Framing

Natural

I find this photo to work very well for natural framing because these two plants arch perfectly together and as the cars drove by on the street they became a good subject and the plants made a good frame. I got pretty much all the way to the ground trying to allow you to see the plant and the subject at the same time, although part of the plant slightly blends into the back, its still visible.



I think these two trees and their leaves make a good natural frame around the boy walking. I pretty much took the picture straight on and got the boy walking right inbetween the trees.





Man Made

I think this photo works very well for man made framing because the concrete and metal bar make an awesome frame for the umbrellas far away and the grass up close. I also really love how this picture almost gives you an ants perspective, like your really small. So i found it worked out really well that way.

I find that this picture works well for man made framing because the metal triangle of the bench that I took this through is a man made object and it accurately makes you focus on whats inside the triangle. Although, I think I could have cropped the bottom more to make it less distacting.






Architectual

I think this photo works well for architectual framing because the doorway creates a perfect frame around the two girls walking. It draws your attention to them and makes a good frame. I didnt stand back very far, just enough to make the doorway act as a acurate frame.



I think this photo works well for architectual framing because it captures the structure forming a frame very well. I stood back fairly far away and evenly placed the subject in the middle of the image, making sure it was acurately making a frame.

2. The most challenging element of this assignment was trying to distinguish what things were which type of frames, man made, natural, or architectual. I somewhat overcame this by focusing on each element of the photo and trying my best to get a variety of different subjects that made good frames.

Pattern

MAN MADE

This image works for man made patterns because the stairs create a diverse pattern along with the poles. When i took this image it required me to get down a little lower than the straight on eye sight angle and i tilted the camera a bit to make the pole closest to me straight on the edge of the photo. The most successful thing about this photo is the angle because it makes it more interesting.

This image works for man made patterns because the diamond weave fence makes an on going pattern. I took this image with the lens close up to the fence and pointed it out so that the fence would fade out in the background. Ther most successful thing about this image is the way it fades but still allows you to know what you're looking at.

NATURAL

I Think this photo works for patterns because the lines the flowers create make a blurred pattern in the background, of vertical lines. And because of the color, its easier to define that they are in fact all the same thing. I took this image from a straight on angle and focused on the one cosest to the lens. I think the most successful thing about this image is the time of day and the way i got the sunlight to where there were no shadows.

This photo works for patterns becasue the way the water is rippling. It creates a million little criss cross lines. I took this photo from a slight overhead angle which gave me a better view of the lines. The most successful part of this image is how theres pretty much no glare off the water.

WELL

I used  a close up effect on the grate around the vending machine and faded it out. I think i did this well cause it draws your attention to my main focal point and it has a cool reflection in the back from the vending machine glass.

IMPROVE

When i took this photo the focusing got messed up and didnt focus on what i wanted it to so instead of a pretty green leaf its now a giant, green, unatractive blob. To improve this photo i need to focus better and make sure i capture the right subject.


For our next project my goal is going to be to make my photo's more interesting but also very simple at the same time. I plan to use more diverse angles and not have so many distractions in the photo but just try and capture only the subject.

Angles

Above

Below

^1.I would say this shot is my strongest because its main focus is the little blue thing. There are also other aspects to the photo but they're minor so it makes it a bit more intestesting to look at the main element.

Straight

 Composition

^2. This photo demonstrates leading lines. I used the cracks in the walkway to create a line that is interrupted by my subject. I got down really low and put the camera down to ground level. This made an eye level aspect and made your eyes follow the vertical line.

Improve



^4. I need to improve on making my subject the main focus. In this picture there is an obvious contrast but its almost hard to tell what your looking at. So i want to work a little more on that.

The most challenging element of this assignment in my opinion would have to be figuring out how to make the way you look at an object interesting. And make angles work effectively.

Compostition techniques

I thought the photgrapher captured the skateboarder well because he's perfectly positioned in the upper left corner. Using rule of thirds well and to their advantage because its gives you more of a perspective of where the stkater is at and what he's doing.

The photographer filled the frame well with these blades of grass. Making somethng really small and not very interesting look big and it captures your attention.

The lightposts form leading lines perfectly. They lead you to look at the subject, the beautiful orange sunset.

Lines

Diagonal 



3. I think this is a good example of natural lines. The leaf stem creates a line that draws your attention to it. When taking this picture i zoomed my camera in to fill the frame as good as possible so that i was focusing only on one subject.

Horizontal

1. I think this is my strongest shot because it gives you a good depth of field and it draws your attention to the main focus. Which is the word "conquistadors" And even though you cant completely read it you still get the idea of it.  

Vertical

2. I find this picture to be a good example of architectual lines because the walls draw your eyes to the light coming through the door at the end of the hallway. I zoomed my camera out as far as possible and i cut off the door fram i took ther picture through to avoid a distraction.


4. The most challenging element of this assignment was trying to find a variety of different lines and making them look or seem interesting. I overcame this challenge by trying to view objects the way people wouln't normally see them.
5. One thing Mr. Pederson could do to improve my experience in this class would be teach me better picture taking techniques or ways to make an object look more appealing without having to use photoshop.
6. One thing i could do to improve my experience in this class would be to not to focus too much on little things but more on the big picture and what will make my pictures better.