my photos

here are the questions which need answers:

1. What is the main subject?
2. Why did I take this picture? What does it mean to me?
3. How does the photo focus attention on the main subject?
4. What are the elements of design that make the picture "work?"
5. How could this photo be improved?

(1): The main subject of this photo is a dried up flower that is by the side of my house.

(2): I took this picture because my parents were outside and I wanted to hear what they were saying. I also wanted to take some other pictures outside, and I came upon this dried up flower plant by the side of our house. I used this picture as a still life. I never really liked this flower when it was "alive", but it looks really cool when it is dried up!

(3): The photo focuses attention on the flower in this picture because the background is simplified in this picture, which draws anyone's eye to the thing in focus; the flower...

(4): This picture uses the rule of thirds and the background simplification. This picture would not be nearly as good looking if those elements were not there.

(5): A few of the flower petals on the ends were cut off by a small amount, and I wish that they could be whole petals, but that is always difficult to get all the petals on pictures of flowers.


(1): The main subject of this my young cousin Gwen.

(2): I took this picture at my grandparent's house on Mother's Day. My mom was playing with her and she was laughing a lot. I wanted to get a good picture of her, and it turned out that I was able to get one. Since Gwen is related to me, and she is cute, this picture means something to me.

(3): The focus is on Gwen because she takes up the whole frame. The lighting is on her, which also emphasizes her.

(4): In this picture, there is a strong interest in the dead center, there is also good contrast in this photo.

(5): If the lighting was a bit different, her hair at the top of the picture could be a little bit softer, and her full curl on the left side is cut off a bit, and I would like it to be there.

(1): The main subject in this photo is an iron gate.

(2): I took this picture kind-of in passing because we had stopped in a neighborhood in Illinois at the top of this big hill to see a cool view, and I looked over and saw this long walkway to a house, and I really wanted to take a picture of it, because it looked really cool.

(3): The focus is on the gate because it is one of the biggest things in the frame and it has darker coloring than all the bushes and sidewalk that are right next to it.

(4): In this picture, the gate is on the rule of thirds, and the pathway uses leading lines.

(5): Something that could improve this picture would to be more level, and part of the right gate post is out of the picture, which, I wish it could be there. The tops of the bushes are cut off, and it could look better with them not cut off like they are.