Framing Assignment

 This was my first timing ever hearing about or learning about the rule of thirds.  It was really interesting to look through my photos and recognize that the ones that were most appealing where those using some kind of framing tool.  I definitely found that I like some where the subject was centered, as it emphasized the message or idea of the photo. 

Color Scheme Assignment

For this week's assignment, I decided to use some of my photos from living in Haines, Alaska.  I've been having a bit of nostalgia lately for this amazingly beautiful place and the seasonal colors are astoundingly different due to the heavy year round precipitation. 

This is a photo I took hiking in the summer.  I thought it was a great example of an analogous color scheme, with the main colors being blues and green. 

This photo was taken heli skiing on a glacier. We were waiting for the heli to lift and come pick us up.  To me, it exemplifies a complementary color scheme with the bright blue and red. 

Macro World

For this week's assignment, I took a bunch of macro photos using my SLR camera.  It was a blast and gave me a new way to look at the world. I think photos like these are what my albums have been missing!

Bali Bunny

For this week's assignment, I shot tons of different angles of a of a loco-looking wooden bunny carving from Bali.  He was hanging out in our backyard on a rare sunny day in Bellingham.  I found that the ones I liked the best where the photos that brought the bunny to life, so it speak.  The most attractive ones where the photos that lured you in, made you wonder what that crazy bunny was looking at.  I also liked the photos that where just grass and bunny, without any distracting background.  I found that different perspectives really changed the message of the photo and made it either interesting or blah.   I used both my point and shoot and SLR, and much to my dismay, the point and shoot came out better.

 Bunny is just playing in the green grass on a sunny day.  I like this pic because of the colors and I feel like the angle and framing gives the figure a life-like vibe.

 I like this photo, but not as much as the previous one.   I found that close up, straight on was a good way to show the detail of the carving.

I took this photo from behind the craving, trying to make bunny look like he was staring off into the yard.  It sort of worked.  On this one, I really learned about the importance of remembering to include the shadow as part of the composition.