At the forefront of the photograph an old man can be seen. Natural light floods the background leaving dark shadows rising from beneath the man. He is looking menacingly down the lens of the camera while his hands, clasped together, help to hold up his tanned face. The camera has been positioned to be looking directly through the center of two dark grey pillars. The light from the back surrounds his face and is reflected along the side of his cheeks and down to his chin with dark shadows peeking from the creases of his mouth. In the background the symmetry is elongated with two trains on either side of the image. Dark grays and black can be seen dominating the bottom half of the photograph whereas brighter colours such as white, red, orange and blue can be viewed in the upper half. There are also leading lines that can be viewed coming up through Krupps arms leading to his eyes, this creates a triangular shape. These can also be seen leading from the edge of the light coming through the top of the photograph.

The man in the photograph looks cold and frightening but in reality he is harmless in that moment. His name is Alfred Krupp and During WWII him and his family helped the Nazis move people to concentration camps. This photo captures the man that he is, cold, dark and frightening.

Light: the brightest areas of the photos are the centre of the objects as with the boats it’s inside the boat unless it’s on it’s side then it’s the side facing up. The shadows face different ways whether the light is coming from the left, right, centre or even from the bottom. The shadow is always seen as we wanted a contrast of tones across our photos. We used a semi harsh artificial light to cast where we want the shadow to be and sometimes we would use two lights to strengthen the lights.

Line: There are multiple lines that intercept each other, some are straight lines coming from different directions on the boat whereas the lines on the paper underneath are very angular and unpredictable.

Repetition: There’s repetition in da boat with the angles reflected vertically giving the boat symmetrical structure whereas the piece of paper underneath is random giving the image a chaotic feel to it.

Shape: The edges from the image is very straight and sharp which relates to each other because they cross over each other without loosing the direction they’re going in.

Space: The image is very shallow as it only has a mid ground and a background with small open spaces behind the boat and piece of paper underneath it.

Texture: In the photo you can see that it has a very smooth texture on the boat as you can see that there are no bumps or lumps on it where as the piece of paper underneath would have a bumpy texture as the folds give it a creased took.

Value/Tone: Black and white tones can be seen throughout the image going from the lightest at the centre going darker with shadows of the boat and piece of paper.

Colour: In the focus image it doesn’t use colour except the yellow light going across the image reflecting off the black background. In other photos we used colour which the saturation has been toned down to give a more diluted colour.

Composition: The boat and paper have been arranged in the centre with the boat as the focus of the photo and the paper underneath to represent the sea.

Formal Elements

The lighting in these images is artificial and harsh as the light is directly projecting out of artificial lighting from a phone torch. There is a large contrast between the light and dark areas due to the lighting.The creases in the paper give the image a sense of structure. They create straight lines which together gives the photo energy and movement as they are going in different directions and portray a sense of drama like a stormy sea.
This drama is also portrayed in the repetition of straight lines that create rhythm in the image as they angle into each other. The lines are very geometric as they are very straight edged and contrast with each other. The depth in this photo is shallow as the image is quite flat and 2-D as the paper does not have much depth. Although the creases do add some depth in with the shadowing coming from them. The sharp creases of the paper create texture in the photo because they are sharp and there are loads of them. This creates a rough looking texture. In this image there is a large range of tones as the light is coming from both directions. This has created loads of shadows which contrast with the bright spots. Overall the tones are quite balance but the image is slightly darker altogether. This makes the image have more impact as it seems quite dramatic and this creates a dark sinister mood. There is no not much composition as the lines are everywhere in the photo and there is no clear singular geometric shape which the viewer is guided to.