La Belle Vie

Hey guys just wanted to update you on my photography journey! I have begun part 2 of my photography class. The first week was pretty informative and we talked about what made a photo interesting. For example, the thirds rule. Break a photo up in to equal thirds, and put your subject in between the thirds (at the lines) and your photo will be more interesting. Your eye doesn't work as hard when your subject is smack dab in the middle so we tend to glance at these pictures but not really examine and admire them. There are cases when a photo works with the subject in the middle, and each photo is different. Like when you are trying to show that something has symmetry, you wold center the subject in the middle.


Our shooting assignment for the first class was "Symbols of Power". I wanted to show some of my favorites...


I tried not to go with literal power but more symbolic power which was not that easy. I liked the last one the best and my teacher used it as an example. Its not so much what the subject of the picture is, but its also how I shot the picture. The fact that I am shooting up to the subject gives the subject that much more of a presence of power.



This weeks assignment is to find letters. For example, I zoomed into the tire of the hummer that could be a letter O or if I took a closeup of lattice work I could probably get an X or a T!

The teacher warned us it could become an obsession! Let me know if you find any that are worth having and Ill zip right over to take a picture!