Triptychs

Burgeoning

my idea for this triptych was to make something that told a story and made you think. I believe I successfully created a triptych; my 3 photos work together to create something that wouldn't work with only 2 of my photos. I used the elements of shape, value, lines, and texture to add interest and unify my photos. For my principles I used emphasis and contrast to control how the viewer sees my triptych, leading them with the darks and the lights. I used the leading lines filling the frame for my rules of photography.

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Curious Christmas

My second triptych was inspired by the holiday season. I wanted to capture curiosity felt by a child at Christmas. I believe I successfully created a triptych because my photos work better together than individually. I used shape for my element of art, I made all my photos have circles which makes it easier to look at. I used emphasis as my principal of design to make a clear focal point and to make is pop. For my rules of photography I used perspective in all my photos to add interest and lead the viewer from middle, top then bottom in my photos.

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Game day

for this triptych I wanted to do something with hockey gear and the red pop of colour. I believe I successfully created a triptych because my photos work together to create something that wouldn't be there without all three photos. I used colour as my element of art to unify my photos and make my triptych more interesting. I used emphasis as my element of art to draw the viewer into my photos rather that looking at a flat image. for my rules of photography I used filling the frame and dominance to add focus to certain areas like the skate blade and helmet logo.

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7. For my first triptych I turned the saturation all the way down and adjusted contrast and highlights to make my photos match and less choppy. For my second photo I was able to leave the photos raw because the lighting and colours worked well and did not impact the quality of my triptych. For my last triptych I; increased the red colour, white, contrast and highlights on the gloves; increased the highlights, contrast and white and black points on the skates; then I increased the contrast and red colour for the helmet. These adjustments unified my photos and made them more interesting.

8. I always feel there is room for improvement in my photography skills, but for this project I feel satisfied with my editing. 1 strength would be I have a basic understanding in how the editing settings work and how to make my photos look how I want. 1 weakness would be I take quite some time editing because I want my photos to be perfect but this also makes the projects take longer.

9. If I could redo this project I would have spent less time worrying about the order of my second triptychs photos and taken some time to edit them.

10. I feel I have improved on my photo editing and my photographers eye. I notice my ability to see something and get an interesting photo that's not flat have gotten better.