Academics Shoot - Avoiding Mergers

          I guess I followed the rule pretty well. The subjects are the students and teacher. I'm sure people looking at this photo could what the subject is. It wouldn't be the desk or anything.

Academics Shoot preview

  

The Story

       In this picture, students are pulling up weeds to start a garden for an environmental science class. Even though it's hot and humid out, the students work hard and get things done.

Action and Emotion

      The girls are doing a science experiment. They look amused and surprised at the bubbles floating around the room.

Filling the Frame

      In this picture you see volunteers handing out hot dogs to homeless people on a chilly day. The frame is filled with many different colors from the food, clothing, bags, and the background. It is mostly taken up by the people.

First Day Photos

I like this one because it's a good example of Rule of Thirds.

I don't like this one because it's blurry.

Post-shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Grumpy?

It was kind of hot outside.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

I mostly paid attention to focus and framing. I put the camera on manual focus and manually focused.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy?

I would pay more attention to balance and rule of thirds, since I didn't really do that.

4. What things would you do the same?

Take a shitload of pictures.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, grumpy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

I did good with lines, simplicity, and avoiding mergers.

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?

No. At least not at Akins because there's not much to shoot.

Balance

 The vehicles in the photo create squares and rectangles, and the

firefighters between them create a good sense of arrangement

as well as the smoke in the background.

Rule of Thirds

 In this photo, the subject is not in the center of the frame,

it is down left of center. This makes the photo seem

more dynamic.

Avoiding Mergers

 This photo is a good exampe for avoiding mergers because

it cuts part of the worker out, creating a border merger.