Focus

Focus is essentially a part of every photograph. In almost any photo, your eyes will automatically focus on something. Focusing on an object in the photograph makes it stand out and it makes it more eye-catching than the rest of the photo. It’s a very simple and popular concept in photography. In some instances, there is a choice is what you would focus on, but in most photos, such as the one above that I took, it is very clear what should be focused on. My photograph is of my roommate. I focused the lens on her face so that it would be the more prominent part of the picture.

Curves

Curves are classified as lines that contain a progressive change of dirction, and so they do not have any direct comparison with the horizontal and vertical edges of the frame. Many curves are aligned mainly in one direction, which the photograph I took is an example of. The progressive quality of a curve gives it a rhythm that straight lines do not have. Because of this there is a greater sense of movement. The also control the way in which the viewer looks at a photograph. My photograph is of the curve in a set of train tracks. It represents the concept of curves and the movement of curves by the way the tracks curve into the distance.

Several Points

A point is the most basic element of a photograph. With several points, it is not as simple a photograph. It creates most of a dimension in the photograph. There is a relationship between each point. The eye naturally moves from one point to the next and so on, which means there is always a line connecting the points. When there are several points, they imply the sense of occupying the space that is between them. This photo has 3 points in it, each being a yellow flower. They did not turn out to be as prominent in the photograph as I had hoped, but they are nonetheless still 3 points in a photograph.

Rhythm

Rhythm is when there are several similar elements in a scene which set up a rhythmic visual sculpture. Repetition is necessary for this to work. Rhythm is also a feature of repetitive action. It is a feature of the way that the eye scans a picture. It is strongest when each cycle in the beat encourages the eye to move. The natural tendency of the eye is to move from side to side, which is evident in my photograph. The chain-link fence shows a lot of repetition and rhythm because of its sense of repetition and continuation. As soon as the eye recognizes the repetition, the viewer would assume that the repetition would continue beyond the frame, which is does.

Circles

Circles are a more rare element of photography. They are not easy to imply and have to be easily recognizable by shape. Circles are a valuable asset to photograph because they have an enclosing effect. They contain things within them and draw the eye inward. Because of the curves, there is a sense of movement. This photograph is a good representation of  the circles concept because the main subject is a circle itself, with many different kinds of circles inside of it. Each circle causes the eyes to move around it and allow the eyes to be drawn inward.

A baseball as a business card would be ideal because it would be very practical. It is a representation of the occupation as well as being something that can be used. To make this picture, I took a picture of a ball from the internet and a picture of the New York Yankees logo from the internet. I cut out the logo and put it on the ball and aligned it with the ball. Then I used the text tool to write my name and occupation. I then gave the text an arc and aligned it with the ball. I changed the opacity on both the symbol and the words to make it blend better with the ball.

My intent for this business card was for it to look like a popsicle and to have my contact information on the popsicle stick, similar to how many popsicle sticks have jokes on them. I took a picture of a popsicle from the internet and a picture of a popsicle stick from the internet. I cut them both out, resized them, rotated them and stuck them together on new background. I took the Popsicle logo from the internet, cut it out and put it on the stick. I then typed my contact information out and lined it up on the stick. I changed the opacity in my text and the Popsicle logo to make it blend better with the popsicle stick. I added a rainbow gradient to the background to make it more appealing to the eye and interesting. It is a good representation of popsicles because there are many different and brightly colored popsicles.

A guitar pick as a business card, similar to the baseball, is a practical idea because it represents the job but is also something that people can use. I found a picture of the front and back of a guitar pick on the internet. They both had logos on them, so I used the clone tool to erase those logos. I then found a picture of the Bahamian flag, since I am from the Bahamas. I cut it out and placed it on the back side of the pick. Then I found a picture of a guitar and placed it on top of the flag. I selected the outline and deleted it so that all that was left was the selection. I chose my flag layer, inverted the selection and pressed delete which left me with the flag in the shape of the guitar. I then stroked the guitar in white and resized and repositioned it.  I used a filter on the guitar to make the picture more interesting. I used the text tool to add my contact information on the front side of the pick. I changed the font to something I thought more suitable. I changed the opacity in both the guitar and the text to make it blend better with the pick.