Category: Composition

For this prompt I thought having trees as frames would be good, and it just so happened that a squirrel was posing in between these two trunks. I love taking pictures of animals so this made me really happy!

For this photo, I looked at the linked article to get some inspiration, and I noticed that the photographer used common objects, sometimes in groups, as props for their photos, whether it be leaves or marbles. What I decided is to use something that I have a lot of – bottle caps. I also have …

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I thought that having a ball falling would be a cool thing to stage, and although it’s not really in focus, I still think it’s neat to see it practically floating.

This viewpoint is one of intimacy, someone who is very close to this person and trusts them, which is why his eyes are closed.

I always like taking photos of my cat, so I decided to use her for this. I decided to make the image warmer, I added a vignette and darkened it to make it more moody, and I sharpened it because it was somewhat out of focus. I think this is a cool shot because you …

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I decided to use the pattern of our shower tiles to show the rule of odds here. I really like how the closest tile is in focus, bringing your attention there first and then realizing there are two others. I also color corrected it to be cool toned since it is winter.

The emotion here is actually a lack of emotion, this person is holding on to something that is empty and that does not care for the person’s existence. It is just out of reach of freedom, of the outside world. It is dark, but it holds promise.

For this photo, I wanted to use an object that would have a similar color to the light so that the photo would appear to be all mostly one color, I also used shadow to create some interest so that it didn’t look so flat.

Geometry can be found in many places, but architecture is one of the places where it is most prevalent in human-made creations. In this case, our kitchen has a geometric pattern as its tile. The shape that repeats is created in such a way that they fit together like a puzzle. To add variety, they …

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I was going to the kitchen to look for a food that had some leading lines, and at that moment my mother happened to be cutting onions. I took a look at how they were sliced and realized I could use them. The focus is on the onion in the front, but if you follow …

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