to the top, as the water is the lightest there, and brings your eyes, weaving all the way down to the bottom. 

Scale

This is close up of the "Unity Volcano" my Maid of Honor made for my wedding ceremony; she added some dinosaurs on the volcano, as dinosaurs was part of our theme as well. I though that the "bridezilla", as it were, made a wonderful picture showing scale, as the dinosaur is tiny, but close up, could be mistaken for the real size.  The dinosaur being shown against a volcano of proportionate size doesn't hurt either.  I bumped up the colors a little bit in this picture, and added a vignette, evoking monster films of the past, as, of course, they were mostly filmed in small scale as well, 

Shape

The shape of the lion sculpture in lake park against the fall sky stuck me as an emphasis in shape, as the shape of the lion is silhouetted, the background is far behind the subject, and is such a different color.

Texture

I waited to take this photo of a statue on the Carroll campus until the sun was right on the horizon, setting, so the shadows would show up the most, highlighting the texture on the face; especially on the hair and smile lines.