Break the rules. It sounds simple but I had a surprisingly hard time taking photos that broke the rules of elements and principles of design that I am so used to following. And even now I'm still not sure if the photos i took break all the rules like they should. That is why I really need to explain why I think these three photo ended up working really well...
First of all, just looking at this photo makes me laugh. It is the same photo I used for my acrylic gel lift i-pod case. This photo brakes the rules because of the mergers that ended up happening with both Rachel and Armand's heads. As you can see, it is a little hard to tell where there heads end and where the trees behind them begin. However what I think makes this a cool photo is the Micheal Jackson dance move that Armand is doing, the way the water from the sprinklers seems to be caught in a perfect moment in time, and the way the green grass of the field and the brightness of the sky seem to pop. All in all, I love this photo!
Usually, the eyes are the window to the sole but in this case if you look though the graffiti picture where the eyes are supposed to be you can only see empty space. That is why this picture breaks the rules, it frames empty space and nothing else! Also, the empty space is perfectly centered in the middle of the photo which breaks the rules of thirds. Every time I look at this photo I wonder "What used to fill that space?" "What did the artist paint there in the beginning?" and "Why would some stupid person spray paint a skull on the forehead???" These are the questions that haunt me about this particular breaking the rules photo.
And this is what it looks like when two really unbalanced people try to balance. When I took this photo I wasn't even sure what I was taking a photo of, all I knew is that I really needed to take a picture of how funny Rachel and Armand looked. And because I wasn't sure what i was talking a photo of I find that this particular photo does not seem to have a focus. Yha, its a little weird but when I look at this photo I'm not really sure what to look at. Should it be Rachel, who looks like shes about to fall over? Or Armand who looks like its pretty darn easy? Or even the track which looks like it stretches on for miles? So in reality, there is no focus, which is what makes this photo that much better. :D
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