Sustained Investigation
Question: How does space and line create balance through different environments?
Identify the inquiry that guided your sustained investigation. (Max. 600 characters and spaces) *
How does space and line create balance through different environments? I started to see a trend of space and line leading me to explore elements through balanced imagery along natural places. I started my SI by exploring natural environments with horizon lines. I shifted using line and space in suburban areas. Continuing into chaotic urban spaces where leading line and perspective became present. My POV shifts from eye level and included high and low angles. I intentionally simplified line and space into simplistic geometric shapes creating pos. and neg. space in a balanced environment.
Describe ways your sustained investigation developed through practice, experimentation, and revision. (Max. 600 characters and spaces) *
(1-3) explored how horizon lines create pos. and neg. space leading to balance in natural environments using centered composition in my images. 4, includes more objects into my idea. (5-6), uses horizontal line and space in a natural environment. (7-9) combines the use of leading line in urban landscapes. 10 adds in line and space using framing and repetition. (11-12) uses compositional elements like diagonal rule and leading line to balance it. (13-15) combines geometric shapes in pos. and neg. space. In 13 it uses vertical line, 14 uses wavy lines, and 15 uses geometric and minimalist space.
Height: 12.8
Width: 18
Material(s): Sketchbook, printer, scanner, pen, pencil, markers, glue stick, scissors, paper, and eraser.
Process(es): Creating contact sheet, marking up images, combining horizontal line with a single subject.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Scanner
Height: 14
Width: 9.3
Material(s): Sony ILCE-7, Sony FE 50mm F1.8
Process(es): Capturing subject, cropping, straighten, masking, adjusting temperature, texture and exposure.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 9.4
Width: 14.2
Material(s): Sony ILCE-7, Sony FE 50mm F1.8
Process(es): Croppings, adjusting exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks and color grading.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 14
Width: 9.33
Material(s): Sony ILCE-7, Sony FE 50mm F1.8
Process(es): Crop, adjusted exposure in both masks, gradient mask bottom half to lower highlights and exposure
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 18
Width: 12.3
Material(s): Sketchbook, printer, scanner, pen, pencil, markers, glue stick, scissors, paper, eraser
Process(es): Forming contact sheet, printing, cutting out, gluing, marking up, shifting from natural to urban.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Scanner
Height: 14
Width: 9.33
Material(s): EOS R6 Mark II, Canon 24-105mm RF f/4L IS USM
Process(es): Crop to balance corners, adjust lighting, color grade, mask rails to lower contrast, and erase tool.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 9.22
Width: 14.5
Material(s): Film camera, film, film developer, stop bath solution, fixer solution scanner
Process(es): Developing image, scan image, invert image, dust removal
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 14
Width: 9.3
Material(s): Sony ILCE-7 III, Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Process(es): Capturing a moving subject, adjusting light settings, effects, sharpening, crop image and masking.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 14
Width: 9.02
Material(s): Film camera, film, film developer, stop bath solution, fixer solution scanner
Process(es): Developing image, scan image, adjusting lighting and effects. Utilizing luminance and radial masks.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 13.3
Width: 18.9
Material(s): Sketchbook, printer, scanner, pen, pencil, markers, glue stick, scissors, paper, and eraser.
Process(es): Form contact sheet, annotate, mark images, experimenting with angles and how it affects balance.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Scanner
Height: 14
Width: 9.33
Material(s): Canon R6 Mark II, Canon 24-105mm RF f/4L IS USM
Process(es): Direct person to center, masking person, increasing contrast, shadows, saturation and highlights.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 14
Width: 9.33
Material(s): Canon R6 Mark II, Canon 24-105mm RF f/4L IS USM
Process(es): Masking lines, increasing exposure and contrast, clone stamp, color grade, vingette, cropping
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 14
Width: 9.33
Material(s): Sony ILCE-9, Tamron 28-200 F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD
Process(es): Adjusting lighting, masking and lowering the exposure, increasing tint slightly, and straightening.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 9.33
Width: 14
Material(s): Sony ILCE-9, Tamron 28-200 F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD
Process(es): Modifying lighting, color grading, utilizing luminance range mask to decrease exposure and whites.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Height: 14.2
Width: 9.46
Material(s): Canon EOS R6, RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM
Process(es): Rotating image, straigtening, masking image to modify shadows, exposure, and contrast.
Digital Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom