Cumberland Fair

Macro Mode

 The bunny looked at me saying, you can take a photo of me, but then you have to buy me and take me home. I wanted to take the bunny home, the way he looked at me, his little pudgy face and cute black eyes, but unfortunately I had to leave the bunny in the cage hoping someone could take him home and give him good care.

Landscape Mode

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Portrait Mode

Famous Portraits

I chose this photo by Richard Adevon because the photo seemed bold and the focal point was just on the man. I really like this photo.

I chose this photo by Annie Lebovitz because there seemed to be a lot of action and there seemed to be a couple different focal points, one being the human on the target, and then the balls in the background with the red and white.

I chose this photo because it seemed to have some repetition with a blurred background, the planes seemed to repeat and then the main focus point was the man but he was slightly off centered.

Stunning Portraits

Alter Your Perspective: Change the angle you are shooting. Shoot from above looking down, or shoot from the ground looking up. It will create interest in the photo.

Play with eye contact: Change the way someone is looking in the photo instead of looking at the lens. Have the subject look away and look some place outside of the frame. You can also have the subject look at something in the frame and have the focus be the person and what the person is looking at.

Break rules of composition: You can break some rules of composition very easily. One of the rules you can easily break it the rule of thirds. You can also break the rule of giving your subject room to look into.

Experiment with lighting: You can change the way you introduce lighting into your portrait. You can have side lighting which can create a mood. You can also use slow synch flash that freezes lighting and gives a wow factor.

Focus on a body part - get up close: You need to get up close and focus on one body part. Focus on something specific like eyes, nose, mouth, hands, lower body.

Signs of Fall

This image shows signs of fall because the petals on the flower that is focused are dying along with the flower to the back and to the right of the flower itself. This photo I thought came out really well. It also did really well with blurred background.

Compositional Strategies

This picture shows the compositional strategy leading lines. All of these lines lead towards the back of the photo. This was of a tin roof with pine needles and dirt on it, but was still wet because it had rained the night before.