Thursday, September 8, 2011

Motorcycle Perspective









Rule of Thirds




The other element of choice was the 'Rule of Thirds'. Placement of objects in a picture constantly changes based on how/what the photographer pictures the image to be like. Keeping an object dead center in all pictures ultimately loses interest by viewers. So for this element I used my skills to capture pictures that applied the street-bike motorcycle in different quadrants(sections). For the first picture I stepped back from the motorcycle to get a full shadow of it therefore making the picture have 2 focus points. The next picture was placed in the right center of the picture allowing the background to really play affect, specially the tall tree in the cloudy blue sky. Finally, the last picture was placed next to a sidewalk curb to set up a view that allows the viewer to look down a line of things: the motorcycle, building, landscape and sidewalk.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Texture




For one of the elements, I choose to focus on the texture of the street-bike motorcycle due to there being a wide variety of different surfaces used throughout the build of it. I captured the 3 main textures that came to my mind for a motorcycle: the tire, the seat and the footpeg. Looking at the photographic texture, there are many intriguing patterns in the material that make it unique. From rough like edges and ridges to the smooth stitched fabric, the photographs make the specific features seem to be more realistic and full of experience.