Micro-Project on Picture Composition

 1. Skyline of buildings is asymmetrical.

2.Windows on building are symmetrical.

3.Fire hydrant is radial.

4. Person and their surrounding space.

5. Close up of person.

6.My room from an ants point of view.

7. Birds eye view of the oval.

8. Mirror Lake fountain as focal point.

9. Crane is the focal point despite not being the center.

10. My name on my mailbox

Both processes were similar in the fact that I had to go out and find things to take a picture of. The main difference was the first assignment had almost no requirement other than to just take 10 pictures then the second assignment each of the pictures had to display a composition technique. For the first assignment I decided to ride my bike through campus and take pictures of things as a rode past them. For the second assignment each of the pictures had to show a different composition technique so it took more thought as what to take pictures of. I though both processes where enjoyable but I liked the second assignment more because there was a little bit of a thrill in the hunt to find good examples of all the composition techniques. Of all the images taken my favorite was the fire hydrant that is a radial image, the picture itself is not anything special but I was real excited when I found the fire hydrant because I had been walking around racking my brain for a creative idea and then next thing you know I was right next to it and had a cool “aww ha” moment. I also liked trying to take pictures of people on campus without seeming creepy, I could not manage to get a close up but I got a few of people in their surroundings.