Frank Wang

A Crash Course in Photographic Composition

I really like the pot picture with the shadows in the middle!  I also like the flowers, the light is very nice.

Hi Rachel, great use of leading lines this session!

Pots - I love the sense of depth you get when looking at this image.  I think it works well as-is but a figure somewhere near the end of that row might have been even better.  

Daffodils - Nice leading line right through the middle and nice symmetry as well.  You might want to have stepped about 6 inches to left to really get the symmetry right (the line of pots above throws me off a bit).  Great image.  

Pots #2 - Again, great diagonals.  It's a great context shot.  You should sell these to the greenhouse for its advertising.  A figure in this image to be your subject would take it to the next level. 

Tulilps - Absolutely beautiful.  Good job with the subject placement and isolating the flower with shallow depth of field.  I like how the red flower stands alone with no other read flowers around it.  

 

Rachel:  Love the new shots in the greenhouse.   The symmetry in Daffodils, and the diagonal line in Tulips are favorites.

Hi Rachel - Thanks for posting these!  Some comments below:

Cider Love - good use of fore/background as well as thirds for subject placement.  The image might have been a bit stronger if the wine glass in the foreground was a bit smaller, or if it were another object entirely, but overall, good job with this image. 

Saint Peter Church - Good portrait shot, nice separation of the subjects from the background.  Good job with placement as well.  I wonder if you could have shot it from further back, to allow the arch above to frame the subjects as well as to incorporate the floor as foreground.  

Staircase -  Cool shot.  It is somewhat abstract, but the elements in the middle (the hanging lamp) blend together a bit.  I think it might have been better if you shot it from directly under that lamp? 

Bench Ponders - this is my favorite composition of the four images.  I like the use of foreground &amp; background and also like that you shot it dead on.  I agree with Stephen about the tree being a bit distracting, but it's a great image nonetheless.  

Let's see some more!   

Hi Rachel, only suggestion I might have is on the last photo and that is thinking about what is behind the person, in this case a tree over shadowing the lady. I realize shooting her dead on didn't give you nuch of a choice. Could you have shot her further to the right or left possibly? then you might have had the wall of the house as her background.

LESSON 2
 Sorry, I didn't get much time to get out there and take pictures this week, so they are all from the same session...
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/401e5a7d" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 1 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/401e5a7d 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/401e5a7d 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Pots
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/a0824f76" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 2 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/a0824f76 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/a0824f76 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Daffodils
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/f41d225c" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 3 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/f41d225c 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/f41d225c 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Pots #2
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/e25e6918" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 4 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/e25e6918 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/e25e6918 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Tulips
LESSON 1
Here are some pictures I've captured since starting this course that I believe have a good sense of composition.
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/250ca631" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 5 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/250ca631 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/250ca631 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Cider Love
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/54a6fa78" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 6 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/54a6fa78 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/54a6fa78 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Saint Peter Church
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/a4586d67" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 7 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/a4586d67 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/a4586d67 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Staircase
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/2472418f" alt="Rachel Aviva Photography - image 8 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/2472418f 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/6c8b59c06a5a09a7f038f5ebd6a05aa2/2472418f 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Bench Ponders
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