Working the "Golf" shot
There are many people in today's day and age that love to photograph their lives and often we are seeing our daily lives through a lense. This is because of the advances in technology as well as our desire to show off our lives on social media. With the advances in phone cameras, it has become easy to photograph moments and feel as though we are all "professional" photographers. For my specific theme I decided to stick with golf and the different aspects of the game. I narrowed it down to the golf ball itself while also taking some pictures of the golf cart. I may decide to take more photos and work the shot more but I got some good photos that show I "worked the shot."
Negative Space
I used the example of taking a smaller object, in this instance the golf ball, and focusing on having negative space around the ball to make it the focus of the shot. I really like how your eyes are drawn to the golf ball itself because that is the one thing in the photo that catches your eye. I also played with up close shots of the golf ball but I thought that negative space best represented the golf ball and brought light to it. Such as in the reading I tried to employ the negative space and put emphasis on the object itself. (Bray, 2011)
You will see in the photo below how your eyes will be drawn to the golf ball because it is what stands out in all of that negative space.
Angle
For angle I used the hole as a way to layer the photo and give it depth. Having the ball in the hole gives it depth and creates a 3D appeal that you would not have otherwise. Normally if you were to take a picture of a golf ball you would take it at the angle you see it when you set up to the ball. Here I took a twist on angle and added that depth.
Simplicity
For this shot I decided to focus on a simple photo with the focus on the golf ball and the hand holding the ball. I wanted to focus on having the viewer be drawn to the golf ball without being distracted by everything else in the photo. I have always found the simpler photos to be the nicer photos because there tends to be less going on which doesn't take away from the photo itself.
Photo Card Assignment
