diagonal-ish

I'm not sure if this is diagonal or vertical - I guess it's both. Not a great shot but it was fun. These gloves were sitting on a table in front of the place where I pay some of my utility bills. I saw the gloves, thought they kindasorta fit a diagonal composition, grabbed my camera and started snapping a few shots. A fellow walked passed me and entered the building. I was still there when that same man walked out of the building. Apparently it takes more time to frame shots than pay bills (I do think there is a lesson there - our art does require time). He approached me and asked what I was doing.

For a moment I felt stupid. How do I explain that I'm taking a photo of a dirty pair of gloves someone forgot on the picnic table? I sucked it up and with as much make-believe confidence I could muster I told the man that I was studying photography and the theme of this week's lesson was "diagonal."

He said he'd like to learn photography, has a camera that has loads of functions but he only uses it for point-n-shoot. He smiled, said good luck, and then went on his merry way.

I wish I asked if I could take a picture of him. He was just so clearly comfortable in his own skin... he would have made a great model. I might take on an extra credit project to do some more portraits and work on that fake confidence a bit more.

Horizontal Line?

I know this is a stretch, but my excuse is I was working handicapped. Not only did I have to use an old point and shoot, I have no idea how to set it to do fancier things than pointing and shooting. The one below of Ryan took a whole bunch of attempts because I couldn't get the pause between pushing the shutter and when the shot was actually taken in synch with his motion. Though his feet are not in this one, I was happy to finally get MOST of him (and in a perfect horizontal position!!)

This one is a cheat shot, but like your spider web one, I just wanted to share. I actually took it with my GOOD camera when I was in Oregon last month. I was hoping that perhaps the background mountain range could be loosely construed as horizontal?????

did you see the DPS piece on spider webs?

I hope you don't mind an extra post.... I took this pic (took bizillions, actually) on 27 May. I didn't post it for that month, but after reading the recent article I figured I'd post my efforts... You mentioned it during Photo Threesixtyfive: It's hard to photography a spider's web.

symmetry & and other pairs

It is hard enough to stay on track without camera problems - I'm glad you took a few snaps in that last hour!!! I had some opportunities to play with the camera this week as I participated in a fund raising/awareness raising event: Alaska Run for Women. 'Course, I don't actually run. Fortunately there was an untimed walked as part of the event appropriately named: The 5 Mile Party Wave. I had a blast!

I wish I could have framed this better - this little girl wasn't going to stand for a pose! Her shirt's logo, written in pink duck tape, says Save My Ta-tas! After all, it was a Breast Cancer Awareness/Research fund raiser. Pro symmetry. Even if the shot isn't.

Accidental symmetry. Kinda?

These were two of the women on the team I joined. Our team name: Double Pleasure.

How perfect on Symmetry week!

There was entertainment along the 5 mile route. The local Taiko group played at the lagoon.

symmetry

Not so much.

But it still struck me as fitting in a 'stretched' symmetry category.

Symmetry

My camera is on the fritz so I'll admit that I did absolutely no shooting until about an hour ago, then it was a frenzy to get something to post. Not my best submissions but atleast I have something to show for my week! I did have great ideas (or so I thought) but the reality was not as stellar as I invisioned..... I continue to be totally awed and inspired by the stuff on the DPS site, hope to be that good some day.... I would actually have to take time out of the craziness to practice though......hmmmmmm??????





I did doctor this last one a bit, I blacked out the bottom edges because the background of the original image was way too distracting to the symmetry. A bit of a cheat, but I liked it anyway.

yep, framin'

I played with frames by looking through objects, as well as playing with framing the image within the composition. At least that's how I think one talks about these things. And, you'll notice right away, I'm stuck in b&w. Last year it was sepia...

Framing

While I understand that the idea of 'framing' was not meant to be taken so literally, I decided to have fun with this topic by using a cut-out I had created for an artistic project. The idea behind the artistic project was to pay attention to composing and negative space. For framing, I thought it provided a unique way to frame a photograph. Not something I'd do all the time for obvious reasons, but it was fun for this 'task'. I didn't tackle 'treasure' though I suppose the picture of my dog Mac could be construed as treasure and frame in one?