Composition Assignment #2

For this assignment, I was required to take pictures of the other five composition elements. The other five elements are "Color, Balance, Perspective, Framing, and Space".

Space: For space I took a picture of a bear shaped cookie cutter on a blue background. The bear was the only focus point in the image, so it had room to breathe, which made it look really neat.

Framing: For this picture, I had one of my friends stand behind a glass door (in the window frame), and the frame of the actual door surrounded her face, which created a frame.

Perspective: Perspective is such a fun element to take a photograph of. I held my acoustic guitar upright underneath a light. I started from the bottom of the guitar and shot up towards the neck, this created a nice view of the guitar.

Balance: For balance I took a picture of a chick stuffed animal with a pair of sunglasses not the far away from it. This created two focus points. Also known as balance.

Color: Color is such an interesting element of composition. I took a picture of a seashell with a yellow background behind it.

From this assignment I learned how to notice different structures and colors, and that a picture doesn't have to represent one thing.

Photo Composition Assignment #1

For this assignment I was required to take six pictures, each showing a different composition element (Rule Of Thirds, Texture, Lines, Pattern, Symmetry, Depth Of Field).

Rule Of Thirds: The picture I took for the rule of thirds was of my stuffed animal cat. As you can see, the main focus was the cats head, which was shot in the upper left corner of the photo.

Texture: For texture, I took a picture of hardened corn on the cob. Each kernel represents texture.

Lines: For this composition element, I took a picture of my pencil case. It wasn't much, but it resembled lines.

Pattern: The picture I took for pattern was of a bunch a sharpies with a crayola marker in the middle. This off-set the pattern (breaking pattern).

Symmetry: For this composition element, I took a photograph of one of the stairways in my school. Both sides are the same, with a railing in the middle. This resembles symmetry.

Depth Of Field: Depth of field is probably one of the hardest shots to take. At least for me. I took a picture of a glue stick and a pencil sharpener not that far behind it. The glue stick came in focus great, yet the pencil sharpener was a bit blurry.

From this assignment I learned that for depth of field, you can basically take a picture of anything. Also, there are lines everywhere around you, which I never realized until I was required to take a picture of lines. Plus, symmetry, it's amazing how much symmetry is in this world that we don't even notice.