Analyzing Scientific Shots

The evolution of science was always link to journalism. Journalists let people know about scientific discoveries and new technology. Journalists use their cameras to capture and reinforce a story. However, not every individual can take a perfect photograph.

The quality of the image depends of the individual’s performance. Photography is an art that requires an artist. The photographer has to learn and practice how to take a good picture. Like artists, they have to practice to improve their work.

To take pictures of a lab or scientists is not easy. One reason might be because the labs have very big machines that can cover most of screen. However, to take pictures of smaller objectives like scientists working is easier than from big machines.

For Example, the photo below is very well taken. The photo is a very good example of the rule of thirds (never place your objective in the center of the screen).The photographer focused the scientist on the left of the screen and the coverslip a little below the center of the screen In addition, the hand of the scientist was located on the left of the screen.



The photographer gave emphasis to the hand holding the cover slit by getting a close up of the hand holding the coversilp. Also, the colors are very clear and show a very clean shot. I can tell that the photographer used a very nice camera.

The photographer edited the photo very well. He increased the intensity of the colors of the scientist and made the background colors a little blurry. The objective of the photographer is very easy to visualize and to understand.

In the other hand, the photo below is not so good like the previous photo. The photographer used the rule of thirds by putting the scientist on the right of the screen, but not enough. If the photographer located the scientist a little more on the right, the picture would look better.



In addition, the background at the right of the girl makes the picture look low quality. The picture shows that the photographer objective was the scientist, but maybe that was not the case. If the main objective were the hands, the photographer should have focused the hands at the right and not at the center of the screen.

If the main objective were the hands, the photographer violated the rule of thirds because he located the scientist’s hands at the center of the screen. Even, if the hands were not the main objective, the shot would have been better if the photographer put the scientist all the way at the right of the screen.

Equally important, I can tell that this picture was not edited well enough. For example, the colors are not so clear like the previous photo. In the previous photo, the colors were edited to emphasize the view of the scientist instead of the background. However, in this photo, the scientist and background share the same intensity of colors. If the photographer gave to the scientist higher color intensity, the photo would look much better.