Color
Grey-Scale
Best photo: Triangle House
I believe Triangle House is my best photo in this set, mostly because of the lines and contrast. I took this on a clear sunny afternoon, so the sky was light enough that it was uniform; darkening it later made a strong contrast between the now-black sky and the triangle house rising up into the frame. Because of the contrast, I think it very clearly defines the negative and positive space, and solidifies Triangle House as the focal point of the image. The lines on the edges of the roof rise from the bottom and top third on each axis, and help break up the image into a third of darkness, a third of almost entirely house, and a third of the boundary where they meet. I also believe the point of view that I shot it at, which was standing directly under the house looking up to the third floor, emphasizes its height and makes it look ominous.
If I had shot Triangle House on a DSLR camera, I think the ISO would've been at about 100. Even though it looks like I shot at night, this was taken at about 2 pm on a Monday afternoon on a sunny cloudless day, and then just edited after- this is why the house also is so uniformly lit- so I think my ISO would've been on the lower side. For white balance, I think it would've been set to Sun for the exact same reasons as stated before. Shutter speed would have been closer to 1/500, since I wanted a clear defined shot but there's also no movement happening at all to require something on the really high end. Lastly, in terms of aperture, this would've translated to f/8 or something closer to the median, like shutter speed, since again there's no depth in the photo provided by anything besides the point of view.
The Triangle House is intended to express a feeling of dread. The sky being an unblemished black contributes to this, I believe, as does the semi-worm's eye shot of the house rising up into the picture. The greyscale forces the image into a stark black and white intended to emphasize the house even further against the sky, and to zap out any colors that could make it look even a tiny bit inviting or calm. This was taken at the apartment that my friends I have shared for around 2 or 3 years now, so it was a little bit strange to try and portray it as even kind of scary, but the porch on the second floor allowed me to get this shot of the roof without any interference of the surrounding trees or stairs or anything.
If I had shot Triangle House on a DSLR camera, I think the ISO would've been at about 100. Even though it looks like I shot at night, this was taken at about 2 pm on a Monday afternoon on a sunny cloudless day, and then just edited after- this is why the house also is so uniformly lit- so I think my ISO would've been on the lower side. For white balance, I think it would've been set to Sun for the exact same reasons as stated before. Shutter speed would have been closer to 1/500, since I wanted a clear defined shot but there's also no movement happening at all to require something on the really high end. Lastly, in terms of aperture, this would've translated to f/8 or something closer to the median, like shutter speed, since again there's no depth in the photo provided by anything besides the point of view.
The Triangle House is intended to express a feeling of dread. The sky being an unblemished black contributes to this, I believe, as does the semi-worm's eye shot of the house rising up into the picture. The greyscale forces the image into a stark black and white intended to emphasize the house even further against the sky, and to zap out any colors that could make it look even a tiny bit inviting or calm. This was taken at the apartment that my friends I have shared for around 2 or 3 years now, so it was a little bit strange to try and portray it as even kind of scary, but the porch on the second floor allowed me to get this shot of the roof without any interference of the surrounding trees or stairs or anything.