Design+Principles

1.Louise Ethier Design Principles

2.This photo uses the rule of thirds. The object of interest is bright red and off to the side in the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds is when the object of interest is generally in the area of rule of thirds, off to the side but still captures the viewers interest.

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4.a) This photo makes me feel happy because the girl in this photo is wearing bright red so it captures my interest. Since she is not in the middle of the photo it makes me more interested because i have to look somewhere to find it, but the red jacket is very interesting. Also since everything else in this photo is in black white or dark colours the red really captures my eye.

b) This photo is balanced because on either side of the girl the colours are very dark and pretty much the same. Along with the rain and the water on either side, and the trees. The sky is also one colour.

2. this photo uses texture. Using texture in a photo shows the veiwer almost what the object feels like. The veiwer can clearly see the texture of the Great Wall of China, because that is what the photo is based on.

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4. a) This photo makes me fell like i can acutually picture what the wall feels like. It makes me feel like i am in the picture and toutch the object. The first part of the wall is highligheted in the way that the texture stands out and the rest of the picture dosn't have the same effect. I can tell that the photographer is making the rest of the picture pull me in with layers of the mountians and how the wall pulls me in. But since there is the part of the wall that is not pulling me into the photo it is more like the photographer highlighted this part to bring out the texture.

b) This picture is balanced because on either side of the wall the sky is the same, cloudy with the sun lighting up the sky and bringing colour to it. Also because of the mountians and the green natural tones on either side of the wall.

c) The lighting is coming from the sun setting in the sunset. This is natural lighting.

d) Texture is used alot in this photo, by highlighting the first part of the wall. The veiwer can see and "feel" the texture of the wall. This part is highlighted by being shot very close unlike the rest of the photo.

e) The focus of the photo is the begining of the Great Wall of China. It is what stands out most, along with its texture.

f) The background of this photo pulls me in because of the sunset in the background and the layers of bushes and mountians that slowly fade into the background. direction

2. This photo displays direction. It has many lines in the photo that pull you into the certian point, which is exactly what the photographer shot this photo for. The clouds in the sky are moving towards the point where you can no longer see the road. So dose the yellow lines in the middle of the road, and the while lines on the side. The bushes on the sides of the road pull you into the photo as well. 3.

4.a) When i look at the photo it makes me feel like i am being pulled in. It also makes me wonder what is at the end of the road. It makes me feel like there is something important that lies beyond what had been photographed.

b) The colour and objects on either side of the yellow lines are balanced. The whole photo has a redish tint to it. The white lines are the same, along with the pavement on either side of the photo. At the edge of the mountians on either saide have a darker purple kind of colour to the clouds. And there is a part of blue sky on either side of the mountians as well.

c) The sun in above the camera or hidden in the clouds, because we cannot see it. But the sun is lighting up the sky so the photographer can take the picture.

d) Texture is used by the road, we can see the fine details of the pavement which makes the photo come alive.

e) The focus is where we can no longer see the road. everything in this photo is leading towards the back of it, which focus's us in on that certain point.

f) This photo pulls me in because of all the lines and diagonal lines in this photo. The road leading towards the back and the clouds moving that way too.

2. This photo uses the rule of triangles. There are many triangles in this photo; the gap between the end of his legs. Both his arms form triangles. He is bent between his stomach and his hips are a triangle. There are many more triangles in this photo, but as you can see this photo displays the triangle rule very well. 3. 4 a) This photo makes me feel very edgy and sharp, because of the two pointed wooden planks. It also makes me wonder how high up from the ground this boy is. I also feel very edgy because of all the sharp triangles in this photo.I wonder this because compared to the background it looks like the boy is very high up, but he could just be on a hill. I think that this is how the photographer is trying to make the viewer feel. Since there are a lot of triangles in this photo it makes me look everywhere, because triangles can also be used as framing. So along with the the effect of triangles it is also framing the background in some parts. The two sharp wooden planks are then framing the boy suspended in them.

b) The color in this photo is balanced because for the most part the boy is one color. Each wooden plank on either side of him is also the same color. And the trees in the background are all pretty balanced in colors, there is dark, and light green throughout the trees in the background.

c) The lighting is coming from the sky. It is not bright, and veiwers cannot see it but it lights up the picture just enough.

d) Texture is used by the mud on the boy. On his head there is kind of spikes sticking out with mud all over them. The mud is thicker in some places and thinner in others. It also is clumpy and rocky which brings out the texture.

e) The focus is of the boy suspended between two wooden planks. The focus is on him because the two wooden planks frame him. He is also a different color then the rest of the colors in the picture. Since he is right in the middle of the photo it focuses him even more.

f) This photo pulls me in because of the framing, texture and color contrast. The boy has great color contrast to the rest of the colors. The main thing that pulls me in is the triangles, because it makes me try to look everywhere to find them, and keeps me looking because there are many.

2. This photo uses framing, if you look closely, you can see that the outer bricks frame the people, along with the black faded part where the camera didn't capture light, and then the bricks at the end of the tunnel. This works because by framing those two people it focuses them more and draws more attention to where they are and what we are looking at beyond the tunnel. 3. 4. a) This photo makes me feel very happy and content, because of the couple holding hands and going for a walk. It looks like it was a nice day out to take this picture because it seems sunny out, even though we cannot see the sun. It has a crisp feeling to it because of the quality of the photo, we can clearly see where there is a bit of red in the bricks. Since the framing has depth to it i feel like i am being pulled into the photo, and it frames the people even more because it has the tunnel leading up to it, which is framing and depth all at once.

b) The balance in this photo is at the end of the tunnel, and right outside the tunnel. The black part balances this photo by having color on both sides of it. The colors in this photo are very vibrant and stand out at you.

c) The lighting is coming from the surroundings, this photo has awesome lighting. This is because of the darker spaces that form depth and then the lighter spots that are vibrant with color that highlight and frame the other objects and points in the photo.

d) Texture is used on the bricks on the outside of the photo, you can clearly see that the red spots have texture to them and where they have dirt and have chipped paint on them, which brings out the texture in them.

e) The focus is on the two people holding hands at the end of the tunnel. This photo focuses them a lot because of the framing and depth. The framing draws your eyes to the people and the depth of the tunnel captures your eyes and leads your eyes to the back of the photo where the two people holding hands are. Since the end of the tunnel has light captured on it, and the people don't it makes them stand out even more.

f) This photo pulls me in by the two framing parts to it. Which are the beginning bricks on the tunnel and the end. Also because of the depth in the tunnel that draws my eyes into the picture. The red color on the bricks on the outside of the tunnel draw my eye into the photo even more.

2. This photo has great reflection. It works because only part of the boy's body is shot, but then the reflection shot in the water is of the other half of his body. It is almost as if he boy has been cut in half and been placed just so this photo works. It is really cool because his feet don't line up with the water so his whole body reflection is shot, instead he is farther away from the water so it is a interesting reflection photo. This photo also has great rule of thirds, half of the boys body is in the top left hand of the photo and his head and shoulders is in the bottem left hand of the photo. 3. 4. a) This photo makes me feel like i am sideways, kind of. It has diagonal lines which cut the photo in half along with the boy looks like he has been cut in half too which makes me feel like i am looking at a picture that has been folded. It also makes me feel a little dreary because of the rain and the puddles around him. The sky in the refection is gray and sad looking so this photo makes me feel a little down. Since the colors around the boy are all grey, and the boy is not it highlights the boy who is being cut in half.

b) The color balance is on either sides of the boys halves. He is bright colors compared to the grey surroundings. The red color os his shoes brightens him up, and his blue jeans, along with his green and red shit. This photo has great color balance because on either side of him it is pretty much all one color.

c) The light is coming from the sun. Even though the sun is hidden behind the grey heavy clouds, it shows through them. The sun is not peaking out between the clouds but a little sunlight is being let in from them. Just enough sunlight is getting through the clouds to make the boy highlighted and have great color balance.

d)Texture is used on the pavement. The cracks in the pavement show great texture and are highlighted because of the water in them, which has a little reflection, just enough to show the viewer that they are there. There are rocks on the pavement which show great texture as well.

e) The focus is clearly of the boy split in half. There is nothing else in this photo that could be mistaken to be the focus. The color contrast between the boy and his surroundings makes him extremely focused. Also the rule of thirds is extreme here. Which focuses him even more.

f) This photo pulls me in because of the reflection of the boy. It has great rule of thirds which draws my eye to him, and the color contrast between the boy and his surroundings draws my eye into this picture more and more.