Jayscott Crosley - Assignment 6

Assignment #6 Composition

Composition - Samhain Changes

"Rising mist & blue trees" -Rule of Thirds- 1/800 f4.5 ISO 200 31-October-2020 A mysterious blue hued trees and a warm mist juxtapose two seasons on a very unique Halloween._J.C. Phillips Nature Preserve_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Halloween snowball fight" -Foreground & Background- 1/800 f8 ISO 125 31-October-2020 Cub Scout leader and Salem resident takes some time away from Witch City with his two sons to "enjoy" an early snowball fight._Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Ducks on a Lake" -Horizon- 1/320 f22 ISO 250 31-October-2020 The horizon is in the top third of this photo as the importance is the ducks wether swimming or taking flight. _J.C. Phillips Nature Preserve_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Snowlines in the sand" -Leading Lines- 1/500 f8 ISO 100 31-October-2020_Frozen seaweed winds its way around Pleasant View Beach_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Icy Ascent -Viewpoint" - 1/250 f5 ISO 160 31-October-2020_An icy patch leads up to the tree tops which still have many green leaves._J.C. Phillips Nature Preserve_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Playground slide" -Framing- 1/1000 f6.3 ISO 100 A view from the inside of the playground slide 31-October-2020_Gillis Park_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Leafcicle" -Isolation- 1/80 f4.5 ISO 160 A cluster of leaves temporarily stuck together 31-October-2020_J.C. Phillips Nature Preserve_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

"Frozen web" -Fill the Frame- 1/800 f4.5 ISO 400 Snow covered the decorative spider webs viewed from behind looking outside 31-October-2020_5 Lovett Street_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

Assignment #6 Reflection

Composition - Samhain Changes

REFLECTION: Nine photos, nine different composition examples. I enjoyed this assignment as it was almost like a visual scavenger hunt. I was also surprised because the composition styles I like to shoot ended up being the harder to find, or at least interesting ones. The framing shot presented a challenge for me in the woods, where I thought there would be plenty of natural frames with trees and shrubbery. Alas, I was lucky I had found the playground alternative first or there wouldn't be any framed images to choose from. Viewpoint and fill the frame also presented a challenge in finding something interesting. The Rule of three and the leading lines tended to be the easiest and most plentiful options. The hardest image for me to capture was symmetry, I had a difficult time finding anything symmetrical that really worked with my aesthetic. The birds I chose even broke the symmetry a bit which brought out the appeal for me.
With this shoot, I decided to work on a theme as well. My date of shooting was October 31, 2020, Samhain or Halloween, the time when the light half of the year turns to the dark half of the year in Celtic mythology. This year the weather threw us a curveball with an early 3" of snow one day and a slightly warmer day the next creating a sense of the change of Samhain. I decided to split up this assignment with parts autumnal and parts hibernal images.
Technically I explored using the +/- button on my camera to compensate for the glare from the snow on exposure. It was a bit confusing on my camera so I manually dropped or pushed up the exposure setting to compensate because I wasn't sure it was coming out correctly. Using the program mode to see where the camera was metering and if necessary adjusting properly was another skill I tried to work on with this shoot which seemed to be very helpful because I chose when to go with the suggested advice and when to trust myself. I'd say it was about a 50/50 ratio.