The Art of Composition

For this project, The Art of Composition, we had house different strategies that photographers use when taking pictures to make the composition of the image more appealing to the viewer. Some of the strategies are what we did for this project including, line, framing, the rule of thirds, and simplicity.

Line

This picture was taken at Point Reyes. The shot was looking down the long flight of steps heading toward the Point Reyes Lighthouse. I think that this is a good representation of line as all lines are headed toward the light house: the steps, the railing, and the shadows of the railing, as well as the man walking down the steps towards the lighthouse. This shot was taken at an aperture of f/ 2.4, with the shutter peed at 1/1250 of a second.

Rule of Thirds

This shot was also taken in Point Reyes at the point Reyes lighthouse in San Francisco. The subject is the lighthouse down at the bottom but i shifted the camera slightly to the left so that the ocean would also be in the shot and also to make sure my subject, the lighthouse, wasn't directly at the center of the shot. The settings when this picture was taken was an aperture of f/5.6, with the shutter speed being at 1/2700 of a second.

Simplicity

This shot was taken in Mexico City at the castle of Chapultepec. I saw the chandelier hanging from the ceiling and saw all the little details within it so i decided to take a picture. This shows simplicity because there is not much going on in the picture besides the chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The aperture when taking this image was at f/4.0 with a slow shutter speed at 1 second.

Framing

This picture was taken on the way home to my house where I saw this flower in between a metal fence. The fence framed the flower and the bush perfectly into the picture. In this image the metal fence focuses your attention on the flower rather than letting your eye wander to other parts of the picture. Who taking this picture I set the aperture to f/5.6, with a shutter speed of 1/200 of a second.