Photo Basics Blog Post

For my first series of photos, I chose to use the main entrance to the OSU football stadium to show over and under exposure examples. Football is one thing that Ohio State is known for so i thought it represented the school very well. This is also one of the very first things I see when I drive into campus each day. The underexposed version of the photo contains too many shadows and takes away from seeing what the picture really is. The overexposed photo brings lots of light to the arch of the entrance and causes the shadows to stand out more in the top of the arch and the three smaller archways in the center. Although the original has a perfect balance of lights and darks, I feel the overexposed looks better in my opinion.

 

For my second series of photos, I chose to use a photo of the union to show the difference between warm and cool temperatures in photos. I chose to photograph one of the very first buildings I walked into as a freshman at Ohio State. I feel as though the union captures the collective identity of OSU. The cool image shows more of a mysterious and spookier tone; almost as if it were an old, abandoned building. The warm photo makes it seem as if it is a sunny day outside and the sun is shining through the windows, into the hall of the union. I would prefer to be in either the original photo environment or the cooler toned environment.