Inspiration

Weight or Mass

A picture of a toy cat and a real cat. The real cat is on the right side of the picture in a colorful bed. The cat is grey and white with fluffy fur. The toy cat is on the left side of the image atop a stack of textbooks. It is black and white with a large head and large brown eyes. Due to the distance at which the photo was taken, the toy cat appears to be a similar size to the real cat
24mm | 1/8 | f22 | ISO 64000

The prompt for this photo was “Weight or Mass” We had to take a picture that showed a balance in weight or mass on both sides. To achieve this, I decided to use perspective to make two differently-sized objects appear the same size. I decided on using my cat and a toy cat. To take the picture, I set uo my camera on a tripod and placed the toy cat on a stack of books in front of my bed. Looking through the camera, I moved the toy cat around until it appeared to be the same size as my cat sitting on the bed. Then, I tried to get my cat’s attention and took the photo. My main struggle was getting both him and the toy cat to be in focus. If I changed the aperature, it would mess with the lighting. I decided to use the aperature value mode on my camera so that I could mess around with focus without needing to keep adjusting all the other settings.