Work Diary - Contrast Location 1

In this session we were sent out to find contrast in and around the college. We needed to capture visual and conceptual contrast. I found the visual contrast easier to capture as i just needed to look for it whereas the conceptual contrast i needed to put the contrast in the picture, i.e Gracie & Nathan as she is short and he is tall.





This photograph of Nathan & Gracie is showing a contrast between height however the background was not the well planned as it was just a spontaneous photograph hence why there are people in the background and there is the side of a building. If the background was different, like a single colour or pattern then i think that this photograph would be much better as there is too much happening in the background which takes the focus off of Nathan and Gracie. 

I like this photograph of hula hoops in the vending machine because not only is the lighting focusing on the packet which shows a contrast between the packet and background colours it also shows a contrast of colours of the crisp packet, the yellow and red. I think that this photograph would be good if there were no other packaging in the photograph. Another way i could improve this photograph is to show it in contrast with another packet of crisps in the vending machine. 

Progression -

If i was to redo this session i would take into consideration the backgrounds of my photographs before taking them as this brings the overall quality of the photograph to a lower standard as it just looks sloppy. i would also try and get some more conceptual photographs like a half full cup and a full cup. I would like to add some more contrasts with people in, like their height and their expressions. This is one of the photographs i found online when making my contrast definition post