Composition Assignment

Assignment description:
     In this assignment I took pictures to show the elements of composition. The elements I captured were color, perspective, rule of thirds, framing, balance, space, depth of field, texture, symmetry, pattern, and lines. Taking pictures to represent the element help me understand how to use it in all of my photography. 

Photos:

Frame: The tire creates a frame around the leaves
and the water bottle that allows the viewer to concentrate on that aspect of the picture. 

Color: The red pops out of the background since it is against white. 

Depth of Field: The grass in the foreground is out of focus 
but the further objects are in focus.

Lines: The supports all lead the eye into the post from all 
directions, guiding the eye to the subject. 

Texture: The light from the sky illuminates behind 
the grass which shows the prickly grass blades. 

Symmetry: The picture is split by the lane divider 
which the lane lines can reflect over. 

Space: The tree is isolated in a field so that there is nothing 
around it which makes the viewer focus on the tree.

Rule of Thirds: The leaf is laying on the top third line 
and the break in the leaf with the  rock jutting 
out of it lays on an intersection of the third lines. 

Perspective: Looking down at the staircase 
captures the different lines in a different way. 

Pattern: The lockers are the same and are shot in a line.
The pattern is broken with the open locker making it stand out. 

Balance: The two cats balance the picture
since they are located opposite one another. 

Concepts learned:
     While working on gathering these images, I learned some of the basics of a camera. First, I found out about the differences between a point and shoot camera and a SLR camera. The point and shoot camera may be easy to use and light weight, but the SLR camera gives more control to the user with the settings. Then, I explored the camera itself with hearing about the different parts of the camera. The basic viewfinder and camera body were easy to figure out, but when trying to get my pictures perfect I learned about how the image is affected by the light available in the picture and how to change some settings to create different effects. In another area, I learned about computers more. Blogger became a place for me to present my pictures and Bridge helps me organize my images so I am able to quickly find them. These resources aid me in my photography adventures.