Week 5 - Framing & Comparison

Assignment #2 is to take a couple of really beautiful shots this week in two different ways. Take a shot centering the item of interest and then take a shot putting it on one of the "third" lines. Post the photos side by side and compare them on your blog.

This week I focused a lot on portrait shots, which is what I truly want to work on. My friend Arden and I did a photo shoot for a few hours and resulted in most of the photos you will see in this post.

The two below were both taken with her reclining on a swinging bench, the angles are different, I realize, but I did move the focus of the photo from the center to the left side. The centered photo is very picturesque, but one-dimensional. When I moved the focus to the left side of the frame I feel it made the photo a lot more interesting to view. I personally dislike the angle I chose for this one, and feel it could have been made much better with a slightly lower angle, but it does utilize the rule of thirds.



Assignment #3 is to get at least five shots that represent framing. Make those photos into a slideshow that you can put on your blog.

I only found five shots that I felt truly embodied framing as I saw it, and I used Smilebox again to make a slideshow for this entry. Click below to see the photos I took: