FOCAL POINT RULES:
- Focal Position
- Motion
- Breaking The Rules
- Leading The Eye
- Negative Space
- Explore Issues
FACTUAL: This is a photograph of Disney's 'Cinderella' and was taken in 2007. This photograph was, along with many other Disney characters, taken by Annie Liebovitz. The title of this photograph is 'where every Cinderella story comes true' and Annie used Scarlett Johansson as a model. This is another photo from the 'Disney Dream Portraits' collection all done by Annie Liebovitz.
CONTEXT: This photo is set on a stair way in front of the castle where Cinderella dashes away from when she has to make a quick exist at midnight, and in her haste, she leaves behind her glass slipper which is in this shot, at the top of the stairs. It is set at night time because we know from the story that Cinderellas' fairy god mother granted Cinderellas' wish to go to the ball, but the only condition was that she was to be home by twelve o'clock because the spell will then begin to wear off.
TECHNICAL: In this photo the lighting is all shining towards the castle, despite this Cinderella is still the focal point of interest. The main thing in this photo is Cinderella, but Annie has used the castle to show that she is a princess, and used the stairs leading up to it, and the plants/ bushes and the dark sky to ensure that the background is kept busy, and everywhere you look in the photo there is something going on.
AESTHETICS: This is one of my favorite photographs taken by Annie Liebovitz, i really the way the castle has been illuminated, but Cinderella is still the focus in this photo. I love how this photo tells the story of Cinderella, and the glass slipper that she left behind at the ball is included, at the top of the stairs and has a beam of light shining onto it.The castle and other various things in the background are good because they provide alternative points of interest in the photo.
EXAMPLE:
NEGATIVE SPACE: Negative space is the space that surrounds the main subject in an image. Mostly when taking photos, we focus ourselves more on the main subject of the image, and don't take as much care and put as much thought into the space surrounding it. The extra space around the picture will either make your picture amazing, or make it inadequate. Negative space can strengthen the composition in your piece. Negative space can also bring balance to your photograph. It also helps to make your main subject more eye catching.
LEADING LINES: Leading lines might be the most obvious way to lead the eye- and they are not to be ignored. Leading lines are very good to help point the viewer in the right direction (to the main point of interest). Although this isn't the only way to make your focal point more attractive and noticeable.In this picture, there is a log bridge that enables your eye to follow it all the way to the end. Although there isn't really a focal point at the end of this, it is more at the beginning of the bridge that the focus is on, but your eye still follows down to the end.Links for websites that i found useful in the process of making this post:
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/07/25/using-focal-points-in-photography-how-to-get-perfect-composition-every-time-you-shoot/
http://digital-photography-school.com/using-focal-points-in-photography
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/create-a-focal-point-in-your-digital-photograph.html
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/focal-point-in-photo-compositions/
I had some trouble with slideshare, and could not add my presentation on focal point onto slideshare. So this is the link to the presentation i made using Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X0Z8ifLNdJYxGgVx4ITIoJiwMp2AO_rSOowQOww7PsM/edit#slide=id.g11ccbb952_0112
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