Depth of Field

Narrow Depth of Field

Shutter: 1/60, Aperture: f/4.5, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 8.8mm, ISO Speed: 250

I took this photo because I like looking at water.  It took me over five tries to get this right, which was frustrating, but eventually it worked out.  To be honest, I am happy with the outcome of the photo and I wouldn't retake it.  The only difficulty I had with this photo was getting the timing just right, which I found out had to be right as I dropped the rock into the water. 

Rule of Thirds

Shutter: 1/30, Aperture: f/3.9, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 6.7mm, ISO Speed: 200

Shutter: 1/30, Aperture: f/3.4, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 5.1mm, ISO Speed: 400

Both of these photos are of my dog, Dalilah.  She's my pride and joy and I really love her.  She's got such character, which is captured nicely in each of these photos.  In the first, it was around seven at night, the first day it began to get cold and she was watching a squirrel run through our yard.  As soon as she lost sight of it, she took off.  The second photo was taken the same day, an hour earlier, and I was testing out the close up feature on my camera, where as the first was a portrait picture.  She was sniffing the leave I held in front of her, which allowed me to capture her face easily as rule of thirds.  If I'm being honest, I wouldn't retake these photos for an assignment, but I would retake them just because I would like to see how they come out.  If I were to retake them, I would do it in the winter, to see how different the background would look. 

Examples of Horizontal Lines

Horizontal Lines

photo by Matteo Dudek

photo by Sina Rahmati

photo by Lucio

I picked the first and third photo simply because they show horizontal lines, but the second photo takes the cake for me.  I wondered to myself, as I was looking at it, what the man was thinking.  I wonder if he's trapped, looking through a covered window, or if he, perhaps, is doing his job and checking out a vent.  I also wondered what his story is or if the photo was meant to be a portrait of him, showing that he's confused with life and the horizontal lines represent the ladder he's supposed to climb to get to the highlight of his life. 

Examples of Leading Lines

Leading Lines

photo from http://www.photips.com/photography-tips/leading-lines.html

photo by Michael Small

photo by Joe Decker 

I'm  huge fan of leading line photos.  Each of these examples makes me think of how life never ends as long as you're still living.  You can be walking on a boardwalk, taking a train or driving down a road to get stuck somewhere, only to detour and take another route to the place you want to be, whether it was by mistake or not.  Each of these photos is a marvelous example of leading lines, even though I feel as if the second example could have a stronger contrast and color value. 

Examples of Vertical Lines

Vertical Lines

photo by Marcus

photo by Buwaneka Saranga 

photograph from warrenjonesphotography.blogspot.com

I found each of these photos peculiar in their own way.  The first, even though it's also an example of leading lines, makes me wonder what the man / woman was doing and thinking as he / she walked past the lined up lines, seemingly all a different structure of art, solid and plain as they may be.  The second photo, from what I recognize as wooden flutes, makes me wonder about what the photographer was trying to tell us, if he / she was trying to paint a story with their picture.  Finally, the last photo is one of my favorites, even though it is just a photo of fencing.  I feel like it could be hiding something, or even tell a story of a trapped animal . . .  Perhaps it tells our own story; one where we're stuck somewhere and we can't get out; we can't escape, because in life, we're trapped in places we don't always want to be in. 

Example of Curved Lines

Curved Lines

photo by Caitlin Marie

photo from digital-photography-school.com

photograph from justinealegre.wikispaces.com

Each photo had their own way of interesting me; I rather enjoy looking at close ups of leaves (such as the second photo) and pictures with a great deal of contrasting colors (the first photo).  In all honest, the final photo was a bit too busy for me, but it was a good example of curves lines. 

Examples of Rule of Thirds

Rules of Thirds

photographs from http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds

photograph from http://learnprophotography.com/rule-of-thirds

These photos were all chosen because they are wonderful examples of the rule of thirds.  The subject of the photo, whether the rest of the photo is in focus or not, is on one of the third lines.  None of these pictures really peaked my interest even though they are okay photos. 

Composition [ not finished; need more pictures ]

Curved Lines

Shutter: 1/25, Aperture: f/3.2, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 4.6mm, ISO Speed: 80

This picture is kind of blah to me.  There's simply no other word to use for it; the fabric reflected too much light and there's a bit of a glare on the right side.  I wouldn't even retake this photo, I dislike it so much; however, it is a good example of curved lines, with both the design on the fabric and the waviness of the curtain.

Rules Of Thirds [focus = leaf and dew]

Shutter: 1/25, Aperture: f/8.0, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 4.6mm, ISO Speed: 80

It was around six in the morning when I took this photo and let me just say this; I was not happy to be awake.  When I first saw the picture, I hated it.  The grass looked yellow on the camera screen and the rest of it was dark.  I didn't even see much dew on it before I blew it up on the computer.  Then, I fell in love with it.  The only thing I would change if I would redo this picture is have there be more dew and less shadows. 

Horizontal Lines

Shutter: 1/25, Aperture: f/3.2, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 4.6mm, ISO Speed: 80

I'm not a fan of this photo, but it's a good example of both horizontal and vertical lines.  If I were to retake this photo, I would do it from an angle and have more natural light on the bricks, since the flash of my camera caused a glare.

Vertical Lines

Shutter: 1/80, Aperture: f/3.2, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 4.6mm, ISO Speed: 80

To be frank, this is one of my favorite pictures.  I could sit and stare at it for hours; I'm extremely proud of it.  The way the photo bends in the background and blurs, but the melting frost stands out in defined detail.  This picture had no complications; the only thing I would change is how dark the bottom right corner is.