Author: lleytonb

For this photograph, I tried to capture an eerie picture of a neighboring house that has a gate in front of their long driveway. I used this to depict the theme of anonymity because they are so far away from the street, from the public, hidden away. I also used Photoshop to make the area behind the gate black and white, which I thought was a nice touch to add to the eeriness. I also made selections around the black and white area to make a more gradual ascent into color. For composition, there is a lot of repetition and leading lines within the gate’s pattern, as well as rule of thirds, as the center of the gate and the right side of it are both on the vertical third lines.

This photo is of some trash reminiscent of a holiday tradition that was slightly different this year because of a certain global pandemic. Normally my family celebrates Christmas with family members coming to our house, but obviously that could not happen this year. I desaturated color from the photo a bit because I wanted this to have a more sad tone, because basically everyone missed out on a lot of good things happening this holiday season.

I think Black and White photography is an underused tool that can definitely be used to an advantage in many situations. Most people realize that color brings a lot to a photograph, but don’t understand how the lack of color can actually deepen the meaning or tone of the photo. In this case, I really liked both color and black and white versions of the photos I was taking, but I decided that black and white was better for this photograph.

In this photo, I used a fast shutter speed to freeze my brothers hands and a baseball that he was tossing into the air. I think it shows that the ball is weightless, as it looks like it is floating. Metaphorically, I think the concept of weightlessness is very complex and interesting, as it can represent things like freedom or carelessness, which are very heavy, complicated subjects.