{"id":249,"date":"2020-12-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/?p=249"},"modified":"2020-12-10T19:50:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:50:56","slug":"rule-of-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/rule-of-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule of Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" width=\"352\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/rule-of-odds-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><figcaption>Stumped<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At first I had difficulty grasping the rule of odds because it seemed so similar to the rule thirds, but after analyzing various examples I was able to discern differences and differentiate the two. One could say I was <em>stumped<\/em> in terms of photographing an urban landscape or architecture. As I walked around our neighborhood, the only prominent structures were other people&#8217;s hoses which were out of the question to photograph. So instead of treating my afternoon walk as all or nothing, I scaled down my definition of &#8220;architecture&#8221; and looked for inspiration on a smaller level. I was able to find some at a nearby park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this photo the stumps take up the right third of the composition, their shadows elongating into the empty left side. I also used a shallow depth of field, only leaving the front log in focus. Leading lines is also come into play with the lines of wood guiding the viewer&#8217;s eye deeper into the composition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first I had difficulty grasping the rule of odds because it seemed so similar to the rule thirds, but after analyzing various examples I was able to discern differences and differentiate the two. One could say I was stumped in terms of photographing an urban landscape or architecture. As I walked around our neighborhood, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/rule-of-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rule of Odds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composition-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~EmilyMc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}