Alternative to 9/11 Assignment: Photos in Nature

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Simplicity
This photograph is very minimalistic. The main focus of the image are the two birds perched on a roof. The rule of simplicity can be used to draw attention to a specific point in an image.

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Rule of Thirds
This photograph demonstrated the "rule of thirds" well. Framing objects in the middle of a picture often makes for a very static image, but by plotting things near the intersection points of an imaginary 2x4 grid makes for a more pleasing image.

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Lines
The s-curve is often incorporated into photographs so our eyes can follow them to the subject. The photographer has his/her model stand in a blank space, and his dark clothes contrast well with the lights and shadows so he is easy to spot.

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Balance
In this photograph, the storm comes in from the top right of the image. The canyons are concentrated to the left of the image to balance out the storm clouds rolling in.

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Framing
Four different animals are framed by the feet of an elephant. The photographer's use of framing draws attention to the animals in the distance.

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Avoid Mergers
This man's head is covering what should be the subject of the image. It looks like he is wearing a crown, and this photograph is boring since he is placed in the middle of the image

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Prompt Shoot II

Prompt Shoot #2 PURPLE This was the brightest I could get this photo because I took it in a dark corner. I did have to turn the ISO up quite a bit, which resulted in some grain, but not too much. The cable creates a nice S-curve and the baseboards make decently straight lines. I made sure to keep it as simple as possible. This photo is 'purple' because the wall in the background is a calming cool toned purple. ELECTRIC I wanted this photograph to be underexposed so that the pink looks rich. The darkness also fits the sleepy mood of the styrofoam heads. The heads and the desk that they are on create nice diagonal lines , and everything is well balanced. This photo is 'electric' because the cherry pink wig is prominent as opposed to all other elements in this photograph. COLD This photograph is perfectly exposed in my opinion. A lot of light was seeping through the window because it was mid-day. The rule of thirds is implied in this photo, as well as lin...

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"The Camera History and Basic Functions"

"The Camera History and Basic Functions" 1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved? In c. 500 B.C.E, Chinese and Greek philosophers discovered the "camera obscure" effect. They found that when light is focused through a tiny hole in a wall, the scene is projects on another close by surface, upside down. 2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera? Once Isaac newton and Christian Huygens perfected optics, they were able to make extremely high-quality lenses. 3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce? Niepce created the film camera. To body of the camera was a box, it also had a glass lens, and film. 4. What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera? Light passes through the lens into the camera and exposes the film 5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image? Digital cameras use an electro...

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