Assignment #3: AGING , FRAMING, BLACK & WHITE

THEME: AGE

PHOTO RULE: FORE-GROUND FRAMING

STYLE: BLACK & WHITE

I really enjoyed this particular assignment and I believe it was one of my best photo-shoots partly because of all the things I have learned. My photos this week were taken at at huge cemetery in downtown Norfolk,Va. I choose this location because of the theme of theme of the week being "AGE". I personally have had a huge epiphany in the last year working at a retirement home and being around 80 and 90 year olds all day everyday has truly opened my eyes to the circle of life. I believe that now more than ever before I take a new meaning to the word "AGE" and "LIFE" for that matter. Life is truly precious and time is truly the most precious of commodities.

In this first photo I definitely used the rule of the week. The statue does a great job of framing while being in the foreground. In picnik I decided to make everything black and white except the line of green created by the bushes in front of the statue. I love color and for me this was small way to keep some color and still comply with the theme. I decided on this particular back angle because in my opinion it added some type of "holy" powerful thing ,if you will, feeling that came from viewing the statue of jesus from the back and seeing the earth from his point of view.

Photo#1:

ISO- 80

SHUTTER SPEED- 1/316

F-STOP- 2.9

In this second photo at the cemetery I was able to capture this second statue in a way that made it appear that it was looking at the line created by the other tombstones. Again this statue also provides the fore-ground framing guide that makes the photo very interesting. I love the layers that also add an interesting touch to this photograph. I used the black and white effect from picnik.com but I faded it just a bit so that it still had some tones of color.

Photo#2:

ISO- 80

SHUTTER SPEED- 5.5

F-STOP- 1/605

Finally in the third photo I was able to shoot a ground shot which allowed me to use small flowers as a fore-ground framing tool. This photo also uses layers which adds perceptive to the photograph. In this photo I also used picnik.com to add a layer of cinema film and black and white faded to show some tones of yellow. I absolutely love this photo because it uses the theme wonderfully using such small objects. I love it!

Photo#3:

ISO- 80

SHUTTER SPEED- 10

F-STOP- 1/276