Academic Shoot

SIMPLICITY

In this photo, I focused on simplicity. What is in focus,

is a part of the girls hair and face, but you can also the action

of what she is doing. If I had put the whole photo into focus

nothing would be standing out to the viewer.

THIRD PERSON

In this photo, my composition rule was third person.

I could have put the girl in far left, in the center, but then

it would have changed what your audience was seeing.

I wanted them to see the girl, but also where she was. Since the

girl who I was really striving to make the subject, is not really the

first thing you might see, I probably would have changed my focus

manually.

AVOIDING MERGERS

I really tried to follow the composition rule of 

avoiding mergers in this photo. As you can see there

is a girl, and behind her you can see a chalkboard

with a metal strip at the top that would have looked

like it was cutting into the head of the girl if I hadn't

put her as just the focus. But I did put her in focus and

the chalkboard out of focus, so you can still see it, but it 

isn't together looking as one.

BALANCE

This photo worked out, because it is balanced. The first thing you
really see in the photo is the water bottle, making it the focus, but on either side of it are two kids
and the teacher right in front of it forming a triangle sort of shape, creating balance in the photo.

LINES

I really like this photo because the focus, (the hand) really ties in with composition
of lines I was using in this photo. The lines of the lockers line up with the arm and the fingers,
and the blue of her jacket is also contrasting well with the blue of the lockers.

THIRD PERSON

In this photo, I once again used third person. I really like this photo, because
I captured the girls reaction to something she was working on, making her the center focus
 of the photo.