Masters of Photography - Eadweard Muybridge

Photos 1+2: A rock rippling a puddle of water

 Photos 1+2: Unedited

 Photos 3+4+5: Jason S. jumping off the bell tower

Photos 3+4+5: Unedited

About Eadweard Muybridge:

He was born on April 9, 1830 and died on May 8, 1904; he began to take photos in 1861 and ended his photography career in 1894. Although he was born in England, he also traveled to the United States to take photos. The main type of photos he took were stop motion photography (He was best known for his photos of animals and humans in motion, capturing the fast movements the human eye could not comprehend.) Eadweard Muybridge is considered unique as he was the first person to develop a way to observe motions too fast for the human eye to observe by taking individual photos of the motions to observe closely. 

My View on Eadweard Muybridge: 

We chose him because his style of photography was very unique, different from all the other photographers on the list, with the theme of his photos being stop motion. He inspired me by allowing me to try different types of photography, as most of the photos I often take are simply landscape and nature photos. At first, I only wanted to finish the assignment, but as I discovered more about him, I learned to incorporate his style into my own photos. 

Composition Review - 3 Rules

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 After:

All three of my rules of photography are located on this website: http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

The Three Rules

My three rules are: 1) Balance, 2) Background, and 3) Rule of Thirds

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait aka Selfie

Shallow Depth of Field

This picture demonstrates a shallow depth of field with a f-stop of 3.5 as the background of the road and the houses in the back are blurred in comparison to the sign in the foreground.

Third Photo Assignment, My Third Rule

My Third Rule: Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a basic principle in photography to break the photo down into thirds both horizontally and vertically, separating the photo into 9 different squares, and then taking the photo by placing the main object on one (or multiple) of the 4 corners where the 9 squares meet instead of in the center of the photograph. 

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In summary, my three rules are:

1. Balance

2. Background

3. Rule of Thirds

Second Photo Assignment, My Second Rule

My Second Rule: Background

The rule of background is to isolate the main object of the image (in this case the flower) by blurring the background of the image using a smaller f-stop.

First Photo Assignment, My First Rule

My First Rule: Balance

The rule of balance is to equalize the photo so that both ends of the photo are placed in similar spots, that way the photo does not seem lop-sided.