For this photo challenge, I found natural “frames” within nature that helped to accentuate a photograph. In this photo of some trees, the darks background makes the brighter foreground stand out. Additionally, the sun’s rays coming from being a taller tree give the photo a spotlight effect of sorts that draws the eye to the …
To make an interesting composition for this week’s photo challenge that used props, I took this picture of my sister holding a jar in front of her face. I liked the way her face distorted slightly and looked as if it were inside of the jar. I had a lot of fun experimenting with this …
This week’s prompt was to take a photo using creative staging as well as depth of field. I believe that this photo matches both of these aspects. The stuffed animal is creatively framed within the books and paper, which are out of focus in the distance. It is surrounded by various objects, but the blurred …
For this week’s photo challenge, I had to shoot a photo from someone else’s viewpoint to create interest. I do a lot of theatre and acting with MVHS, however, I’m typically onstage rather than helping backstage on tech crew. So, for this photo, I wanted to take a picture using the viewpoint of someone on …
In the challenge for this week, I needed to use my knowledge of color theory to create a shot that looked like a still form a movie. When I was at the aquarium recently, I felt very drawn to the jelly fish exhibit. The contrast of the complementary blues and oranges was very vibrant and …
For the photo challenge this week, I had to incorporate the rule of odds into urbanscape or Architecture photography. To do this, I chose to photograph these string lights in my backyard. The string lights begin in the upper left portion of the photo but move the eye down across to the lower right. The …
This week, I had to use rule of thirds to portray emotion. I chose to photograph this alarm clock. Recently, I’ve been feeling very pressured by time in many aspects of my life. The clock seems to be baking into the wall behind it, slowing running low on time. In Photoshop, I added filters to …
In this week’s challenge, I had to “fill the frame” of a photograph. I chose to do this with an interesting piece of art in my house. I really the colors and texture of this artwork, and I thought that it would make a good subject for this prompt. The piece itself is larger than …
I chose to photograph and reflect my sister’s face for this challenge. Her face is pretty symmetrical so I thought it would be interesting to see what t it would look like if it were actually symmetrical. Side by side, it’s harder to tell the difference between the pictures, but when I was switching back …
To fulfill this week’s prompt of “Geometry”, I looked around my house for object or places that had repeating geometric patterns. When I saw these tiles in one of the bathrooms in my house, I knew that they would be the perfect thing to photograph. I really like how the tiles contain many different shades …