blackley-portrait+2013



Left:

This image is titled "14" by Paul Raphaelson. The picture was taken in the busy city of Chicago, making it a cityscape. When I look at this image, I feel like the man in the photo is going somewhere. He is holding something and it looks like he is taking whatever that is to some sort of destination. I chose this picture because I like how it was taken in black and white, to sort of minimize it. I feel like Raphaelson showed leading lines because of the simple lines on the wall and this photo shows rule of thirds because the man is not exactly in the center of the photo and their is another object in the far left corner. I liked how their are words from a billboard on the top of the photo that are being cut off because it give the photo a messy, hurried feeling.

Middle:

This image was taken by Shaun O'Boyle. The photo was actually taken in an old, abandoned asylum. It does not have a name, but I liked how O'Boyle made this photo in black and white because I believe it makes the photo stronger. With the photo being black and white, one can see how destroyed this building is. This would be a cityscape, because it is taken in a building. This photo shows leading lines because of all the doors and lines on the walls. I liked this image a lot because it tells a story and it really looks like people who are not stable live/lived here.

Right:

This image is titled Deep Sea by Sally Mann. This image is known as a landscape because it is taken of something in nature. I really liked this image because I believe it to be a very strong photo. It reminding be of the saying "there is a light at the end of the tunnel." I also liked how the light was not perfectly circular, but a small cloud of darkness covers the left hand side of the image. This photo was taken at a focal point, because the light is the only thing you can see in this image. Also, this picture would be showing rule of thirds because the focal point is more to the upper left hand corner.