Three images

Perspective: Taken above my longboard on the driveway of my house. I focused on the longboard but the buildings and car are still visible in the background.

Subject: This is the background of the perspective image. I took a picture of the dumpster and the surrounding fence, which is slightly on the left side of center. Even though there are trees, a building, and a student walking in the picture, it is clear that the dumpster is the subject.

Balance: This is a zoomed out and panned up photo of the subject image. The Tree and ligh post with the sky balance with a contrast of light and dark. I think the blue sky looks great with the almost silhouetted objects near the camera.

Photography Composition Assignment

 I wanted to make our dog the focus of the picture, while also including other aspects as well. Like the iPhone photographer we watched a video about, I focused on my subject, which was the dog. You can see my Mom in the background, but she is a little bit out of focus, and off to the side. Half of my Dad can be seen in this picture as well, but still the focus is on my dog in the center of the picture.

 Here I tried to show balance in a handful of candy. I put the yellow banana runts in such a way that they divided the other colors in a balanced way. The idea is that there is not too much color in a specific place, rather that color is divided. Balance is achieved in creating an aesthetic separation of colors.

These are some delicious rolls that my wife made. I played with point of view here by focusing on a corner of the pan, and focusing my camera on the roll in the center of the image. My goal with this point of view is to be like that of a child who is extremely excited to eat, and is just staring at the food. Which pretty much was the situation I was in when I took this picture. Hopefully the smell, texture, and warmth of the rolls kinda comes through in this point of view.

Photography & Composition

This first photo illustrates the subject and background. The subject here would be the "quiet sign" sitting on the table, it being the part of the picture in focus.  The rest of the rows of tables and bookshelves, out of focus, would be the background in this case.

Here we have a Balance effect happening. The dinosaur is the only thing in the lower half of the photo, and pretty much all there is on the left side of it. There are a few things up in the top right corner, different remote controls and controllers, that tend to balance out the big green dinosaur in the picture as a whole. Also, the controls being different colors helps out with the balancing of the photo in terms of color.

This last shot is from the point of view of the jack-o-lantern on our front porch. It isn't the most exciting thing to be staring at all day, but it definitely is a different angle than the one you would normally see walking in or out of the apartment.

photo composition

These were photos recently taken from my trip to New York.


Point of View: I took this picture while at the 9/11 Memorial in New York trying to capture the moment as I was actually viewing it.  Depending on your point of view, there are many things you can see. Here a flower placed within a name carved into the monument, to me symbolizes hope. Hope that even though two buildings fell, a city still stands. And even though many were lost, they will never be forgotten.

Subject/Background- In this picture you have two very prominent subjects, the American Flag and myself. But, as you examine the photo is clear that I am the subject and the flag is the background. This is not because I am better than our nations flag, but because of my pointing at the camera and my distance to the camera. The flag is far from me and stationary, while I am close and making an interesting gesture.

Balance: In this picture you have me vertically and horizontally balanced in the center.  The picture is both symmetrically and asymmetrically balanced. A vertical symmetrical balance is found in me. If you were to cut me in half vertically, you'd have a balanced photo. A horizontal asymmetrical balance is found on the horizon line. The objects on the lower half of the photo, including my lower half, are balanced by the simplicity and clouds of the sky.

Photography Composition

Balance:  I tried to use symmetry in this picture to balance things out evenly on the left and right.  They keyboard is directly behind the bottle, with the screen appearing white, in contrast and balancing with the green and black on the bottle.

 

Point of View: This is a picture of my jeans, just looking up.  I think it is interesting, because you never really see things looking up, especially when it comes to pants.  Usually you are looking down at them.  So I thought it would be cool to get a view that maybe something like a cat or dog would experience.

 

 

Subject/Background: In this photo, I feel that the subject is really the light in the left.  That is where the eye is directly drawn to when looking at the photo.  I think it contrasts starkly with the dark mountain on the right, and that also pushes your eyes to the light.

Photography/Composition

Subject/Background:
I took a photo at the top of my walk to the Y. The background is the city of Provo.

Balance:
The bike is not centered in this photo, but the leaves all have fallen to the right. Also the way the bike is at an angle makes the photo more balanced.

Point of View:
This photo is my point of view at spin class at Golds gym, which is the birds eye point of view.

Photo/composition

 Subject/Background: In this somewhat comical picture of myself the pumpkin, knife, and I are the subject. It's easy to group us because of the proximity and because we are in the center and close to the camera you can tell we are the subject. The TV door, bookshelf, pillows, etc. are all the background.

 Point of View: I took this Photo at the Provo Rec Center. It is in a birds eye point of view. I think a birds eye view is one that always gives clarity because you can see whats going on, but it seems to take things from three dimensions to two. This photo would have been better had I been able to float in the middle of the room, but alas gravity got the best of me.

Balance: I think this photo has a relaxed presentation of balance, aided by its symmetry. although the trashcan and table aren't the same they have the same weight in the photo so they balance the ends. The wall and floor have a similar pattern which keep them in tune. As for the three chairs, having the blue split by the grey is a great way to create symmetrical balance.