Project One - Framing and Composition

In this project, we used many different photography techniques. These techniques were bird's eye view, frame within a frame, bug's eye view, filling the frame, leading lines, diagonals, rule of thirds, and close-up.  Below I have multiple examples of each technique with some edits done on Adobe Lightroom, and then my best photo of each of the eight techniques. All of the photos were taken with an iphone 6.

Frame within a frame

This is a church in downtown Portland.  A section of the gate serves as a great frame around a part of the church building, because they are both in a triangular form.  To add an interesting contrast to the photo, I brought out the purple in the sky and the bright green in the grass.

Bug's eye view

I knew Portland's tall buildings would be great for bug's eye view photos, but I wanted to go beyond just a photo of a building.  There were some flowers near the base of this building, and I used them as a comparison to the tall building to make the viewer feel small.

Bird's eye view

This photo was from the top of a tall parking garage.  I thought it would be unique if I focused my camera on the textured edge of the parking garage and looked down to the street.  I made it black and white to simplify the photo.

Filling the Frame

Unlike all most of my photos, this was taken out of downtown Portland and in my backyard.  It was nighttime, but our big light was on outside and I loved the way it illuminated our maple tree.  I stood underneath it while the light shone above it when I took the photo. You can see a little bit of light coming through a small gap in the leaves.

Leading Lines

This was one of my hardest shots to take.  I had to time it so while the crosswalk was green, there were no cars going across my photo.  I like how the buildings on each side are tall continuing down the street which creates a leading lines effect.  Also the lines on the road get closer and closer without the road turning or anything getting in the way, which is a second leading lines.

Rule of thirds

Unlike most rule of thirds photos, this one goes horizontally, instead of vertically.  This was actually a very tall building, but I was once again on a parking garage so I could get the very top of it and have it be in the lower third section.  What I like most is the yellow theme of this photo.  I edited it so that the sky would be brighter and match the yellow of the building.

Diagonals

This bench was in the Park Blocks of downtown Portland.  I liked the contrast between the dark bench and fall leaves. To emphasize the contrast, I brought down the saturation in every color except yellow and orange and brought up the saturation in yellow and orange.

Close-up

This was a difficult photo to get, because my 4 month old Labradoodle likes to bite anything, including phones. When I finally got her to sit still and look at the camera, a got a great close-up of her face. It didn't need any editing because I love the hue of her fur and the lighting was great.