Picassa slideshow doesn't work on macs...

But here are my framed pictures:

More Thirds

Contrary to my first subject, this little statue proved to be much more interesting when placed on one of the thirds. The first photo, demonstrating the idea of placing a subject directly in the center, made it look like a very boring ad.

I liked the angle of this second photo - I feel like placing it on the left third of the photo almost demonstrated the statue's "expression". Willow Tree sculpts their statues in a way that shows quite a bit of emotion (love, family, friendship, etc.), and I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that the slight side-angle of this photo was able to capture that. 

I didn't like this photo as much, but I found it interesting to compare. I felt like I split the photo in half instead of thirds. The flower pot to the right almost serves as a second subject - like I was trying to equally capture both at once, which was not my intention. 

Third

My Mac! This is a full-shot of the front of my laptop. I know it's a bit of a random subject, but I felt like I was able to capture the difference between centering the photo and placing it on a third. Even though most of the time placing a photo in the center can make it "dull and boring", I almost feel for this photo it works better - it is a simple, clean view of the apple logo. 

composition and aesthetics

This is a pretty good link:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1306/is_8_69/ai_106559912 

In this article, the author gives a basic overview of composition and the idea involving centering photo's. He discusses the fact that the eye is naturally drawn to the top, and some argue the top left. He also gives practical tips for the photographer, such as avoiding vertically symmetrical compositions, or "breaking the symmetry" when placing the main object in the center (adding another element to the right or left of the photo). 

I did not find a ton on aesthetics, and although I never ever use this source, I finally reverted to reading the definition from Wikipedia. Even that was vague, but from what I could gather aesthetics has to do with the "reflection" of art - that is, the ideas and meaning behind the art, the reaction the viewer has toward the art, and the effect it has on people. 

Lightings

I decided to compare and contrast the difference between indoor lighting and outdoor lighting. I had planned on waiting until dark to do my final photo, but conveniently the weather turned from cloudy to sunny (that's New England weather for you!) As you can see, the indoor lighting with a slow light flash caused the color of the dog to soften. The cloudy day shot mixed with the slow light flash provided for vibrant colors both on the grass and the dog's fur. Finally, the sunny day shot (and to be honest I cannot remember what kind of flash I used) is slightly soft on the focus and the colors are slightly muted, but overall it is a decent shot. I took several others, but I found these three had the best contrast and I really liked the second one. Before this class, I did not realize that cloudy days provide for awesome photo's. 

Color Schemes

I only had access to my Sony Cyber-Shot - the quality difference is astounding. 

Complementary Color Scheme

Monochrome Color Scheme

Collage...yikes.

Alright - I had a lot of trouble with this assignment (hence getting it in 2 1/2 hours before the deadline). I had issues with Picassa and Collagr; I guess I have a lot to learn! So here's what I did: I am still getting aquatinted with my mac, and as much as I love it I'm afraid I don't know too much about it. So, I finally gave up, created this collage on a powerpoint slide and saved it as in jpg. format. Crazy I know. Anyway, at least I have a collage haha. 

As mentioned before, it took me awhile to get used to the macro setting - I am such a rookie, but I am learning a ton just by playing with the camera... 

I know these are really small, even when you click on them - sorry about that. *sigh* It was a frustrating process. You can see all of these full-size on flickr.