Line and shape
Reflection
I shot my photos at the softball field, Ashton Field. I took photos of my team's bats lined up ready for hitting, the protective plastic on top of the outfield fences, and the outfield fence itself. All 6 photos are in black and white. The photos of the bats represent game day and are a dramatic outlook on game performance. One of the bat photos has a tractor preparing the field for game day in the distance which shows action and preparation. Another bat photo has the team in the background preparing for the start of the game. The photos of the protective plastic show the lines and cylinder shape of the plastic as it shrinks in the distance. The photos capture the heat and humidity of the day with the bubbling roughness of the plastic. You can also see where the outfield ends and the audience view begins. The photo of the fence captures the sky and trees through the squares on the fence. There are two close up shots of the bats and from the beginning of the line, and one shot of the bats together as a whole. All three are photos from the ground view. The plastic photos are also taken from a close point of view. The fence photo is taken from a ground view pointed up and diagonal. The fence photo is the only vertical, as the other 5 are all horizontal. I considered the law of thirds in the first plastic photo. On the left is the outfield, in the middle is the fence and plastic, and on the right is the audience's point of view and empty land. The first photo leads the viewer's eye through the work mostly with the tractor traveling in the direction of the other photos. This photo really captures the pregame procedures leading the viewer to the rest.
Pattern and texture
I photographed my pictures in the courtyard of Somerset Berkley Regional High School and at North Elementary School. I have photos of a tree trunk, bark, rocks, bricks, and leaves. For the photo of the leaves, I placed one leaf on top of the other and photographed at an angle so I could capture the texture of the side of the leaves. The photo of the tree trunk was taken at a vertical angle to capture all the twists and turns in the tree bark as it ascends up the tree. The photo of the courtyard wall was taken horizontally and facing upward to capture the texture on the edge of the brick wall all the way up to the top. The photo of the rocks was taken at ground level and shows the texture of each individual rock in the bed of rocks. 6 of the photos were taken vertically and 2 were taken horizontally. Just about al of the photos were taken at ground level or facing upwards. The photo of the leaves leads the viewer's eyes through the work because it begins the gallery with a photo of peaceful texture.
Motion
For these images, I used a fast shutter speed to freeze motion in 3 photos, and I used a slow shutter speed to capture motion in one photo. I panned the first photo of a classmate running. My point of view was being in front of the moving object and above ground level. In the first skateboard image, the skateboard was flipped. In the second, the board was pushed. In the scooter image, a classmate was riding and twirling a scarf. In the last image, a scarf was thrown and was being taken by the wind. I edited these images in black and white, and I used the stamp tool, cropping tool, and the burn tool.