Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Academic Photo Shoot

Simplicity
-I think I followed the rule well in the sense that I captured one subject, but his guitar is cut off making for a bad attempt of Avoiding Mergers, and the background is almost too complicated.
-The subject is the guitarist, listening attentively to his instructor, ready to play.
-It is clear what to look at and where the focus is, even with some of the extraneous detail in the background.
-I could have aligned the guitarist more on the left side of the photo, to avoid cutting off his guitar, and isolated him in a less complicated area to more closely fulfill the Simplicity.



Lines
-I believe I followed the rule very well. The long line of people leads the focus towards Ms. Siegel.
-The subject is the Theatre teacher, Ms. Siegel, at work. She is teaching her class about an activity.
-It is clear. Ms. Siegel is isolated in the right side of the photo, and the rule of lines help lead the focus toward Ms. Siegel as well.



Framing
-I think I followed the rule fairly well. The girl in the middle in the purple is framed by the two boys. Although, the girl in the pink is cut off as well, and partially framed. 
-The subject is the girl in the middle wearing purple, watching the activity unfold in front of her.
-It is a bit unclear because I partially framed the girl in pink adjacent to the girl in purple, so the subject is a bit unclear.
-I could have isolated the girl in purple more and made sure to set the focus away from the girl in pink.


Rule of Thirds
-This rule is tricky, simply because a subject set on the intersection of the areas of the photograph can be hard to find and accentuate effectively. I think the guitarist in this photo is pinpointed on the lower right of the photo, as well as the headstock of his guitar on the lower left.
-The subject is the guitarist in the front-most foreground, as he examines his music.
-It is clear, because his face is the only whole face in the photo.



Balance
The guitarist on the left is off center, but the rest of the frame is balanced with the guitarist on the right and his guitar, evening out the picture.
The subject is the two guitarists, studying their music and listening to their teacher.
The subject is clear. The background isn't too complicated and their aren't too many other focuses in the photo.




Avoiding Mergers

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