Composition Assignment

For this assignment, composition, or the makeup, of a photo was the key idea. I learned several different "rules"/"techniques" for it. The assignment called for 11 different photos, each with a different rule, which are listed below. I came into this class not knowing much about photography, I wanted to take this class to learn how to shoot decent photos. Within only TWO weeks, whoa have I learned a lot! It’s amazing to me that something so simple as following a few guide lines can make your pictures amazing. For example, like most people, when I would go to take a picture, I always thought it was best to center the subject. Little did I know that following the rule of thirds, (placing the object on one of the “Tic Tac Toe” like lines would make my pictures turn out so much better.

Symmetry-“Hall Way”

Pattern-“Bench”

Rule of Thirds-“Swans”

Texture-“Pine Needles”

Lines-“Structure Beams”

Frame-“Skeleton”

Space-“Flag”

Field of Depth-“Drain”

Balance-“Tree and Pond”

Perspective-“Looking up at a Tree”

Color-“Guard Rail”