Monday, August 31, 2015

Rule of Thirds, Diagonals, and Triangles

Rule of Thirds







Diagonals







Triangles






Artists Statement: 
In this project, I had to take pictures of rule of thirds, diagonals, and triangles. The rule of thirds emphasizes offsetting the object of focus from the center of the photo to the left or right. Placing objects on the intersections of the thirds works best. To capture photos that have the rule of thirds, I had to find interesting objects of focus. Then, when I went to take the picture, I would offset the specific object so as to place it according to the grid lines on the camera, not at the center. A good diagonal picture requires the key lines in the image to be diagonally placed so as to lead to the object of focus or to divide the image to allow the viewer to see the emphasis on the diagonal objects. To capture this type of photo, I looked for spaces that were defined by diagonal lines or I adjusted the frame of the camera to put emphasis on the lines. Lastly, the triangle images are like the diagonal ones, but put the emphasis on a complete triangle. This can mean, using three key objects to create a triangle between them or finding focal triangle shapes. When trying to photography triangles, I looked around and squinted my eyes to find where a triangle was the dominant shape and then tilted the frame to further the effect.

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