<Use leading lines to create a visually interesting composition> For this assignment, I got inspiration from he architecture of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The building, originally designed and created by Frank Lloyd Wright, uses a spiral-ramp design that allows gallery viewers to seamlessly flow up and down the 7 levels of gallery space. …
<Create a composition using the rule of odds (3rds and 5ths)> The inspiration for this assignment is to highlight the rule of thirds in a composition. In this image, the horizontal and vertical lines in the photo follow the rule of thirds and divide the picture into nine visual segments. This photo was taken the …
<Create a powerful landscape image through the use of negative space.> This landscape image was shot on Cape Cod, MA. To shoot this photo, I set the camera up on the ledge of the staircase, framed and prepared the camera settings, and then set a timer-giving me time to run out to the middle of …
<Isolate a subject using center frame photography> Canon EOS Rebel T6 – 27mm lens – f/6.3 – 1/400 This photo series was taken behind the La Boulangerie in Downtown Mountain View. I choose this location because I thought the tiled collum would accentuate the red in the model’s hair. These photo’s turned out really well …
<Capture a holiday tradition with balance> For this assignment, I decided to capture a long-standing tradition in my family of going up to the snow between Christmas and the New Year. My family has always made these trips as an escape and vacation to relax at the end of the year. This year, my family …
<Create a post that highlights infinity through compositional leading lines> Image 1.) Taken in the guard rooms under the Concierge in Paris, the medieval palace served as a royal residence and later armory/prison during the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette was imprisoned and served the remaining of her life in the stone walls of this building. …
<Emphasize visual symmetry in landscape photography> The inspiration for this gallery was to highlight artificial, man-made symmetry forced into landscapes. I choose to photograph 16th-17th century gardens as a visual representation of this. Using the highly designed and unnatural essence of formal gardens, with symmetrical shrub worked and painfully manicured plants, it plays into the …
<Create an image with a sense of visual weight or mass> This assignment was to go out and create a composition that develops interest through visual weight or mass, with no other creative limits or jumping-off points. For this assignment, I had the inspiration to use color as a significant visual aid in this image. …
<Using knowledge of rule of thirds, capture an image that established motion> This picture was captured over the summer on a trip throughout Spain. I was inspired by the contrast between the raw structural elements of the glass and metal framed ceiling and the strip of subtropical plants that have been planted through the length …