Hands and Feet

This roll focused on interesting composition using hands and feet. We were also focusing on the Rule of Thirds. The Crozet Arts & Crafts Fair was taking place that weekend, so I decided to take my camera and look for some good shots.

 This first picture was taken while I was waiting with the WAHS Jazz Band to get onstage. We were playing a set as part of the festival. My friend, Dave, set himself up to be a good example of hands and feet.

My friend, Mona, was also at the fair with her camera. We both decided to take the classic "picture of someone taking a picture" shot. This is my favorite shot off this roll. I still don't know why she hasn't developed the one she took of me.

Creativity with Depth of Field

This is a example of a shorter depth of field. The tree branch and the leaves are in focus while the background is blurred.

This picture was taken next to my house. For this picture, I used a small aperature to get a very long depth of field so everything would be in focus.

This picture has the shortest depth of field out of all of my pictures. It was shot inside so I used the largest aperature possible on my camera (1.7, which is slightly larger than most of the other cameras at the school). Only the flowers are completely in focus. The top of the vase is slightly blurred while the bottom is even more out of focus. The background is completely blurred.

Fun with Shutter Speed

This roll was assigned at the same time I had a cross country meet at Maymont in Richmond. The purpose fit so well I decided to haul my camera and a tripod to Richmond along with my cross country uniform, running shoes and spikes. Part of the assignment was to take some pictures with blurred motion and some with frozen action.

Leading Lines

Our next assignement was a focus on leading lines, or lines that lead the eye towards either the subject or a specific point in the picture.

I found leading lines in this picture of my cat lying on our front porch.
 

 

This picture was taken from the top of my driveway. 

  

This picture was an accident bu turned out to be my favorite print that I developed from this roll. I was in the car with my mom driving to the grocery store and as we passed the train bridge in the middle of Crozet, I took out my camera and shot this picture.