See the winning photos for good examples. Take a few minutes at the start of a research project to make a list of the images that you need to convey the narrative of your research. The background of your image should be uncluttered and allow for a clear silhouette of the subject. Watch out for distracting elements like utility poles and signs.
If the background of your photo contains unwanted elements, try moving a few feet to the left or right. Watch out for extraneous space around the subject of the photo. Don't be afraid to zoom in or to physically move closer to your subject in order to keep the focus of the picture on the subject. Laura Russo's photo is a good example. Too often, we take images while we are standing.
This often means that the photographer is physically looking down at the subject, which can influence the viewer's perception of the subject. For instance, a photo of an insect taken from above is not as intimate as a photo taken at the insect's eye level. Try kneeling or even lying on the ground to take the photo at the subject's height.
By changing your vantage point, you can help to engage the viewer and can better tell the story from the subject's perspective. Placing your subject in the center of your frame is a common practice.
Although it can be appropriate to center your subject, it is often more interesting if the subject is placed to the right or left of center. Use what is called the rule of thirds. Basically, imagine dividing a photo into nine equal parts, with two horizontal and two vertical lines. Placing the subject at any of the intersections of the lines creates more visual interest and energy. Geoffrey Gallice's photo is a good example. Laura Russo, a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University, in University Park, won first place for her photo of visiting high school student Katherine Santiago.
Katherine collects nectar from a sunflower in a lab in order to study the resources that plants provide to pollinators. Photograph: Laura Russo. Photograph: Jessica Celis. Where the future of plant and microbial scientific photography lies, is kind of up to the needs of the scientists here.
We would love for people to approach us and tell us what they would like the future of scientific photography to be.
Come and tell us what it is you want or what you want to show people and we will likely be able to help with how best to do that.
Paul Kagame recently joined the Professor Cathie Martin Group as a Research Assistant, to work on the chemo-protective properties of certain Traditional Chinese and African medicinal plants. Home Blog The art of photography in science. Like the above… Our day-to-day work is photographing of UV fluorescence, large plants, trays of Arabidopsis, small plant samples, time lapse of growing plants, copying and archiving work, VIP visits and PR photography.
For example Andy has had many of his photographs provide the front covers for numerous prestigious journals Shooting and editing video, graphic design work and photographing subjects for front covers are all part of our remit as well. Beyond these everyday jobs, however, there is great variety in the jobs we take on. Students can also be asked to interpret photographs and represent them in more abstract forms such as drawing and writing.
Here a student documents her forces and motion investigation using a diagram derived from an intial photograph. Go to Technical Details Page. In this shot, a first grader is using a digital camera to capture an image of his classmates pointing at a branch hanging in a tree.
The students' assignment had been to find things that were moving or could move. Documenting objects and events in the local environment allows students to see science all around them. Digital photography can play an integral part in keeping the spirit of wonder alive in the hearts and minds of our students.
Students' initial enthusiasm for taking interesting images becomes a seed for further study. But photography can also depict things the human eye cannot see at all. Hours-long exposures taken through telescopes bring out astronomical details otherwise unseeable.
Similar principals apply to some photos taken through microscopes.
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