Work Diary - Depth

Evaluation

During the photography session where we were asked to take photos of objects/things which portrayed 'depth' I didn't find it too difficult, however I did find it to be the less creative topic so far because most of the pictures that I took looked similar. By this I mean that the part of the object in the foreground looks a lot bigger than the part further out. Having said this, most of the photographs I took did look rather photographic and only a few came out to be a bit dull and boring, so this was a major positive when it came to shooting 'depth'. An example of a boring photograph that I captured was the picture below of a bike seat. It doesn't even sound interesting. 

The reason as to why this photograph is my least favourite is because it doesn't really portray depth. This is because there wasn't much of the bike seat to cover. From my point of view this picture just looks like an average photo of a bike seat, with no effort or thought behind it. It's not a photographic image, it's ugly. An amateur could take this kind of photograph so it doesn't live up to the expectations of a good photograph captured by a photography student. Furthermore, the colours that create this image are dull and unattractive which makes this image even worse.

As you can see in my photograph above, the drain that stretched from one end of the path all the way across to the other end created a brilliant example of depth because in this photo, there was plenty of drain to cover. I believe that the longer an object is, the more chance you have of capturing a good photo of depth as you can see the drain, in this picture for instance, decreasing in size the further out it travels. The line at the end of the drain is straight instead of wonky which improves the quality of the image as it conveys how I thought about composition.

                                                                       Progression

Even though shooting photographs that contained depth wasn't my favourite topic, I still have quite a decent idea of what I'd do if I were to go out and shoot 'depth' again. I find the atmosphere of a forest extremely attractive and tranquil. To some people an empty forest with an extremely long path going right through it would be slightly daunting, but I believe it's an amazing place to take photographs. I have included below a group of photographs that inspire me when it comes to depth. I really admire how the paths and bridges escalate through the forest whilst getting smaller at they travel because of depth being portrayed. I loved the close up of the autumn leaves, and also the one of the tree with marks indented clearly. Perhaps I could take pictures of this standard one day if I were to reshoot depth in my own style.