Photography Evaluation

This image that was taken at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London reminds me of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, because of the vibrant colours, and the packaging on the products. I think that the sharpest and clearest point of this image is the second and fourth shelf, as I think it s the brightest parts due to the vibrant colours. I think that the other parts are less vibrant as they are a bit darker and not as well lit; this then creates a shadow effect.

The light in this photograph was artificial as taken in a room; there was light within the cabinet creating a shadow effect on the top shelf of the display. The time of day cannot be estimated as this image was taken indoors as you cannot see any sunlight within this image. Also when I took this photo, the flash was fired this due to the fact that the lighting was not substantial enough.

The main lines are horizontal and vertical, as you can see the lines of the shelves and the lines of the cabinet. The vertical lines give the sense of direction showing the height and the horizontal lines give a sense of depth as it is showing the objects on the shelf.

The shapes that are repeated throughout are oblongs, rectangles and squares, which are more or less the same things; this gives the sense of continuity.

The tone of this image is very warm, with all the neon, vibrant colours, and I think that the colours are the most significant part of the image and I think that is was makes it eye catching.

If there was a Rule of Thirds grid on this image it would there would be something significant in every square of the grid.

I took this image with a Canon 450D and a 18-55mm lens. When I took this I had the camera on auto setting and the ISO was set at 400, the aperture was at f/4, and the shutter speed was 1/60. As the lighting wasn’t very substantial and it was behind a cabinet and needed to make sure I didn’t get any glare on the glass, even though the flash did fire, it surprisingly didn’t create a glare on the glass.

When I look at this image it makes me thing about all the effort that went it making the props for the Harry Potter films that probably didn’t even get shown on screen.