composition exercises
When I got tinycamera, I made up a list of stuff to work on. Mostly, it was composition exercises. This is my two week evaluation.
I did a lot with line. The big area where I'm falling down with line is "curved lines", since nearly all my favorite pictures with a line focus have straight lines. Suggestions for good curved line exercises are welcome.
I did a lot with repetition. A lot a lot a lot. Not shocking in a fiber artist. I haven't managed anything here I'd think of as clever, but I will persevere.
I've done a lot with value and contrast. It's an area I can stand to work on more, but I am getting much better at identifying pictures that can work.
I've done a lot with framing. Most of the pictures that make it to Picasa are not cropped. If I have to crop it, I think about 3 times before I put it up. Right now there are 3 cropped pictures out of 29 where I *had* to crop it for the shot to work. There's nothing wrong with cropping, but most of the time I'm taking pictures of yarn, knitted items, or landscape. I don't have a lot of excuses for getting the framing wrong on stuff that's not moving :D. I'm still really bad at it, but the more I practice the better I get.
I've done a lot with texture. There are some textures I need to work on capturing, but I've also got some good shots of stuff I hadn't even thought of trying.
My sense of perspective is getting much better. I am making fewer stupid mistakes. I haven't managed any photos where the perspective has a layered or medieval illumination feel... I've seen it done, so I'll keep thinking about it and trying stuff. Depth and proportion, ditto. I haven't managed any of the intentional fails that I want on those, but I will.
Big fails: hue. shape. negative space. balance. I have some ideas on tackling these, but I've had a lot of fail on actually doing it. Suggestions on where to go to tackle one of these ideas or things to try or cluebats of "you're already doing this doofus" are all welcome. (pictures of yarn or knitting do not count for these unless I'm designing a still life... so far all fibergeek pictures have been product photography)
Smaller fails: motion. harmony. direction. These are small fails because I have no freaking clue how to approach them. Ideas welcome.
I did a lot with line. The big area where I'm falling down with line is "curved lines", since nearly all my favorite pictures with a line focus have straight lines. Suggestions for good curved line exercises are welcome.
I did a lot with repetition. A lot a lot a lot. Not shocking in a fiber artist. I haven't managed anything here I'd think of as clever, but I will persevere.
I've done a lot with value and contrast. It's an area I can stand to work on more, but I am getting much better at identifying pictures that can work.
I've done a lot with framing. Most of the pictures that make it to Picasa are not cropped. If I have to crop it, I think about 3 times before I put it up. Right now there are 3 cropped pictures out of 29 where I *had* to crop it for the shot to work. There's nothing wrong with cropping, but most of the time I'm taking pictures of yarn, knitted items, or landscape. I don't have a lot of excuses for getting the framing wrong on stuff that's not moving :D. I'm still really bad at it, but the more I practice the better I get.
I've done a lot with texture. There are some textures I need to work on capturing, but I've also got some good shots of stuff I hadn't even thought of trying.
My sense of perspective is getting much better. I am making fewer stupid mistakes. I haven't managed any photos where the perspective has a layered or medieval illumination feel... I've seen it done, so I'll keep thinking about it and trying stuff. Depth and proportion, ditto. I haven't managed any of the intentional fails that I want on those, but I will.
Big fails: hue. shape. negative space. balance. I have some ideas on tackling these, but I've had a lot of fail on actually doing it. Suggestions on where to go to tackle one of these ideas or things to try or cluebats of "you're already doing this doofus" are all welcome. (pictures of yarn or knitting do not count for these unless I'm designing a still life... so far all fibergeek pictures have been product photography)
Smaller fails: motion. harmony. direction. These are small fails because I have no freaking clue how to approach them. Ideas welcome.