Daily Image 2/11/11

1. What do you see? Describe what is happening.

I see a man who looks sad, upset and stressed. sitting in a corner by himself of what looks like a restaurant.

2. What Colors, Shapes, and Lines?

The whole photo is a black and white composition, and I see straight lines on the walls.

3. Use Thesaurus.com to write down 5 expressive words that relate to the image.

Stressful, Sad, depressing, dark, moody.

4. Interpret the photograph. What is the meaning of this image?

He looks like he's going throughout something called Life!

5. IN A FULL SENTENCE, EXPLAIN HOW this image uses one of the Rules of Composition listed below :

This shows the rules of thirds because the guy having his hand on his head like he's fed up is in the top right money shot and on the bottom left and bottom right there is a paper of some sort so he looks like he's stressing over papers.

Daily Image2/9/11

1. What do you see? Describe what is happening.

I see a group of young kids together accompanied by a male adult. Their hands are up as if they are celebrating.

2. What Colors, Shapes, and Lines?

I see green walls, white on their shirts and browns.

3. Exciting, pride, bright, young, lively

4. Interpret the photograph.

This is just young people, celebrating

5. I uses the rule of thirds because there something occupying every box.

Daily Image 2/7/11

1. What do you see? Describe what is happening.

I see the a bridge and the view is from under the bridge. There are very tall cinder blocks the same size as the three young children also in the photo.

2. What Colors, Shapes, and Lines?

The bridge looks a silver color with very crisp bars to support it which create a lot of diagonal lines. The blocks of cement are grey in color there's dry grass so it's brownish- green in color.

3. Use Theasaurus.com to write down 5 expressive words that relate to the image.

built

strong

childhood

Lively

enjoyable

4. Interpret the photograph. What is the meaning of this image?

I just think it's three kids enjoying their childhood in an abandoned place but having fun and enjoying what they have.

5. IN A FULL SENTENCE, EXPLAIN HOW this image uses one of the Rules of Composition listed below:

This image uses the rule of thirds because in the top left money shots you have the bridge support and in the bottom left and in the bottom right you have kids playing. So this just shows what is important in the photo.

Daily Image 2/3/11

1. What do you see? Describe what is happening.

I see a young girl hard at work picking vegetables and putting them in a basket.

2. What Colors, Shapes, and Lines?

I see bright green everywhere and blue for what the young girl is wearing, and the basket is a very light off white color.

3. Use Thesaurus.com to write down 5 expressive words that relate to the image.

Green, farmy, old, young, and fresh

4. Interpret the photograph. What is the meaning of this image?

Well this reminds me of an old time movie where the young daughter of a big ranch family is picking

vegetables to learn the ways of a hard working woman in an old family.

5. IN A FULL SENTENCE, EXPLAIN HOW this image uses one of the Rules of Composition listed below :

This photo uses the rule of thirds very well because the basket is in the money shot which means it's the point of focus

Daily Image 1/28/11

1. What do you see? Describe what is happening.

I see a what looks like a deserted town, very dry and the clouds are very grey and it looks like it's about to rain.

2. What colors, shapes, and lines?

I see a lot of browns, which include the dry grass, the rusted buildings, the dirt and then the massive grey clouds.

3. 5 descriptive words

• deserted
• dead
• abandoned
• hideous
• miserable

4. Interpret the photograph.

This photograph reminds me of a town where a bunch of serial killings happen and the camera is like a hidden camera trying to catch some action or something. This photograph is scary to me and it freaks me out

5. This photo uses simplicity because I think that the focus is the small buildings and it captured that very well.

Daily Image 1/11/11

1. What do you see? Describe what is happening.

I see what looks like a small field, with trees. There are trees in the foreground and scattered and there are buildings in the background.

2. What colors, shapes, and lines ?

The photo is a black and whit composition so all of it is composed of different shades of grey. and there are straight lines because of the edge of the building, curved lines because of the pathways and the windows on the buildings.

3. Use Thesaurus.com to write down 5 expressive words that relate to the image.

Social : People socializing

Damp : It looks like it's about to rain and there are puddles on the ground.

Open : There's a lot of open space in the photo and you can see far.

Serenity : when I look at this it makes me feel calm and serene.

Public : This looks like a public place people would go to very often on nice days and have a picnic.

4. Interpret the photograph. What is the meaning of this image?

I think that this photo just gives off a family vibe and it looks like something to do with your family. I think this photograph is showing the importance of family, relationships, and stuff of that nature because that's what I feel is being portrayed .

5. Explain how this image uses one of the rules of Composition .

I think this photo is very clean and the background is very easy to get. But the focus on the point of interest throws me off because there are many things to focus on in many different areas. It's hard to tell what the focal point of the photo is. Is it the trees ? The people getting together .

Irisabel Soto

December 15^th, 2010

B7 Photography Techniques Essay

There’s more to photography instead of trying to decide if the flash is needed. There are many more aspects like the rule of thirds, working lines into your photograph, and also the importance of focal points. All of these are important when taking a picture. Make sure you have something occupying every box in the rule of thirds, make sure you have lines, implied or defined, and make sure the main focus of the picture is conveyed. Photography isn’t too hard it may seem so at first but when you learn the concepts you will learn to photograph like a professional!

The rule of thirds is a very simple and useful concept to use. This breaks your photo down into nine parts it also identifies four important parts that you should consider putting your focal point. If your points of interest are placed on the intersections of the lines or on the intersections then your photo will be balanced. This technique gives you four useful ‘lines’ that can be used to position your elements. Studies show that when you look at an image your eye goes to one of the intersection points in the rule of thirds and each of those points are called money shots.

Working lines into your photographs are very important. Lines can add dynamic impact to a photograph any kind of lines of course including vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. Vertical lines have the ability to convey different moods such as power and strength think of a building. The tallness represents power and strength. Horizontal lines create stability or rest in a photo like a table, the top of a table looks very stable, and also the most famous horizontal line the horizon. These horizontal lines should be located in the upper or lower third. The diagonal lines draws the eye of the viewer through a photo, it also adds a sense of action.

The importance of focal points is also very important. You should ask yourself what is the central point of interest? The focal point is when you look at an image and your eye will be directed right to that spot and it’ll be focused on it. Think of position where you want your focal point to be, the focus, the blur, the size, the color and shape. All these things are important when you think of your focal point. But you don’t want to confuse your viewer with too many focal points.

All these techniques are very important when photographing. They will help you become a better photographer because they are simple and easy to keep in mind and you will soon be able to catch all these aspects in one photo on one try. They make photos more balanced, equal, the main idea of your photo will come across and you will look like a professional photographer!