Post-Shoot Reflection

1).  I had trouble trying to think about both the prompts and the rules of photography at the same time. A lot of the pictures I intended for one prompt ended up going into a different one.

2).  The technical aspect I found myself thinking about the most was the focus.  If the focus is off on a picture, the picture ends up being generally bad.  The camera usually focuses by itself, so I didn't have to do anything specifically to do it correctly.  Half-pressing while taking a picture (or before, however you look at it) is pretty much instinct for me, so I usually don't have to think about doing that, but looking at the focus while taking the picture is probably the one thing I focus on most.

3).  If I could do the assignment again, I'd worry a little less about the rules of photography.  Looking back on pictures I've taken before, I realized that I had a lot of them in my head already without knowing the labels for them.  Worrying about the rules of photography at the same time as the prompts was unneeded, added pressure.

4).  I'm not really sure what I would do the same - there were a lot of bad things I did within my fifteen minutes (such as over worrying).  I would search for prompts in the same way, though - studying my surroundings and seeing what reminded me of them.

5).  Done...

6).  The prompt "happy" was a lot of fun.  The other ones, though, I wouldn't want to do again.  "Bowie" is uninteresting, and it's easy to take terrible pictures for that one (such as taking random pictures of anything with the word "Bowie" in it).  "Metal" was hard, yet easy, at the same time.  There is metal everywhere, but most of it is very dull and uninteresting, so it's hard to take a good/interesting picture of it.  "Square" was too simple, and the same as "Bowie."  It's too easy to take a really bad picture of "square."


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The "metal" photo was pretty creative, and the blurriness somehow fit the picture.  "Happy" had nice lines, because the railings drew attention to the subject of the photo.  The other two were plain and could've used a change in angle to make the photo more interesting.

Promt Shoot

Happy:

Simplicity:  It's just Maria, and the background is far enough away that it doesn't distract from her.

Framing:  The trees (and even that bothersome metal pole) are leading the viewer's eyes to Jadon.

Metal:

Lines:  The metal on this chair is arranged in appealing diagonal lines, and the angle of the photo is such that the lines look almost like they never end.

Bowie:

(To me, the most memorable thing about Bowie is the giant tree.)

Framing:  This wasn't really an intention, but this guy is being framed by the branches of the giant tree.

Square:

Merger:

This is a merger because Mikayla's head combines with the pole behind her, and it bothers me that her right hand is the only thing that's in front of the giant pole that's to her side.

This is a merger because the people behind Jadon distract from him.  One is directly behind him, and it just..looks bad.

Her face is cut off.  That's all I need to say.

Avoiding Mergers

Framing

This is definitely "framing" because the man is being framed by what remains of the building the photographer is shooting from.

Balance

This is..probably..balance because, even though there's a lot going on in the picture, it's all the same thing, and it's all evened out throughout the span of the photo.

Lines

This is definitely lines because I find these horizontal lines in the photo appealing.  If they were just boards without lines, or they were vertical, I'm pretty sure the picture would be less appealing.

Rule of Thirds

I'd say this is definitely Rule of Thirds.  The building is on the right side of the picture, allowing the smoke more room to show in the picture, and a little of the foreground.