Close Up & Wide Angle - Joined Work Diary

Evaluation  - Close Up & Wide Angle

In my close up shoot I really enjoyed shooting the close ups and getting the nice blurred background similar to minimum depth of field. I really enjoyed capturing the main aspects of my subjects face such as her eyes and mouth, these were big things to focus on for me, in order to maintain the portrait side of close ups I made sure to fit the top of her head and her chin firmly into the frame, the way the top of the models head touches the frame helps the composition of the photographs.

I didn't enjoy wide angle as much as I enjoyed close ups due to the fact I find it much harder to shoot areas than people as you can ask people what to do but areas and locations are unpredictable. However, this unpredictability is one of the reasons I've chosen to study nature for Unit 3 so hopefully I can perfect the skills I am beginning to learn. I certainly thought wide angle was challenging as I had to attempt to fit a lot more in the frame than I am used to, capturing the shots from a low wide angle helped me to capture the correct type of shots.

Images from Shoot - Close Up & Wide Angle

 Close Up

Close Up

Wide Angle

Wide Angle

Progression - Close Up & Wide Angle

With regards to progression for close ups they don't necessarily apply to the topic I have chosen for Unit 3 in the essence that I photographed people for my shoot but I would like to try and include close ups in my investigation into animals and seasons as I think this would work very well, photographing the animals especially due to the different textures, reactions and all round interesting things you could capture. However the angle I would like to take with seasons and close ups is of puddles on the ground, I am interested in combining wide angle with close ups.

Speaking of wide angle, the way I wish to carry this on would be to survey the surroundings of the animals in a safari park and use wide angle to capture them. Also I would really enjoy taking staged photographs of buildings in three different seasons and have decided I may want to use wide angle to do this. Another aspect I will use wide angle in in the future will be when I begin to focus on landscapes, It would be amazing to capture some wide angle shots of cliffs and coastlines if the opportunity arose due to the fact that all the ones I have studied look magnificent.

Close Up - Straight Images

Close Up - Image Bank

This photograph is one example of a close up, the photographer has positioned the cat close to the frame then used the zoom lens to capture the look of concentration on the cats face. This close up mode enables the viewers of the photograph to watch the beautiful cat magnified.

This close up shot is magnificent, it is almost scientific in its beauty due to the way it shows the spreading evenly of the water. The water has spread in a way that almost looks as if it has been done on purpose, however it clearly hasn't as this may not even be possible to the naked eye.

I really love close up faces of models as I think its really amazing how well a close up can magnify the looks of someone, each individual feature is shown off just as every individuals features should be, The natural beauty of the human race shown through close up is something I will experiment with in my own close up shoot.

The close up here enables the viewer to see the fine threading that doesn't usually carry a massive cause for fascination however seeing a close up means people really the exact amount of determination that goes into creating a baseball, also the viewers are witnesses to the damage of play on a ball like this which there are in the form of rips.

Again this example of a close up image is almost scientific with it spreading of water, the way the water droplets naturally separate from each other is something new entirely Also the way they reflect the colour and surface underneath like a window to what they are shielding or covering.

Finally this image is an example of how sometimes we need close ups to see just how much time and effort goes into something but also how amazing it is that something is made. In one set of chalk there is probably a million particles of dust that make up about 12 sticks of chalk, these compacted together make chalk and this is only realised when a close up of a chalk stick and chalk dust is studied.