Well, this weeks assignments was to take photos of the 9 Rules of Composition. I knew that I was going to Charter School Day at the Capitol, so I asked Jizelle if she would model for me! We had tons of fun doing these and I really like how they turned out. So I hope that you enjoy these photos of our beautiful and "serious face" VP. :)
PS: I loved getting to meet a lot of you! I hope that even more of you will come to the other activities!
Rule of Thirds
Jizelle isn't centered in this and her face is in the top right of the image, so obviously this is my rule of thirds photo.
Avoiding Mergers
I chose this for avoiding mergers because I had to position her and myself in just the right place to make sure that she didn't look like she had a light coming out of her head.
Rhythm/Repetition
The repeated pillars and lights in this create repetition and the line of pillars is then broken up by Jizelle.
Balance
I really liked both of these for balance. The first photo is very close up on her face and has no negative space which gives it a good sense of balance, while the second photo is also very balanced out because of the stairs on one side and Jizelle standing on the other side.
Leading Lines
I love all the lines in this photo! They all point towards Jizelle, but in very different and intricate ways. The railing of the stairs points to Jizelle in an obvious way, but the lines on the railing behind her, on the floor, and in the small piece of railing from above also point to her.
Framing
I love converting photos to black and white so I was really surprised when I preferred almost all of the photos from my shoot with Jizelle in color. I did like this photo better in black and white, though. I always like to find different and exciting ways to frame people, but sometimes I like to make the framing very obvious. These little arches at the Capitol did just that. There are so many layers to the arch that gave the photo a really cool feeling.
Harmony
I felt like these were good representations of harmony even though they don't have multiple things in them. The lighting in both of them helps to create a harmonious feeling and the simplicity to the photos also gives a feeling of harmony.
Perspective or Point of View
Obviously, this photo is very different. By having only the area of the railing closest to the camera in focus, you are forced to look at the photo from a different perspective than is normal or natural.
Simplicity
I think this is my favorite photo from our entire shoot. I just love it! Not only does Jizelle look gorgeous, but the photo is so simple! I really tried to put emphasis on her eyes and there isn't anything in the background to distract you from the main focus.
So that's it! I absolutely
loved this assignment and I really hope you liked what I did. Let me know what you thought, in the comments!
zomg jez, can you make me pretty like you? alchemy works, yes? you gorgeous asian, you.
