Project 2: Composition

For this project we took photos that fall under eight categories: frame within a frame, birds eye, bugs eye, leading lines, diagonals, rule of thirds, filling the frame and close-up; After taking them we edited them in light room. I really liked this project because we got to explore different shooting techniques that I believe improved my photos.

Fill the Frame.

Diagonals.

Close-up.

Leading Lines.

Rule of thirds. 

Bugs eye.

Frame within the frame.

Birds eye.

Two subject project

For this project we had to take 30 pictures of two subjects to explore our cameras and different angles. For most of these photos I tried to transform the photos in lightroom; increase the quality of my photos through the edits. These are the best five images from the bunch.

Whiskers- This photo is probably my favorite. I think that the soft focus and the blue in the background make the whiskers pop out. I lowered the brightness a bit and sharpened his whiskers to make the contrast more dramatic and brought out the blue just the tiniest bit.

Through the leaves- I love this photo because of the light peaking through the leaves. I used the black and white setting in lightroom and made the lights a little brighter so they would be more dramatic. I also added a slight vignette to increase the overall effect of the photo.

Cat's eye- I love this photo; I think his eyes are super interesting so I made them the focal point of the photo. I brought out the blue in his eyes just a little bit, and sharpened the photo and his whiskers to increase the contrast.

Cluster of Leaves- I think that the texture in this photo is great; I used the black and white feature in my camera and added a little bit of contrast to this photo; I also increased the clarity.

In the Branches- I love the color in this photo and I think the branches in focus and the ones not are really interesting together. I cropped this photo and increased the saturation a little bit.