BTEC Creative Media Production Level 2

Unit 9: Photographic Techniques

9th January 2014

TASK: Evaluating Photographs

By

Richard Wanjue

Randy Scott Slavin’s

Surreal Landscape

Photography

This is a beautiful 360

panoramic photograph

combining the sky and the

vegetation. The trees look like

they disappear off the sky

creating a single vanishing

perspective in the middle of the

photograph. The curves of the

vegetation and the wooded

structure create a composition

that draws the viewer to the

sky which is the perspective

achieved by the photograph.

‘Everglades’, Florida – Scott Slavin

This is photograph of dense

woodland. The photography is

taken in the night from a bird’s

eye view. The vanishing point is

on the ground with a ray of

light hitting the ground below,

with tree trunks leading to it.

The curves and different

textures of the trees lead the

viewer to the vocal point which

is right in the middle of the

photograph.

‘Cell’, Rocky Point, New York – Scott Slavin

This is a photograph of city

skyscrapers with the

photographer facing the sky using

a fish eye lens. The contrast,

curves and patterns brings out a

subtle composition with the sun

light striking the buildings

creating an illuminated edge of

the buildings with soft shade on

the edge of the photograph. The

windows on the buildings bring a

texture that draws the viewer to

the vocal point at the tip of the

skyscraper. The photographer

manages to capture just the

building avoiding any vegetation.

Empire State Building – Scott Slavin

Forced Perspective

Technique

This is a forced perspective

photograph of a man seeming

to blow Marylyn Monroe dress

on a statue. The perspective is

achieved by having the man on

the foreground blowing

upwards. The photograph

creates a n optical illusion that

makes the viewer feel like they

man was underneath the

statue.

By Bark

This forced perspective

photograph creates an illusion

that the man seating on a chair

in the park is upright while the

world around him is facing

sideways. The perspective is

achieved by the man lying on

the seat with his back

supporting himself with his

hands on the back on the chair.

The photograph is rotated 90°

Anticlockwise to achieve the

illusion.

By Steven Guzzardi

This forced perspective

photograph is achieved by

taking a photo of the subjects

again a reflection of water. The

photograph is rotated 180° to

give the illusion. The blue water

creates the illusion of the sky.

The photograph brings a warm

tone

By Christiaan Triebert