Collage

My theme is nature/school. I chose a long cement path with grass peeking through and on the sides of it as my background. I took a separate picture of a car coming down an alley of the school and made it look like it was heading towards me down the path. Then i added a sewer and garabage can on the path. Next to the path i cropped a row of bikes, a football post, a stop sign, a pilon and a tennis ball. Then i put me and Maya in the picture. Last, I turned a peice of a fence on an angle for some 3-D action. I added some flowers and bushes to make it look more wild.

Compositional Elements

Rule of thirds: The rule states that an image should be broken down into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that the important parts of the picture should be placed along these lines or their intersections. Using this creates more energy and interest in the picture. The two first photos are good examples because the focal points of both images are centered in the very middle using the rule of thirds.
Mood: to take the veiwer to the location of the photo to feel like the photographer did when they were taking the picture. They could have the feeling of intense action, danger happiness ect. One of the most common elements you could form into an image would be fog. It allows the veiwer to imagine whats in the backround of the picture and have a feeling of what the experience was like for the photographer. The two bottoms photos are really good examples of mood in photography because they give you the feeling of actually being there. The rain makes you feel cold and the fog makes you feel lost and gloomy.