Connecting Essay 4

This image is by Martin Parr, it shows two children eating ice-cream at the beach, the photograph is composed so that they are in the centre of the image, the two children are looking away from the camera which shows that the photograph was taken candidly, they probably weren't posing for it as when children normally pose for photographs they tend to stare into the lens like they've been taught to. They may have been told where to stand for this photo but I don't think they were told how to look or when the photo was being taken.

This photograph was taken in landscape orientation, possibly to show how short the children are as if it was a portrait image they would probably look taller because they are taking up the majority of the photo. 

This image uses a large depth of field so the background isn't very blurry, although it is slightly out of focus compared to the children who are completely in focus. This keeps the focus on the children, whilst we still know where they are, as in some photographs the background is completely out of focus and it gives us no idea where the subjects are, we just know what they are doing.

This is my image, I took it of two young girls who are playing at the park, they are swinging on the railings at the football pitch, I like this image a lot because it is very carefree and casual, they aren't posed for the image, they were just playing and I took a photo. This image works because they are both doing the same thing at the same time, it wouldn't look as good if one of the girls was swinging back and the other forwards as it would just look messy in my opinion. 

My image uses a large depth of field because I wanted everything to be in focus. I wanted you to be able to see everything in the image, however I think that if I was to retake this image, I might try using a shallower depth of field as the background is all very similar.

These two images are similar as they both show the carefreeness of youth, both of the images are quite candid and aren't staged as this can be quite difficult when you're taking photographs of children because most children don't pose well for photographs. They are composed differently as in Parr's image the two children are standing in front of the camera, whilst in my image the two children aren't standing up, they are playing, and also they aren't facing the camera, they almost seem unaware of it.