Week 5: Composition, Aesthetics, Framing and

"The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition" ~ Andreas Feininger

This is my picture I chose to illustrate composition. Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements, ingredients or parts in a work art. I like that there is a center as well as other eye-catching parts like the bees.

Aesthetics refers to the beauty of nature captured in all types of art. This is a tiger swallowtail butterfly. While I was standing taking pictures of the flowers this butterfly landed and stayed long enough for me to take this picture.

The Rule of Thirds (aka golden rule): divide the picture into thirds so there are 9 boxes. When the subject of the picture isn't in the middle box then the rule of thirds has been followed. I Like how the photo above shows more light and a calm mood from the clouds while the photo below has a darker tone to it from the dark clouds at the top.These are my framing shots. This first one is taken in Stowe VT.

This is the upper waterfall at jeudevine falls in Hardwick VT. This is taken in France while I was on a boat tour.

This was taken in a museum I went to while visiting France.

These next two are of the Eiffel Tower; First in the daytime and second when it was lit up at night.

I took this photo in the morning when the sun was shining.These next two where taken at noon right after it had rained. I did end up using flash for the close-up below.This last picture was taken at dusk.

complementary color scheme

Week 4: Light and Color

Monochrome: While walking through the woods I saw the light coming through the trees and surrounding the ferns with gold-white glow. I like how the tips of the ferns are almost white while the dense undergrowth behind is close to black and in between are many different greens; some with sunlight and others in shadow.

Analogous: This is Elmore Mt. and the sun's light made the clouds turn these beautiful colors

I ended up taking more close-up photos inside, so I made another collage.

assignment #2 -photo compare and contrast

This is a peony that is growing in the garden. I like how the ants take care of the peony and are always on the plant. I like the light on the second shot of the peony and how the ant is challenging the fly.