Photographic Perspective - Texture

These photographs rely on the distinct texture of the foreground to create continuity.  This occurs as the eye is drawn up and along the ripples or waves in the wood which occupy the foreground.  In eliminating the rays of light which shone through the branches in some earlier photographs, the focus shifts to the foreground.  The change in lighting affects not only the audience's focus, but the focus of the camera as well.  With the removal of more stark or contrasting lighting, the foreground becomes much more easily and naturally studied.

Photographic Perspectives - Lighting

This set of photographs explored the concept of lighting by coming in much closer to the object and situating myself so as to place the light source behind the subject of the photograph.  The primary issue that arose when trying to use back-lighting as a strong element was that, when using a light source as bright as the sun, it's extremely easy to either bleach or darken the photograph excessively.  A number of prospective photographs were disqualified for this reason.

Photographic Perspectives - Focus

 

In these photographs, an object in the foreground (dog) varied to create an emphasis upon different elements in the frame.  While these three images all have a nearly identical background, the focus of the picture shifts from shot to shot.  In the first one, the dog occupies enough of the foreground to become the focal point of the shot.  The second photograph shows the dog off to the side of the frame, but still within it, causing the audience's focus to be drawn upwards from the black animal to the dark (nearly black) branches in the background.  The final shot uploaded gives full attention to the background which is, by itself, still intricate and interesting.
-Nathan Walworth

Photographic Perspectives - Balance

In these photographs the elements of balance and composition were the principles being explored.  The balance, here, is created using a dichotomy of light and dark areas which contrast each other.  This directs the focus to the middle of the frame where all elements meet.  The sky behind the subject provided a more or less neutral background which enabled the inclusion of several primary objects in the foreground without clutter becoming a large issue.
-Nathan Walworth

Photographic Perspectives

- Nathan Walworth