Structural Image
This photo was taken at the historic town of Picton. I found this house interesting as it is surrounded by shrubs, and looks almost as if it is trying to hide, or be hidden. The structural and architectural elements of the car and house creates a structural image. Elements of line, shape, colour, and texture are used throughout this image. Line is found on the road and driveway, in the shrubs and trees, in the gates, and on the roof. Organic shape is found in the grass, shrubberies, and trees, while geometric shape is found in the car and house. Colour is found all throughout the image, the brightest being the green nature and red car. Texture is found on the roof, on the road, and in the nature that surrounds the house.
Edits:
- Levels of the image were changed to make the colours brighter.
Structural Image
This photo was taken in Picton, overlooking the mountainous nature and suburban street. The house in the middle-ground of the image makes it a structural image. The compositional element of rule of thirds is used by placing the house towards the bottom right corner, while the top of the mountains is just above the centre of the image, and the tree is on the very edge of the left side. The design elements of line, shape, and colour are used in this photo. Line is shown in the trees, the house's walls, door and roof, and throughout the mountains. Shape and colour are also found in the trees, house, mountains, road, sky, and clouds.
Edits:
- Levels were changed to bring the green and blue colours out.
Structural Image
This photo was taken at the cemetery in Picton. The gate makes it a structural image, and even though it was taken at a cemetery, it isn't a cultural image as you can't quite see any graves or headstones. The compositional element of repetition is found in this image through the multiple pickets on the gate. Elements of design included in this image are line, shape, colour, and texture. Line is also found in the pickets of the gate, and on the grass and in the trees. Shape is found in the gate, trees, grass, and clouds. Colour is found in the white gate and clouds, blue sky, green grass, and dark trees, while texture is also found in the gate, grass and trees, but also in the concrete pathway.
Edits:
- The photo was cropped to make the gate the centre focus.
- The curves of the photo were also adjusted.
Cultural Image
This photo was taken at a cemetery in Picton, an old, historic town. It is a cultural image as it explores the theme of death, and what people think of the dead, especially the people who died at a young age; that they are angels. Angle is the compositional element used in this photo, as the shot was taken from above, and looking down towards the angel and headstone. This is a high shot. Line, shape, colour, and texture are the elements of design used in this image. Line is found in the multiple twigs laying on the grave, on the angel, and on the headstone. Shape is found in the angel, while colour is found in the twigs and sticks. A rough texture is also found in the twigs and sticks, while a smoother texture is found on the angel. The headstone also has texture.
Edits:
- The image was slightly saturated to bring out the orange colour in the twigs and sticks.
Cultural & Structural Image
This image was taken from a second story window, looking out onto the suburban street and beach. Half of the image is taken of a louvered window, with the top half of the image reflected onto it. As it is a glass window, you can also see through the reflection to the bottom of the street with a car. The modern life portrayed through this image makes it cultural, while the car, houses, window, and power pole/line make it structural. The compositional element displayed in this photo symmetry and design elements include line, shape, and colour. Symmetry is shown through the reflection on the louvered window. It reflects the sky, roofs of houses, and the power pole and lines. Line is shown through the power lines, roofs and the road. Shape is found in the clouds in the sky, the houses, the car, the power line and the road. Colour is shown throughout the whole image; in the blue sky and ocean, white clouds and car, green trees, colourful houses, and dark power pole and lines.
Edits:
- The image was cropped to cut off the top of the photo, as it was another window and ruined the effects of the reflection.
- The levels were also changed to make the colours brighter and more abstract.
Structural Image
This image was taken on an old double-decker bus. When taking this image, I was slightly annoyed because I thought the boy was ruining the shot, but when I looked back, I realised it was better having him there as he created a point of focus. The structure and design of the bus makes it a structural image. Perspective, repetition, and symmetry are compositional elements portrayed in this image, while line, shape, and colour are elements of design in the image. Perspective is shown through the bus seemingly getting thinner and smaller as it gets further to the back of the image. Repetition is shown through the multiple seats on both sides of the bus, and multiple windows. Symmetry is shown through the left side of the image being almost identical to the right side, as they both have seats, windows, hand rails on the roof, and the boy. Line is shown on the boy's shirt, through the poles and hand rails all throughout the bus, and the borders around the windows. Shape is shown through the seats, windows, and the boy. And colour is shown throughout the light blue bus with dark blue seats, the boy, and the green outside the window.
Edits:
- Levels were adjusted.
- The back window was blurred on photoshop
Structural Image
This image was taken of a door in an old steam train. Structure is portrayed in this image through the structure of the door and wheel on the right hand side of the image. Design elements highlighted in this image are line, shape, and colour. Line is shown through the outlining the shapes of the door, window, wheel, and other structural elements of the train, such as the walls. Colour is shown throughout the image; lighter colours in the middle and darker towards the top and bottom.
Edits:
- I cropped the right side of the image off as it was a bright red fire extinguisher and ruined the colour composition of the image.
- Curves of the image were changed.
