Blog 01 Composition

Introduction

Welcome everyone to my COM-1113-03 blog. I am going to be discussing how to "work the shot" and different compositions. Professional photographs take a lot of creative and intellectual work. The reading dove into the many different shots and angles we are able to take a photographers. That is what I'm going to be discussing throughout this blog post.

Theme

My theme is going to be trees, aka growth. I am in my second semester of my freshman year which has brought a lot of growth. This is how I decided what I wanted my theme to be. Next, I started to think of what could potentially represent growth that I could show through photos. What better subject then nature and trees. They are continually putting down roots and growing as big as they could, even through the hardest circumstances.

Creative Shot

I wanted to start by showing off my creative shot because I believe this is the photo that really makes me fall in love with photography. The first thing that peaked my interest when deciding how to frame this shot was how tall the tree was. I knew I needed to portray this in a picture because that is what growth can be, getting wiser and taller.

The four thick branches represent the beginning of self and as you dive deeper into the photo you can see the multiple branches and how they have expanded everywhere. I believe that is the true definition of growth. One can also look at this and see the four big branches as characteristics we see about ourselves and the smaller branches represent how in depth we as individuals are.

Rule of Thirds/Leading lines

Although this next shot is using a fake tree I know I wanted to capture a photo of a sapling, because everyone has to start somewhere and trees start small. When setting up this shot I realized I could utilize two compositions.

Leading lines are able to draw your attention to the subject at hand, that is what I wanted. Rule of thirds is able to do the same thing. The point of view and angle show that its okay for things to start small.

Negative Space

Lastly, negative space is a composition that many shy away from. It can be hard to capture the exact subject and still have a good amount of space without it being to overpowering. I decided to take this risk. I saw that I could include trees on the bottom and have the branches looks like they are growing from the side while continuing to utilize the sky as negative space.