Assignment Rules of the Thirds
With the first Assignment, I asked the class to take the lesson they received on the Rules of the Thirds and to take three shots for next weeks class. Here are my pick of the best from each student (in no order).
Alice chose to take photos of a flower arraignment she had on hand. I like the colour and the way she put the stem of the flower a bit off center which pulls your eyes. She did remember to first focus the stem by depressing her shutter halfway and then moved the camera to slightly put the stem off center.
Bob went to Niagara Falls on the weekend and amazed the class with this shot of his two subjects in one of the tunnels that leads to the horseshoe falls. It was a great choice to frame the photo using the two people to call for a very interesting shot. We talked about how when you are out on family vacations and at place where you could set up a typical family shot to try new things to bring an element of excitement to your photos.
John took a walk to Mill Pond and set this shot up of his dog. This is a great photo that shows how when you use the rule of the thirds to set up your pictures you will always end up with great results. The dog's face is clear and in focus, slightly off center creating good flow with the background. John possibly worked with a good depth of field to get this shot and I think as it stands alone he doesn't need to crop out anything and can just frame this one and put it on the wall.
Judy also took a photo of a flower arrangement she had and decided to line up the grid with the top of the flowers so that the colours were not centered. With this shot, I would recommend that Judy crop out a lot of the empty space in her photo to pull more attention to the bulbs of the tulips.
Kate took a walk in Oakville by the lake and captured this shot of the pathway by the gazebo. The way she captured the shadow to enclose the photo is great and works well with the negative and positive space. I like this photo because nothing is very centered and because of that shadow that leaks onto the white area of snow.
Marshall got this great shot of a horse rider in a field and put his subject off centered to grasp a bit of the background for the photo. I don't know if he knows, but the way the diagonal line of the field works perfect for this shot and it was a brilliant idea to line the diagonal in this way to divide the entire shot.
Meg captured a great shot of a collection of sea shells for this assignment. What works well is that little blob of black on one of the shells which is off center which demands you attention. The contrast of the one black shell to the rest of the white shells stands out and because it is off center it forces the viewer to explore the photo.
Michele was at a wedding when she took her shots. She managed to take this classic shot of the rider with the buggy as it was coming down the street. She managed to keep the driver off center to allow more room for the horses. The only drawback of the photo is the end of the car in the lower right corner. I would recommend that Michele crops out the car corner as close as she can to bring out her subject better.
Mike had a very amusing story when he came to class with his photos. He told the class that when he was out taking photos for the assignment he discovered that Mill Pond had more then one path that lead behind it and he took his time discovering. With this shot, Mike put the gazebo off centered and allowed the pathway to fill the frame to lead the viewer to his subject.
Neil P took this shot right outside the Town Hall in Victoria Park. At first he did not know if he wanted to make the bench the focal point of his photo and because of the way the footsteps worked around it, I asked him to crop the photo to make the bench his subject. I would probably ask him to crop this photo one more time before printing it to drop the bench closer towards the lower left corner.
Ruth took a shot of a road up in the counrty and I love the way the distance disappears into infinity. She was trying to capture the trees as her subject and placed them off to the side to get part of the road as well. The lines draw your eyes into the photo and I like how the snow contrasts the grey portions of the road.
Susan got a great photo of this lizard in his cage. The colours are amazing, great contrast of the red-oranges with the greens and the way the leaves on the left are slightly blurred to frame the photo. The lizard is stuck off centered and this picture works great blown up very large.
Neil missed the previous class and called on me to help him the best I could outside of the classroom. With this shot of his dog, he made sure to line him off center so he is not just stuck in the bullseye of the camera lens. I would ask him to crop the firewood out and try to put a filter on the eyes so the reflection of the flash wont be so intimidating on the viewer.
Amy and Barb missed this weeks class due to the weather and Jack will have his photos in this week (hopefuly) as he was having computer issues.
Alice chose to take photos of a flower arraignment she had on hand. I like the colour and the way she put the stem of the flower a bit off center which pulls your eyes. She did remember to first focus the stem by depressing her shutter halfway and then moved the camera to slightly put the stem off center.
Bob went to Niagara Falls on the weekend and amazed the class with this shot of his two subjects in one of the tunnels that leads to the horseshoe falls. It was a great choice to frame the photo using the two people to call for a very interesting shot. We talked about how when you are out on family vacations and at place where you could set up a typical family shot to try new things to bring an element of excitement to your photos.
John took a walk to Mill Pond and set this shot up of his dog. This is a great photo that shows how when you use the rule of the thirds to set up your pictures you will always end up with great results. The dog's face is clear and in focus, slightly off center creating good flow with the background. John possibly worked with a good depth of field to get this shot and I think as it stands alone he doesn't need to crop out anything and can just frame this one and put it on the wall.
Judy also took a photo of a flower arrangement she had and decided to line up the grid with the top of the flowers so that the colours were not centered. With this shot, I would recommend that Judy crop out a lot of the empty space in her photo to pull more attention to the bulbs of the tulips.
Kate took a walk in Oakville by the lake and captured this shot of the pathway by the gazebo. The way she captured the shadow to enclose the photo is great and works well with the negative and positive space. I like this photo because nothing is very centered and because of that shadow that leaks onto the white area of snow.
Marshall got this great shot of a horse rider in a field and put his subject off centered to grasp a bit of the background for the photo. I don't know if he knows, but the way the diagonal line of the field works perfect for this shot and it was a brilliant idea to line the diagonal in this way to divide the entire shot.
Meg captured a great shot of a collection of sea shells for this assignment. What works well is that little blob of black on one of the shells which is off center which demands you attention. The contrast of the one black shell to the rest of the white shells stands out and because it is off center it forces the viewer to explore the photo.
Michele was at a wedding when she took her shots. She managed to take this classic shot of the rider with the buggy as it was coming down the street. She managed to keep the driver off center to allow more room for the horses. The only drawback of the photo is the end of the car in the lower right corner. I would recommend that Michele crops out the car corner as close as she can to bring out her subject better.
Mike had a very amusing story when he came to class with his photos. He told the class that when he was out taking photos for the assignment he discovered that Mill Pond had more then one path that lead behind it and he took his time discovering. With this shot, Mike put the gazebo off centered and allowed the pathway to fill the frame to lead the viewer to his subject.
Neil P took this shot right outside the Town Hall in Victoria Park. At first he did not know if he wanted to make the bench the focal point of his photo and because of the way the footsteps worked around it, I asked him to crop the photo to make the bench his subject. I would probably ask him to crop this photo one more time before printing it to drop the bench closer towards the lower left corner.
Ruth took a shot of a road up in the counrty and I love the way the distance disappears into infinity. She was trying to capture the trees as her subject and placed them off to the side to get part of the road as well. The lines draw your eyes into the photo and I like how the snow contrasts the grey portions of the road.
Susan got a great photo of this lizard in his cage. The colours are amazing, great contrast of the red-oranges with the greens and the way the leaves on the left are slightly blurred to frame the photo. The lizard is stuck off centered and this picture works great blown up very large.
Neil missed the previous class and called on me to help him the best I could outside of the classroom. With this shot of his dog, he made sure to line him off center so he is not just stuck in the bullseye of the camera lens. I would ask him to crop the firewood out and try to put a filter on the eyes so the reflection of the flash wont be so intimidating on the viewer.
Amy and Barb missed this weeks class due to the weather and Jack will have his photos in this week (hopefuly) as he was having computer issues.
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