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Photo A

Photo B

To begin our new unit we learn how to ‘read’ a picture. So we are told to take two pictures of the same object and then compare them. The differences in these two pictures are very obvious. From lighting, angle, and also how the object is arranged. Both of these pictures were taken using a phone, so the pictures are not really in high quality. And I don’t really have any experience with photography.

From observing the two pictures above, there are two things I find the most obvious in these two pictures. The lighting and the angle of the pictures. Photo A was taken in a certain angle but the lighting is boring. And on the other hand, photo B  was taken in an interesting angle and the lighting is really good. I actually took the picture in ‘accident’ which means that I didn’t really want it to be a good picture and I didn’t really think about the angle and the lighting before taking the picture.

Photo A

Photo B

Look at the two photos above. Both pictures focused on the same subject, and that is cupcakes. As you can see, there is a big difference between Photo A and Photo B. From the lighting, background, angle, and also the way the cupcakes are put together. In my opinion the angle is the one making the huge difference between these two pictures. Photo A was taken from above which makes it really boring and plain and on the other hand, photo B is taken from the side and there are also some focusing that makes the picture more interesting.

The background of the first photo A is a plastic container and I think that background is annoying. The plastic just makes the picture look bad. I’m not sure about the background on Photo B but it doesn’t really matter on photo B because it’s blurry (blurry in a good way). The lighting on photo A is not really good since it’s a little bit dark and the colours doesn’t look good together. I think that sometimes we need to think more before taking the picture so the picture would attract interests from other people.

 

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