Home

This is my home. It's muddy and cold in the winter, hot and dry in the summer, and there never seems to be enough room inside. But it's also where my family is, and that's all that really matters.

Rules of Composition

1. Rule of Thirds

This picture is a good example of the Rule of Thirds because, if you were to drew a tic-tac-toe board on it, the old cabin would be positioned over the lower right intersection.

2. Simplicity/Emphasis

In this picture, the subject (the dead leaf near the center) is positioned in front of a simple background (the clouds).

3. Leading Lines

The fence in this picture leads your eyes to the horses. At least, it's supposed to...I was kinda too far away from the horses.

4. Balance

To me, Balance pretty much means symmetry. So here is a mostly symmetrical picture.

5. Framing

In this picture, everything is framed by this pavilion. I probably should've cropped out the picnic tables, though.

6. Avoiding Mergers

If you look closely, the two horses look like one horse with six legs. This is a merger.

7. Perspective or Point of View

If you're wondering why the wooden post on the left side of the image looks like it's been cut in half, it's because I took this picture looking into a mirror which, for some reason, was hanging on a brick wall. The whole post didn't fit into the mirror.

8. Harmony

Maybe this is a better example of rhythm/repetition, but I thought it would make example of harmony because the icicles are all part of the same chunk of ice hanging off our roof, they're all attached to each other.

9. Rhythm/Repetition

There are two examples of rhythm/repetition in this picture: the ridges on the wall and the wood planks on the ceiling.

Bad Photos

1. Motion Blur

 

2. Merger

3. Out of Focus

4. Overexposed

5. Underexposed

Bad photos can still be artistic. I mean these ones aren't really artistic, but other bad photos could be artistic. Mrs. Webb's bowling alley, for example, was blurred and out of focus, but very colorful and cool-looking. All of the colors looked really good out of focus, so to me at least, it was still artistic. So bad photos can still be artistic in their own way.