Photography Techniques
For this project, I took pictures around downtown Portland in order to get examples of the different photography techniques. In total I took about 150 photos. I frequently changed the settings on my camera from close-up to manual. A lot of my photos are in black and white because I love the effect it gives on the photos.
For my first photo I took a picture of a Portland sign. I cropped it to make it so the sign was on a third, then made the photo black and white.
Rule of Thirds
As my second photo I took a picture of a statue outside of a restaurant. It's shadow was on the wall behind it, so I took a picture in between the statue's legs in order to frame the hands of the shadow.
Frame Within A Frame
I took my third photo in a hotel called The Nines in downtown Portland. There was a restaurant in the hotel and I took a picture of the table settings. I thought the reflection of the glass so I cropped it in order to make the subject the glass.
Close- Up
My next photo is also in black and white. I stood on a chair in a library in order to get an above view of the books.
Bird's Eye View
For my fifth photo, I took a picture of a large building looking up with the sky taking up half of the picture. The building looked like glass and I thought it was cool that the reflection of the clouds was on the surface of the building.
Bug's Eye View
I also took this photo in The Nines hotel. There was a staircase going down and there were blue, glass structures in between the stair cases.
Leading Lines
This next photo was taken in Pioneer Square downtown. I took it from an angle in order to show diagonals with the street names of the sign.
Diagonals
My last photo was taken at my kitchen. I went through my cabinets and found the sprinkles. I set my camera on close-up and did my best to get close and focus. I thought the colors really stood out well.
Filling The Frame
Extra
For fun I edited a few extra pictures I had taken which fit the photography techniques.
Rule of Thirds
Close-Up
Fill the Frame
