LA: Planning the structure (week 25)

This weeks LA was to create the structure of your web page (from Learning Activity – Put Thought Into Your Design) in terms of HTML files and folders. You need to set these up so that you are ready to code your website.

 

 

 

The Art of Photography (week 24)

This weeks learning activity is to take a series of photographs, and submit them to your blog.

Each photograph must focus on one of the following:

• Pattern

• Symmetry

• Texture

• Depth of field

• Lines

• Framing

• Perspective

• Space

• Balance

• Colour

In the lynda.com tutorial for this LA it was recomended to shoot in black and white, some of the photos are in B&W and some that I thought where more beautiful in color I left in color. Here is my 10 best photographs from the week:

 

Pattern:

This image is cropped, rotated and set to black and white.

Texture:

Changeing the image colors to black and white I noticed the texture present in the stairs, it was not so visible in the direct sunlight. I initially thought to use this image for lines, but when the texture of the stone appeared in the editing I decided to use it for texture.

This image is cropped and set to black and white

Perspective:

Tiny marble on the street

Image is cropped and set to black and white

Lines:

Almost all the photographs I took during the week had some sort of strong lines in them. Especially those in the city and at the lighthouse. Or was I more focused on lines so they where more present? For the best photo to represent lines, I have chosen this photo of the lighthouse. Other pictures that I took had more prominent lines but I chose this one because of its “broken” lines. The tower itself also form a thick and strong line. The composition might be a very know and common cliche but the focus is on the lines.

This photo is NOT cropped, only changed color to black and white

 

Symmetry (asymmetry):

I was surprised to see how few things that was not perfectly symmetric when I took a closer look, everything from buildings, lamp poles and even cars – lots of car dents in Spain. The photo below is such an symmetric asymmetric phenomenon. Here the bushes and the lamp pole makes it a little bit asymmetrical, but also how the light hits the scene.

Photo is cropped and changed to black and white.

Balance:

Framing:

This photo is not edited.

Space:

I had a hard time getting a nice picture with space (overthinking it). In the picture below I have thought the white wall to be adding space to the photo, enhancing the lively scene to the left.

This photo is cropped.

Depth of field:

This photo is not edited.

Color:

These red sheets caught my eye in an otherwise quite gray scene. I don’t know if it comes trough very good in this photo though.

I chose to try to simplify the color image, red and blue sky, while the little “tower” on the right is balanced by the white wall on the left, with similar color.

Image is cropped.

 

 

 

LA: Studio lighting part 3 (week 23)

Question nr 3:

Take some portrait shots and pay specific attention to the lighting you use. I would like to see a shot with soft lighting and one with more dramatic, harder lighting. It would be beneficial to hire studio lighting, but if you can’t, you may use natural light, reflectors and your camera’s flash.

 

I didn’t have the opportunity to rent studio lighting where I’m currently at. I made a huge reflector however and took several shots inside and outside, here are those that I think I the best ones. None of the pictures have been edited.

Hard light:

This photo is taken outside, with the sun as a key light, no fill flash but a reflector at the left side (oposite of the sun).

ISO 100 – 22mm – f 4 – 1/400

Soft light:

This photo is taken in the shadow. It has a softer light and

ISO 100 – 34mm – f4.5 – 1/80

LA: Studio lighting

Question 1:

1. Name three lighting sources and their functions.

2. Name two light modifiers and explain the difference between them.

3. Draw a diagram of and describe the three-point lighting setup.

 

1. Light sources are the sources used to emit light into your scene.

Three examples of light sources.

Key Light: The key light is the main light used to light the subject or model.  The key light is stronger than the other lights used in the photo, it is the main light that defines the light and shadow areas in the picture. It could be a window, a lamp, the sun or any other source of light.

Fill light: The fill light is a softer light source placed a little further away from the subject or model than the key light. It is there to soften the shadows and contrasts made by the key light.

The Back Light: The back light is used to give the picture more depth, or to create a sharper separation between the subject or model and the background. It is also called separation light, because it separates the subject from the background, or hair light because it can be use to light up the model from the back lighting up their hair creating a halo effect.

2. Light modifiers: Modifiers are anything you use to hold in front of – or attach to- the light source. They modify the way the light hits the subject or model.

Two examples of modifiers

Softbox: A softbox is a box placed in front of the light. It softens and spreads the light.

Snoot: A snoot is conical shaped tool that narrow the distribution of light. It can be used to create a focused and harsh light, snoots are commonly used as back light or as a spot light.

 

3. The 3 point light setup:

The 3 points in the setup are the Key light, the fill light and the back light/separation light.

The key light in the scene I have drawn is a window, it is strongest and the closest to the model that you can see in the middle.

On the other side you can see the lap that operates as a fill light for the shot. It is placed furter away from the model and is placed so that it fills in and softens the sharp shadows created by the key light.

Behind the model there is a backdrop, this is the background of the shot. The background could also be a wall or something else. Between this backdrop and the model the back light/separation light is placed.

LA: Put thought into your design (week 22)

Design a 5-page website or blog to promote your hometown (or any other place if you so choose). Present your design along with a strategy that explains the decisions you’ve made during the design process (keep the six steps mentioned in the lesson Web Design Process: Designing for Web (part 2) in mind). Remember, it’s important for us to see how you think, so explain why you decided to do things the way you did.

This is a front-end design learning activity. No coding or publishing is needed.

Please upload this activity to your WordPress blog along with a Word document or PDF explaining your strategy.

I have made a website design for my hometown Vadsø.

Vadsø is a small retired fishing town, in the north of Norway. It is the administrative centre for the Finnmark county and is located in the north east of Norway. Although is only host around 5500 citizens it has a status as a city, and not a town or village.
The city of Vadsø have experienced some downfall and challenges lately due to the loss of important government jobs. It is still a thriving city with a very well established jazz festival and a great tourism potential. Vadsø is surrounded by clean, stunning and open landscapes. It is visited by the northern light throughout the winter and host the midnight sun in the summer. It is the nature and birdlife that is most interesting with Vadsø, people don’t go there for the great nightlife. The nature is what I have chosen to emphasize in my design.

PDF of the website

PDF with my comments

 

Here is the sites I have created. Non of the pictures are mine.