Framing Photos (hopefully!)

Composition

As I was researching photo composition for this week's assignment, I found infromation on using lines in the photo subject to draw your eye to the main subject you are capturing. The internet resource spoke about the Rule of Thirds and the Golden Ratio and went on to elaborate how you could use lines in the photo as part of your composition.

In the first photo, I used the rule of thirds to capture a woodpile in a sugar woods. When I turned the corner, I saw the fence which I zoomed in on and used it to draw your eye to the woodpile. another helpful method I think...

Change in Light

I took these three photos at different times of the day on my "bright snow scene" setting. I kept the setting the same throughout so I could make light the only variable. I was facing East in all three photos. The first one was taken at 8:00 AM; the second at 12:00 PM with a little wind: and the third at 5:30 PM. I think my camera did a good job of adjusting for the variable light. The motion in the second one definitely affected clarity. Again, as for the rest of the week, the day was gray. The change in light at dusk gave the photo a blueish tint and seemed to make the flag have less definition against the background. I think in this instance, morning light was best.

Color Theory

Monochromatic





















Close to monochromatic but the green makes it complementary.

Work in Progress

Wow! That was easy! I love this class. These sites are awesome. This is a quilt in progress. If you look closely, you can see pins, batting and threads.

Compare and Contrast, Week 2

Okay, bloggers--I could use some lessons here. Hopefully this will get easier. I put these in here three times, saved them each time, checked edit and then what am I supposed to do? Anyway, the third time must be the charm! I was amazed at the difference in color in these two photos and how much more visible and lighter the door alcove was in the photo on the right. A stunning difference just by moving from one side of the building to the other. Now I just need to learn how you could predict this before taking the picture.