Landscape: Activity 5 Blog

Create a landscape utilizing foreground subject matter to create a sense of depth. Discuss how the resulting image is likely to be read by the viewer.

Photo by Abi Adams

This picture is a good example of utilizing the foreground subject in order to create a sense of depth. The tree in the front is the subject, and is much closer than the trees in the background. This creates depth in the picture because the subject makes the background trees look much further away.

Landscape: Activity 4 Blog

Create two photographs in a location with tall buildings or trees using both formats. Create a closed and open landscape at one location. Discuss the different ways we read the resulting images.

Photo taken by Abi Adams

Both of these photos were taken by a river in Sedona. The top photograph is an example of a closed landscape. The camera was positioned on its side in order to show the length of the tree trunk. If it was taken with an open landscape technique, then the viewer would only see a small portion of the tree. The bottom photograph is an example of an open landscape. The camera was positioned straight so that the whole side length of the river could be seen. If it was taken with a closed landscape technique, then the viewer would not be able to see the whole length of the river.

Photo taken by Abi Adams

Landscape: Activity 3: Blog

Compare and contrast a landscape photograph with a landscape painting. Discuss the expressive possibilities of each medium using your examples to illustrate your argument. Choose your examples carefully as representative of the medium.

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Image by Bob Ross

Both of these landscape art pieces take place in Alaska. The top one is a photograph, while the other one is a painting. Both show a tall, white mountain behind, with a body of water and forestry in front of it. The painting is more dramatic, and has large, fluffy clouds behind the mountain in order to make it stand out. The painting is also able to use leading lines (the river leads your eyes to the mountain) while the photographer may not have found a chance to use leading lines. The photographer mainly focused on rule of thirds. The main subject in the photo is the girl in a canoe, which is located in the lower right point.

Landscape: Activity 2: Blog

Find two landscape photographs that question social values or act as a metaphor for personal issues that the photographer is trying to express. Discuss whether the communication is clear or ambiguous and how this communication is conveyed.

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This first image shows a packed city, presumably New York. It shows crowded streets, tall buildings, and bright lights. There is no nature seen, just noise and pollution. The photographer is trying to show that we have lost our natural sides

This second building shows melting glaciers and white mountains, presumably in Antarctica. It shows that most of the ice has melted, and there is little land left. The photographer is trying to get the viewers to think about the effects of global warming and greenhouse gases. It shows that we are abusing the earth, and that we should put a stop to pollution. 

Photo by Jessica Castelan

Landscape: Activity 1: Blog

View the image by Walker Evans on this page and describe what you can actually see (objective analysis) and what you think the image is about (subjective analysis).
Discuss how effective Walker Evans has been in using a landscape image to communicate a point of view. Can this photograph be considered as Art? Give two reasons to support your answer.

Photo by Walker Evans

In the photo, you can see a graveyard with a large cross, with the city behind it. In the city you can see buildings and many factories. I think the image is trying to convey that factories kill. The factories are harming the environment, which in turn will harm us, causing us to die. Walker Evans is very effective at using a landscape image to communicate a point of view, because it makes viewers really think about what the image is about. He also chose a good viewpoint of the picture, because if it were to be taken at a different angle it may not have been as effective. This photo is a piece of Art, as is all photography.

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Create four images that contain a mixture of solid (sharp) and fluid (blur) forms. Using the camera that you have been check out, create these four images as creatively and artistically as you can!

These pictures are a good example of a mixture of solid (sharp) and fluid (blur) forms. The main subject, the woman, is sharp and in focus, while the umbrella is blurred. To do so, a slow shutter speed is needed, and one object must stay still while the other moves. The moving object will then turn out blurry while the other object is clear.

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Find a photograph where the photographer has used a slow shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how these mat have been overcome. Discuss what happened to the depth of field and why. Discuss whether the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons for your conclusions.

This picture is a good example of a slow shutter speed. The photographer used the panning technique in order to make the car clear while the background is blurry. This also makes the picture seem like it has a shallow depth of field, because the camera is moving with the car, so the background becomes blurry and unclear. The photographer may have had difficulties with keeping pace with the car, or even other cars getting in the way. The only way to overcome these difficulties is practice and patience. The image gives you a feeling of movement because everything but the car is blurring, showing that the car is moving.

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