Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Creative Controls: Inspiration
Panning
"Braamfontein, South Africa" Thebe Magugu, 2012Slo Motion
"Phone Booth" Michael Penn
http://www.topinspired.com/top-10-most-amazing-black-and-white-photos-part-2/
Freeze Frame
"Dali Atomicus" Philippe Halsman, 1948
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyc/95165918
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAlDn80U2mX3fBg5R65busOAvJdnMyzPlS_PQA06ItzQsqd0wtMSR4eTeOZJS6bvbomUlajE1lcxo_qRU1gML1ZUJT-MXLOR57DssjQCMRUQPr0maxHNDVOoA0DwqDtr4wUWaNTq__J00/s320/DSC_8883.jpg)
Total Blur
"Singapore" Eva Polak, 2015
http://evapolak.com/wp/index.php/page/2/
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA0AgC4fxQsmJFZgdC1UtVayE9udt1xKX6h0KdFCY9NYWHi5a-pdfBvcxjqhEBsZtmzLyG4pu9Vg6bRX5weAls58-qgQeu9LhjuUeiGcIXh1Z5GqRRy5po1Wiao854N4Wx7eSKBE8DiLv/s400/Nightlights+02.jpg)
Effective Camera Shake
"Scene 1" David Ocker, 2012
http://mixedmeters.com/2012/11/camera-shake.html
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAlDn80U2mX3fBg5R65busOAvJdnMyzPlS_PQA06ItzQsqd0wtMSR4eTeOZJS6bvbomUlajE1lcxo_qRU1gML1ZUJT-MXLOR57DssjQCMRUQPr0maxHNDVOoA0DwqDtr4wUWaNTq__J00/s320/DSC_8883.jpg)
Total Blur
"Singapore" Eva Polak, 2015
http://evapolak.com/wp/index.php/page/2/
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA0AgC4fxQsmJFZgdC1UtVayE9udt1xKX6h0KdFCY9NYWHi5a-pdfBvcxjqhEBsZtmzLyG4pu9Vg6bRX5weAls58-qgQeu9LhjuUeiGcIXh1Z5GqRRy5po1Wiao854N4Wx7eSKBE8DiLv/s400/Nightlights+02.jpg)
Effective Camera Shake
"Scene 1" David Ocker, 2012
http://mixedmeters.com/2012/11/camera-shake.html
Composition Hunt Part 2
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhP0ozNa9hRFH0tJyFBR6FhvxCEltFnY1-x8lCYNNXrkSwSjoEAPhlklehIpn452vJcuPsMDgFaiunLGoPydv3aUpRUAseRhFBOjOZS6trBOOUlMf0be8YoJuk5bbok-41TwC34gAbsis/s320/decf9431608673.565863858b5bb.jpg)
Leading Lines
"Dark Autumn" Monique Ilsink, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31608673/Dark-Autumn
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwsq42zDT7-pdYoc70dX0xWQxe6wHNBRNUy2bK96uJi3naDJcdzShIr13Xc3nfDQYw2FX9ArQvvYr_tqD0eT4z9imp8L2Q1kaM04gjeMHT2p-mYX43FpzWRnPSZlwBtUkKRq7ILNIeEkr/s320/steven-meisel5.jpg)
Rule of Thirds
"MorningBeauty" Steven Miesel, 2004
http://bonjourmissvogue.blogspot.com/2011/01/morning-beauty-by-steven-meisel.html
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIplw8YoeUD_D7pBNyvAivGIFxY_jgtSvVHZo9WNuwKPQ2cwQ3YiFozkKDKOYv0wU-88fdLru_XqCBjF88FIRum1H1oz3NO9U0mOcvpOWaq9LTP-tl9wdTeELv-jYUHf0FFbJtQ7Z1TYK/s320/f101d026892021.5635dd3f9bac4.jpg)
Strong Diagonals
"Systems/Layer 3" Matthias Heiderich, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/26892021/Systems-Layers-III
Bird's Eye View
"Arctic #3" Daniel Beltra, 2012
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSw4dsdI8hadI-fJTuc5RlYwbAxjDhzD94fj6hPaGQe6ozXxVvg4J09DRiWd2BAXVvpx4hKtb1DYnJeLQ3h7dLwX13PyMgOJFy-qcmotISYTSr_msN0Ya6NJPfR0IAz8W6vcMTSS-zNdY/s320/6a00e54ecca8b988330153912ecf7d970b.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLl3Rd0YF5Imb_kXzDYMDNUGsG8gtoX6bidro_iGlbeCZrIcxmmcUZrvGukFeZgByeYNZKoirk7Xuz-B300M-g3QZMRi4G7ebB99L-PYkayGkia8v-gHP6CAmWSxmONX1rwx5odUNRmSOS/s320/6a00e54ecca8b988330154350238d3970c-450wi.jpg)
Bug's Eye View
"A Point of View" Steven Klein, 2011
http://www.imageamplified.com/2011/08/vogue-italia-a-point-of-view-by-steven-klein-patti-wilson-september-2011-wwwimageamplifiedcom-image-amplified.html
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIvstjcBgFg8Gv2CQZ6jx4Fg06TE-Urezh5GNMLpBecr45ysYKNJpZKC6L9BEVTuXrPutFB6Cbz5obl6ZiwgENmryI-YT5If4lK163Mj7NZA47dcrlNsLWe8HIN1yWxzhTM68rl-msaK-/s320/18f9b631533511.5654d2ce13048.jpg)
Close Up
"Flofferz Magazine"Sandra Ojuri, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31533511/Flofferz-Magazine
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xLpUzsmzXAUP-agj8OiCCCex1MD3u09CWWRz88ZFDddQem92l7-_ul0FsO8jQ8DMf_s-qLeBjiyrIVutu5AcGaX_1rpyzGgQQviwxJOw2d1u8jUalf-8wyB86GEdAPtrHDgwn20ucrEQ/s320/salmiana_10-640x940.jpg)
Frame Within a Frame
Vegetal Sceneries" Juliana Salmiana, 2015
http://www.fubiz.net/2015/06/15/vegetal-sceneries-by-salmiana/
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1qUbUbppuVKumdlbsRg7eKXUYy_n7iWRv6_Kj6PU9oRkWnpXuumMV-FLOTPSqu6b4KCNxobZPj0B9cb_1hU1OVrdioxVRsVmEyOqnaVGKtB40rQKA8peucKDkFpChniQRzXk4o7Lg0Dj/s320/cd748f31620137.5658ecdb53791.jpg)
Filling The Frame
"Frozen In Time, Iceland" Jan Erik Waider, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31620137/FROZEN-IN-TIME-Iceland
Composition Hunt
LINE:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6QKYiT4Zgw_DgdL-PVZ2S-eM7ET2XqDCRgFx5zsJfvfDhfrc5_deJYdr7buTDrnCYwqqchhZYYVOzx-Q85XaEuVfvAZl0wbjks8Y_kRdhcmgxnYaycIru3LbhI1Ue1yBAwdsVcxGXTOR/s320/6c549f83f9121fbee2d8b0fda152937e.jpg)
Diagonal Line
"Park Avenue Fashion, New York" Horst P. Horst, 1962
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/horst-p-horst-park-avenue-fashion-new-york
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MOvwVOlp07LNM25PrGNf56EKfBDSnETQlC12skcHsTSkCBv55yC13SrpmwOXMT3IEE2DXd787W3-LtoRYfx4c7J4DOgiM5Cna8VAVanYTyhMXhBAjSbYlDuTu_V5ET2iLl9o21k9QBW2/s320/af45c48835551c2eefe3c4debf46fb1c.jpg)
Curved Line
"Scooped" Martino Cusano, 2012
http://www.scoop.it/t/my-photo/p/2625171646/2012/09/08/martino-cusano-italy
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iB_DE5StH7O7eePNdFxjLfXs0h4RcXdyYv9OZNvarx5TRAdE-os3suyOd-Q8sE99FWpPk7b1o5qB6oXT-Q6e-TX0vgMDvyqc7dNNeGOdfF8bmgcsr_4qXL8BJvmSt70DafPrIg1m8EB5/s320/Bonet_C-05.jpg)
Parallel Horizontal Lines
"Over Your Shoulder" Clarissa Bonet, 2012
http://www.photolucida.org/cm_winners.php?aID=4122&CMYear=2012&event_id=14
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKf_xjEc-aFZ3p1u4_8C7oGLhJ4qBmlRd1zD-RpbrScaj5xt0camfBcbsf5NKAY6V5NGv5QOdDbfemkN3G32RQq9xVr3bqdRl015TPCW8Pe42HawhrFBwfWCo9bRl4O8QrxqOB7dw2LpQ/s320/ce85a126892021.5635dd4996746.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVIksOkBu_z48lLMMd1ykWXO49qfPM1sc0dh_camrDQbSTasP5ITDXPWCHFwPaBJn9hqta1IUcIu0-9lfQ81QtzRHAjWxStVDQag-ytRFXyVI2rIhzuSmC6XV0vjm6HeTc4KAh0KdzCo4/s320/f81f4626892021.5635dd48da809.jpg)
Jagged Lines
"Systems/Layer 3" Matthias Heiderich, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/26892021/Systems-Layers-III
TEXTURE:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh517_rklYI7NZq4RdEbQwxzyovaeKmHl4jGqWrfiyd0r_u9p98pwtWsz9hl3Ef4MTkJ5SW1RJvhSvNJOagFYBFO0ovdfnDkkh73KNAb_dA74N9dbBjO6S16JSG3DDhy0nePJAQErgqrdBi/s320/a5b16430746123.5630f20904e45.jpg)
Smooth
"Contour and Highlight" Aleksandar Alek Živković, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30746123/Contour-Highlight
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QmOvhXzqB9QAVQG-FCii-gZundymyvWCzlX_UrnkSgajvOgsF_kDkGnFBluZUOhNym0t9eV6TkGmOr163ihgD1Byegkb9WZdKtcz9Y58cLpWDySz4Ka_Ai8-NdMdi2pbKPbYvxymGPsy/s320/62ae1431580031.5656f32fe4913.jpg)
Bumby
"Sublime Nature/Storm" Erik Hijweege, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31580031/Sublime-Nature-Storm
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZYYUv51wGIExl9ytnJO0Qwj-KUhy7lzzRBeqaxbOugqosvxOWwN8ohyTFPUUFxHdyWhxAKNLLZNj_DVjXig-SSiUMk7D3wEVH4Q9sewWDySlUOkS6OO3t_I-dEHsfTA10rwWDl1_ZFyV/s320/4ed98928277709.55c9b8fe1ed2d.jpg)
Rough
"Animal Lectures #01 Caiman crocodilus" Andrew McGibbon, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/28277709/Animal-Lectures-01-Caiman-crocodilus
SHAPE:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOJBFjUw7gGGzo4B_aeLgisc6_mJKPOkWWPdqfbNdG71nuKZBtIFRLpY-RpfI8hwjLP94BY_7gtiFLgNp6EtAAxxOXSHmk_n8JMZloZ6Tpbhll16Ouvm85ojBrzxyZXYgGDJy6EnKcgIY/s320/c692f97c28c61a9394c3d9d193c9e53d.jpg)
Organic
"Soap Bubbles" Bernice Abbott, 1945
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/8293077802
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-e3vSG3eSgLH7X1KMa31DsHqgRcIoH0uBFeKZc_8cmlfq5hbjNy6JiB3dgPZDjB-pp1E4arPILPYx_CCVlPcnDGmje5V3JQeEj2bCD9OMb1_Wj47HLmGyEvOk_zeErs77EqQO_4Hxnf2/s320/d29b2c24170807.55d22129a0849.jpg)
Geometric, yet almost organic shape
"ASYMPTOTE" Evelyn Bencicova, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/24170807/ASYMPTOTE
SPACE:
Emphasized negative space around subject
"Human Space" Maria Svarbova, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/29913019/Human-space
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6QKYiT4Zgw_DgdL-PVZ2S-eM7ET2XqDCRgFx5zsJfvfDhfrc5_deJYdr7buTDrnCYwqqchhZYYVOzx-Q85XaEuVfvAZl0wbjks8Y_kRdhcmgxnYaycIru3LbhI1Ue1yBAwdsVcxGXTOR/s320/6c549f83f9121fbee2d8b0fda152937e.jpg)
Diagonal Line
"Park Avenue Fashion, New York" Horst P. Horst, 1962
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/horst-p-horst-park-avenue-fashion-new-york
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MOvwVOlp07LNM25PrGNf56EKfBDSnETQlC12skcHsTSkCBv55yC13SrpmwOXMT3IEE2DXd787W3-LtoRYfx4c7J4DOgiM5Cna8VAVanYTyhMXhBAjSbYlDuTu_V5ET2iLl9o21k9QBW2/s320/af45c48835551c2eefe3c4debf46fb1c.jpg)
Curved Line
"Scooped" Martino Cusano, 2012
http://www.scoop.it/t/my-photo/p/2625171646/2012/09/08/martino-cusano-italy
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iB_DE5StH7O7eePNdFxjLfXs0h4RcXdyYv9OZNvarx5TRAdE-os3suyOd-Q8sE99FWpPk7b1o5qB6oXT-Q6e-TX0vgMDvyqc7dNNeGOdfF8bmgcsr_4qXL8BJvmSt70DafPrIg1m8EB5/s320/Bonet_C-05.jpg)
Parallel Horizontal Lines
"Over Your Shoulder" Clarissa Bonet, 2012
http://www.photolucida.org/cm_winners.php?aID=4122&CMYear=2012&event_id=14
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKf_xjEc-aFZ3p1u4_8C7oGLhJ4qBmlRd1zD-RpbrScaj5xt0camfBcbsf5NKAY6V5NGv5QOdDbfemkN3G32RQq9xVr3bqdRl015TPCW8Pe42HawhrFBwfWCo9bRl4O8QrxqOB7dw2LpQ/s320/ce85a126892021.5635dd4996746.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVIksOkBu_z48lLMMd1ykWXO49qfPM1sc0dh_camrDQbSTasP5ITDXPWCHFwPaBJn9hqta1IUcIu0-9lfQ81QtzRHAjWxStVDQag-ytRFXyVI2rIhzuSmC6XV0vjm6HeTc4KAh0KdzCo4/s320/f81f4626892021.5635dd48da809.jpg)
Jagged Lines
"Systems/Layer 3" Matthias Heiderich, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/26892021/Systems-Layers-III
TEXTURE:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh517_rklYI7NZq4RdEbQwxzyovaeKmHl4jGqWrfiyd0r_u9p98pwtWsz9hl3Ef4MTkJ5SW1RJvhSvNJOagFYBFO0ovdfnDkkh73KNAb_dA74N9dbBjO6S16JSG3DDhy0nePJAQErgqrdBi/s320/a5b16430746123.5630f20904e45.jpg)
Smooth
"Contour and Highlight" Aleksandar Alek Živković, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30746123/Contour-Highlight
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QmOvhXzqB9QAVQG-FCii-gZundymyvWCzlX_UrnkSgajvOgsF_kDkGnFBluZUOhNym0t9eV6TkGmOr163ihgD1Byegkb9WZdKtcz9Y58cLpWDySz4Ka_Ai8-NdMdi2pbKPbYvxymGPsy/s320/62ae1431580031.5656f32fe4913.jpg)
Bumby
"Sublime Nature/Storm" Erik Hijweege, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31580031/Sublime-Nature-Storm
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZYYUv51wGIExl9ytnJO0Qwj-KUhy7lzzRBeqaxbOugqosvxOWwN8ohyTFPUUFxHdyWhxAKNLLZNj_DVjXig-SSiUMk7D3wEVH4Q9sewWDySlUOkS6OO3t_I-dEHsfTA10rwWDl1_ZFyV/s320/4ed98928277709.55c9b8fe1ed2d.jpg)
Rough
"Animal Lectures #01 Caiman crocodilus" Andrew McGibbon, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/28277709/Animal-Lectures-01-Caiman-crocodilus
SHAPE:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOJBFjUw7gGGzo4B_aeLgisc6_mJKPOkWWPdqfbNdG71nuKZBtIFRLpY-RpfI8hwjLP94BY_7gtiFLgNp6EtAAxxOXSHmk_n8JMZloZ6Tpbhll16Ouvm85ojBrzxyZXYgGDJy6EnKcgIY/s320/c692f97c28c61a9394c3d9d193c9e53d.jpg)
Organic
"Soap Bubbles" Bernice Abbott, 1945
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32357038@N08/8293077802
Geometric
“Iceburg” Paul Kilgour, 2015
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-e3vSG3eSgLH7X1KMa31DsHqgRcIoH0uBFeKZc_8cmlfq5hbjNy6JiB3dgPZDjB-pp1E4arPILPYx_CCVlPcnDGmje5V3JQeEj2bCD9OMb1_Wj47HLmGyEvOk_zeErs77EqQO_4Hxnf2/s320/d29b2c24170807.55d22129a0849.jpg)
Geometric, yet almost organic shape
"ASYMPTOTE" Evelyn Bencicova, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/24170807/ASYMPTOTE
SPACE:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VIiA8I8yIlkRcCOMBN2sYv4FyHEvYwvHAAU3SalfgKwiuZi1iGJeW3onhpzfZeW02PbtUgaPn9B4tLDwAgZr19PZ_DN_8Ka5DSIU1b2xXb-MU2o60xTAgZpur3KAdTEkkc4DUXmSWudh/s320/276e2529913019.561243f118d76.jpg)
Emphasized negative space around subject
"Human Space" Maria Svarbova, 2015
https://www.behance.net/gallery/29913019/Human-space
Emphasized negative space around subject
"El Mirage" Herb Ritts, 1990
Filter Final
Filter Tests
From my first roll of film, I chose this image of blurred close up leaves with a focused background. The original was a little too dull, so then I experimented with the zero filter and worked my way up to the number 4 filter. For each one I used aperture f8 for 5 seconds. My favorite was the number two filter, a good balamce of white and black, with a variety of grays. I learned from this activity that the higher the number filter, the more black and white will show up, taking away the grays.
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