Framing

These are 6 photos that I took that I think highlight framing.

I took this picture in celebration of the supreme court's ruling on gay marriage yesterday.  I am at my parents in NJ and I found things in the kitchen to use to make the rainbow.  I like the way the color pops on the black background.

This is my little friend Owen, my wife and I took him to a construction themed amusement park this week.  I like the way the glass frames them.  Even with the glare you can see how seriously he was concentrating on moving the digger.

I love the joy in his face in this one, this is right before he got off the digger, he was so proud of himself.  I like the way the door frame frames him. 

this is one happy boy with sky all around him

Look Ariel, I can do a cartwheel.  I took about 30 shots of the cartwheel but this is my favorite as he is landing it. 

I like the way the pepper is framed causally but the big leaves around it. 

Rule of Thirds

This Winnie the Pooh statue is in a garden in my parents garden.  The first picture with the statue centered highlights pooh and very little else.  Though this garden is much larger.  This garden is a memorial garden that my parents have been growing in memory of my sister who passed away 10 years ago.  As I change the focus of the picture to move pooh to the left 1/3 of the frame you can see more of what is in the garden and the other statue that is there.  You can see more color and some of the other elements in the garden.

Composition and aesthetics

http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/8965/what-is-the-golden-ratio-and-why-is-it-better-than-the-rule-of-thirds

I found this link that explains the Golden Ration and compares it to the rule of thirds.  This is a different way of lining up your photographs and using a different axis in your pictures.

Lighting

Please meet Murphy, he is not a huge fan of the camera and gets nervous when I take his picture, but I do it all the time anyway.  I decided to try and light him in a few different ways for these pictures.

In this one I just used my flash and the room was lit with two overhead pot lights that were not directly above him.  I like the attention that it calls to his paws and eyes they look very bright.

In this picture I turned the flash off and just used the lighting in the room, his color looks more warm and his features are less defined.

In this picture I put a small light directly above Murphy (you can see the cord).  This makes his fur look brighter and his features are well defined.  I like how shiny his coat looks compared to the other photos. 

monochrome and complementary

This is my example of a monochrome picture, it is of different rocks and grass on the jetty in Provincetown Cape Cod Massachusetts 

This is my example of complementary colors the yellow from the flower and the blue from the water. I took this picture on a boat in the ocean while in Cape Cod this past week.

With this ring

I chose to do a collage of mine and my wife's wedding ring.  We got married last weekend and I could not think of anything better to use for this weeks project.

2 favorites

I chose these two as my favorites because the boat looks so clean, like a toy in the one with the star.  The other picture shows how had the boat can work, with the buoys and paddle.  The inside looks well worn and has sand sitting on the bottom. 

same boat many angles

I chose to take a picture of this little boat that I noticed while sitting on the deck during my honeymoon.  I started by taking pictures from the deck and then walked closer.  I took 25 different pictures and these are my favorite 8.