The viewer is often unable to see the whole object or even tell what the subject is because usually the photographer has taken just a small portion of the subject so that the viewers may only know the essence of the image subject and understand what is implied. Abstract photography may not mean the same thing to everyone.
Things to think about when taking abstract photographs:
- Subject
- Lighting and shadows- use black and white to emphasize this
- Perspective
- Focus- you could use a slow shutter speed to get a blurred effect
- Patterns
- Shapes
- Colours
- Cropping- crop an image tightly
These are some images that I took today- some images I cropped tightly using Photoshop while some I just left them be.
We also had some Abstract Challenges to do like...
1. M&Ms
Place a piece of glass or perspex between two stands. Spray the glass or perspex material with water using a spray bottle and then place an objects underneath to create some bubbly images.
Camera settings should roughly be:
This was the effect I got:
I chose not to focus on the last two images because I wanted to see how the colours would look like when I am not focusing.
2. Cutlery
We simply placed some cutlery against the wall and included some shadows. I don't really like the way I photographed this and I would definitely try again to improve.
Again, I focused on the shadows of the slinky.
4. Oil on Water
Place a glass dish on top of some colourful background material like coloured paper. Fill the dish with water and add a small amount of dishwashing liquid and oil
Camera settings should roughly be:
This was the effect I got, I think this would have look nicer if the background behind was even more colourful.
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