The Itsy Bitsy Spider

 Funny story, I literally ran into a spider web before writing this post. I was just taking a walk around our front and back yard, and well the web just crept up on my skin. That awful, sticky string just stuck to my arm, and worst part is that I couldn't see it. 

Anyway, this is one of my favorite pictures. It's so colorful and optimistic. Ikr, how can something so feared look so great. But hey, spider webs are a beauty aren't they?

  

  

Just look at this one. It's so clear and shiny!

A story about the time I took this picture... It was a bright and sunny day. I recently got a new iPhone so I was thrilled to take awesome iPhone quality pictures. I ventured to my back door, where the sun was shining, and took a quick look around. Our deck was pretty empty, no flowers blooming, no bugs, no trees, no people, it was a sad moment. So I went to sit down on the steps, next to a railing, and looked through gap. And for real, I looked past the spider web, until my eyes readjusted to the light and I realized I was staring right into a spider web. I sorta did a jump back and said, "whoa". I don't hate spider webs, nor do I love them, but this web was just cool. It sat perfectly between the two railings, and with the sun shining and phone in hand, I took the pic. Awesome iPhone quality right here!

Breaking Rules

Composition is a super important aspect to photography. It requires tremendous creativity and hundreds of rules to memorize. Jkjk, composition is simply and easy to follow. Just keep in mind that there are rules and guidelines that can only help you take more mature pictures. Soo, cheers to leading lines, simplification, and the 2/3rds rule.

For example, this is a super busy picture. There's many color and contrasts and subjects and lightings and such. So to keep it simple, I could have zoomed up on something close, like just the log cabin. Or just the white wheel in front. But I wanted the whole scene, by all means I went for it. That's the thing with pictures, you're free do to as you please. 

This picture also relates to the idea of leading lines. Using leading lines in photography is a draw towards any picture. So using diagonal lines, circles, patterns, and perspective lines, really draws attention to the subject. And most of the time, perspective lines are used, such as a hiking trail or a boardwalk leading to a beach. I'm sort of using leading lines here (the black cannon at the bottom),   and patterns (the wheel and log cabin).

   

This picture does not follow the 2/3rds rule, but hey, it still looks pleasing. And to recap, the 2/3rds rule is when you split the picture into thirds vertically and horizontally, and where the subject is placed in the outer thirds. My subject- the flowers, are right in the middle, therefore not following the rule of thirds. So break the rules as long as you understand the rule. 

Another rule here that was used was simplification. Simplification is basically taking out distractions, or things not needed in the picture. I simplified this by avoiding the bushes at the bottom and sides of the frame.