Academic Shoot Reflection & Critique

Step 1:

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? 
Well, I have my hurt arm so trying to get the pictures to turn out the way I wanted them to was really hard, and trying to get some of the rules with everyone moving around and talking made it a little challenging.


2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.Definitely was holding the camera but not because I didn't know how but because of my arm but I know that's not what you're asking, but I would have to say trying to get a picture for lines, and simplicity were the hard ones. For example when I was getting a picture for lines it was really hard to get an angle were the lines were pointing to the subject of the photo.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?If I could do this over again I would make sure that the backgrounds were a lot simpler, because in a lot of my photos you couldn't make out the subject from the background.

4. What things would you do the same?I would keep most of the angles in my photos, because the angles are very nice, but when the background is filled it makes for a really bad photo.

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?Framing will be the easiest to follow because that is more based upon the angle in which the photo is taken, not what the photo is.

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?Simplicity, because it's really difficult to get a clean background, meaning a background that's not overt;owing or filled to the point where you can't find the subject of the photo.

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?
I know what all the rules are, I just need to work on actually capturing them correctly and well.

Step 2:

http://kayleyphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com 

For the most part it's clear what her subjects are, and it's clear what picture goes with what rule.

One thing I think that could be improved would be to make sure that it's focused a little bit more.