COMPOSITION & PHOTOGRAPHY

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    I learned how the Rule of Thirds can best be used by allowing a subject to touch one or more frames in its placement to create visual interest. I have a habit of placing images in the center, so it was nice to try thinking about how to capture a subject within the context of my environment. I did not know that diagonals and triangles create tension within an image, or that an odd number of subjects allow a viewer to look and guess the main subject with more of a reason to pause than an even amount.

    I do enjoy taking photos on my own but I enjoy stock footage more. I do not have to go to unique sites and the photos other people upload to places like Pexels.com are interesting. They are high quality plus done by professionals who do their best to capture visual interest. I get to learn what they do when I take photos but I would want to do that as a hobby.

    I took the photo of the squirrel chomping on an electrical box because I thought it was funny. I centered him in the middle upper left of the frame and had enough wires in the mix to show what he was doing was dangerous. There is tension in this photo given that the subject does not know why I am watching it. I was waiting for something shocking to happen.




    The building has this cool painting alongside its wall. I wanted to take a photo of the large size of the building so I had to step back and capture the street and sky as my forms of negative space. This 




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