Breaking The Rules

 This picture is breaking the rules because of all the mergers that are crossing through the mans head and body. His lower legs from the knees down are also cut off by the framing of the picture, which leaves to much space above his head. The man is positioned in the middle of the frame which is breaking the rule of thirds and throws off the balance of the photograph. The overall composition of this photo is incorrect and is breaking many rules of photography. I think that even though this picture is breaking all of these rules, there is still an aspect of it that works and looks good.

 This is a picture I took in Nathan Philips Square, which is a skating rink in downtown Toronto. I crept up behind the man and snapped a picture of him while he was stepping onto the ice. This picture is breaking the rules because it also have mergers that are protruding from the mans head and chest. In this photo the man is positioned in the middle of the frame which is breaking the rule of thirds. I do like the contrast of this photo, but if I was to improve it I would like to fill the frame more with his body and leave less negative space around his body.

This is a picture I took of a little lady in "graffiti ally". I took it from behind her while she was working on some product for her store front. This picture is breaking the rules because yet again she has many mergers coming from her body. In order to avoid this in the future i should make my aperture something like 1.8 or 2.8 so the backgrounds will be blown out and blurred. This pictures framing is also placed in the middle making the composition incorrect.



I took all three of these pictures with my Nikon D7000 and a 50, 1.8. I think that overall they break the rules yet there is something that is very cool about each photo and I like the fact that each of these photos consist of a story and a character. I think that in order for a photo to connect with the viewer, the photograph should tell a story making the viewer think about what it means.