Leading Lines

Alright, so here are five picture demonstrating the leading lines concept. I did not take the 5 following pictures! I am just displaying them for an assignment.

Description: Leading lines is a term describing natural lines in a photo that draw the viewers attention to a certain point.

The Wonderful Rule of Thirds!

Rule of Thirds Plan of Action

For this project I plan to use a live subject. Tyler Andreas is going to pose as my “object”, which benefits him in that these will also be a few of his senior pictures. What I want to address is a question that crossed my mind in the presentation Mr. Davis gave on the Rule of Thirds. My question was, “Would it be possible to still use the rule of thirds if you tilted the camera while taking the picture?” As I planned this shot in my mind I pictured Tyler in the middle of the frame. Then I slowly imagined rotating him circularly to the right. Soon, in my mind, this visual became slanted. Then I visualized the “Rule of Thirds” dividers crossing him. I quickly sketched an example of what I thought this photo would look like.

Saturday Came and I met up with Tyler to take some pics. I never told him he was going to be part of my homework experiment. We took several pictures so I could get warmed up, then I found a good backdrop and I set up my shot. At first I had trouble with where exactly I wanted him in the frame. I tried several different distances as you can see in these two pictures below.

I liked these pictures, however I just didn’t feel like they represented the point I was trying to capture. I took several more that I was also displeased with. So, I got in a little tighter on Tyler and tilted the camera a little more and released the shutter.Then…. WAHLA! The picture I saw was pretty close to my original idea. It wasn't perfect but it was “good enough for the girls I date”. When I got home I compared it to my sketch and was pleased with the comparison. Not perfect, but close. I actually think the real picture demonstrates the rule of thirds better than the sketch. Below is the best picture broken down depicting the rule of thirds. Three of the interest points are addressed and because the the picture was purposely skewed, the other is not. I think the slanted frame make the photo more interesting, yet it still follows the Rule of Thirds Guidelines. Below are both the demonstration picture and the original.

So there you have it, a "good enough for the girls I date" description of my "RO3rds" project. Thanks for reading!