Rule of Thirds

How well did you follow the rule?

I think that i did a good job following the rule with this photo because they are sitting on the lower right hand side of the picture and they are looking around at stuff in the left hand side of the photo.

What is the subject?

The subject of this picture are the two people sitting at the desk waiting for instructions from the teacher.

Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

I believe that it is clear to people what the subject is because the eye is automatically drawn to the people and how they are set up in the lower corner.

Academics Shoot Preview

The Story

This picture shows the best story because of the girls expressions on there faces is happy and excited. Also,  the water droplets that are in the air show that something crazy happened. I believe that the story is, that they were doing an experiment and they mixed a chemical in the water causing it to expload and the camera ended up capturing it.

Action and Emotion

 The kids in this photo are helping out the community. It looks like they are trying to feed people that don't have homes and volunteering there time to help the people around them. This shows strong emotions because the people recieving the stuff look so grateful for everything they are providing.

Filling the Frame

 This photo fills the frame up with tons of interesting stuff. Because it is kinda dark it is difficult to see what is going on in the background it makes the photo seem mysterious. The frame is filled at the bottom from the smoke coming from the boys tools. The rest of the photo is filled up by the boys that are working.

Post Shoot Reflection

What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Grumpy?
The challenges that i faced were that i felt very limited to what I could photograph because we were only allowed to go around the school. Grumpy was very difficult to photograph because everyone that we ran into was very happy. We had to ask many people to pose for us and i don't think we got the complete feel of what grumpy looks like from those people.


What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
Focus and Holding the Camera, I didn't just want to get a regular photo. I wanted to take a picture that was interesting and effective. I figured out that the more i moved the camera the better my photos came out. I was also thinking about how to focus the camera. It was difficult for me to focus because when i saw different things that i wanted to photograph i had to keep changing it and it took me a while to get the hang of it.


If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy?
If i could do the assignment again I would focus more on simplicity and the rule of thirds. Reading the website over the basic rules of photography was very eye opening and i feel like it is going to help me a lot the next time I go out and shoot. I would focus more on what i was photographing and not just try to get everything done so quickly.

What things would you do the same?
I would focus on the subject the same. I would also still use the same angles.

 Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, grumpy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?
The only rule that i believe that i acheived was simplicity. Becuase in my "red photo" i zoomed in close to get the eagles red eye and the background was just plain gray. But other than that rule i wasn't able to achieve any of the other ones.
Are you interested in shooting the prompts again?
I am interested in shooting red and metal again but because grumpy was so difficult to photograph i wouldn't want to do that prompt again.

Simplicity

In this photo, the "all flights cancelled" sign is the center of interest. The background is very simple therefore it draws your eye to the sign and it also compliments the sign.

Framing

In this photo, one helicopter is hovering over the building that was destroyed and the other helicopter is on the lawn. Since there is a helicopter on top and bottom it is framing the building that was destroyed. It gives the photo more of a feeling of depth, interest, and dimension.

Meger

In this photo, the van is the center of interest. But both the van and the man are mergers because the mans elbow is cut off and the front of the van is also being cut off.

Balance

In this photo, the shape of the buildings that fell helps the photo compostition. When you first look at this picture your eye is drawn strait to the geometric shape of the building.