Assignment 2 Texture

Questions:

1. The Element/Principle of design is texture

2. I am really happy with how my pictures turned out.  I think that I captured the texture of each object to the best of my ability.  It was interesting to learn how to edit my pictures.  Using Photoshop and camera raw in Adobe Bridge helped make my photos even better. I tried to take different angles into account as well when shooting.  Overall I wanted to have cool pictures with a range of colors and textures.

3. One of my successes was capturing the textures of all of the objects.  Also, I used different angles to make the photos more interesting.  A recommendation I have for if I did the project again would be to do another principle of design.  That way, I could have more experience with a different aspect of photography.

Understanding Histograms

1. A histogram is a tool used in photography to show a graph of the tonal range in a picture.  If there are high peaks on the graph at any point, it means that there are more pixels of that tone.

2. When a histogram is skewed to the right, it means it has a mass of dark/black pixels, whereas if a histogram is skewed to the left, it has a mass of light/white pixels.

3. There is no such thing as a perfect histogram.  The histogram varies based on what you are shooting.  If you take a photo of something with a white background, the histogram would look completely different then if you took a photo with a black background.  There is nothing wrong with either of those photos, but a general histogram should have balanced tones.

Ex:

4. Histograms are good for photographers because they can show them the spectrum of pixels in their photos.  They can also show the photographer if their picture is underexposed/overexposed.  Histograms give them more details on their photos and give them the effects they want.

Assignment 2 Homework