{"id":712,"date":"2017-12-01T16:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotographyblog.wordpress.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2018-09-19T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T10:02:26","slug":"exercise-1-4-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/exercise-1-4-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise 1.4 – Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brief:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Using the viewfinder grid display in your camera, take a number of shots, composing each shot within a single section of the grid.  Ignore the rest of the frame:<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With working full time at this time of year, I have struggled to get out to take photographs during daylight hours, so I decided to take a series of photos for this exercise using the cushions in my lounge.<\/p>\n

\"Exercise

Framing using small sections of the Viewfinder Grid<\/p><\/div>\n

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In these images, I have used the center of the yellow flower as the focal point for most of the photographs.  I have placed them in this grid collage roughly in the area of the viewfinder in which I composed each of the images.<\/p>\n

None of the images have been cropped and have had minimal editing.<\/p>\n

Technical Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because of low light, I used a camera mounted on a tripod so that I could use a slower shutter speed  in order to maintain sharpness and reduce noise. The majority of shots were taken at f\/8, except for number 7 (see below<\/em>), which was taken at f\/2.8.  Shutter speed was around 1\/4 sec or 1\/5 sec, ISO 400 and metering set to matrix.<\/p>\n

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My camera’s viewfinder grid, looks like this<\/p><\/div>\n

I used the viewfinder and the focus select button to make sure I was focusing in the area of the grid I wanted to compose.<\/p>\n

In framing each image I found I was doing more than just moving the ‘point’ around the frame, but was really trying to make a composition within a small part of the screen.  I tried to disregard the rest of the frame as directed, which is quite difficult to do, but still produced some surprises when reviewing the images. So I obviously managed to do it.<\/p>\n

Image Evaluation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Exercise

evaluation of how my eyes travelled around the image<\/p><\/div>\n

Observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n