Emphasis

I chose to explore the element of Emphasis, and tried to make the viewer's eyes come to the subject of the photograph as opposed to what is going on around the teapot. In the images, there are buildings, nature, and rails to distract the viewer from the subject, however the subject is the object that one sees first and focuses their attention on. This element was somewhat different and more difficult than the others, for I had to consider everything that was going on in the shot to make sure that the subject was most important.

Vantage Point

For the element of Vantage Point, I decided to explore the worm's eye view of an image. For these three frames, I really tried to get an interesting image from this vantage point. I think I was successful, however I would like to try shooting different subjects and images using this element, for example buildings and architecture or maybe people. I think seeing the subject through the table adds for a more interesting view point of the subject and makes the viewer look a little harder at the image.

Rule of Thirds

For the element of Rule of Thirds, I tried to shoot my subject in different locations in the frame and see how and where a subject would be most appealing. I also shot some images in practice where the subject was in the center, and found that most of the time (not always), shooting an image with the principle of rule of thirds makes the photograph more interesting. I think the second image I provided is the more successful, and is the more interesting of these images.

Light

I chose to explore the photographic element of lighting for these pictures. For the first image I tried to incorporate the sun as a major light source in photography, and wanted to see the effect photographing the sun would have on an image. With the second image I used natural lighting as a source, and tried to include the shadows natural lighting has. And finally for the last image I played with my camera a little in longer exposures. This image has a shutter speed of .5 seconds in natural lighting. I also had some shots including a flash, however these pictures were unsuccessful, and I preferred to use different forms of natural lighting.

Photographic Perspectives