Design+Principles

Design Principles by Colin Moss

Distance between the nearest and the farthest object that appear acceptably sharp in a photograph.
 * Depth

I like this picture because I enjoy nature based photography and photos that have depict meaning. The focus of the photo is the mother duck and her duckling.They are the clearest part of the image and centerd in the frame. The top portion of the image is brown and dull and slightly out of focus, but the lower right portion balances the image nicely with the green bush that brightens up the image.The lighting is natural, shining down directly onto the mother and her duckling as well as reflecting off of the leaves of the greenery.The texture of the mother ducks adult, smooth feathers and the newly hatched ducklings delicate, soft feathers emphasize the feeling of touch.The background is most likely in a forest, near a pond or pool. The photo shows the bond between the mother duck and her duckling in mother nature.

Serves to focus attention on the main subject. This picture makes me feel happy because it reminds me of when me of Los Archos in Puerta Vaillarta .The frame of the image is a dark boulder worn away by erosion.As you look past the frame the blue ocean is settled at the bottom, a large rock is in the distance and above that, the light blue horizon.The rough shadowing of the boulders and the arctic blue ocean keep the picture at a lower balance.There is not much lighting in the frame, but outside natural light beams down from the top left of the photo and shines on the ocean. The out cropping of the rocks creates a sharp texture, while the ocean creates a nice flow.The focus of the photo is the island in the distance centered in the rock frame.The background of the photo is the ocean and a rock island with the blue sky.This image is using nature itself for a frame and thats what i find unique about it.
 * Framing

Negative and positive spacing draws attention to certain objects. I like this picture because the black and white effect with the graffiti really makes it stand out in the photo.With the sky being white and taking up the top potion of the photo,the darkness of the train and the landscape on the lower portion of the photo balances the image.The graffiti on the train is just to the left of the center and stands out the most in this image.The lighting is natural seen most in the sky and in around the surroundings.I like the puffy texture of the clouds in the distance and the cylindrical shaping of the train running out of the image.The focus of the photo is the graffit on the train and with the picture being black and white it really stands out.The purpose of the photo is to show the effect a camera has on manipulating an image to make certain objects or scenes stand out more.
 * Balance

Gives direction and leads the eyes through an image. I enjoy this picture because of the modern-city look to it and the way the plain squares on the buildings are transformed into diagonols from the mirror.In the center of the photo is a triangle shaped building, to the right of that is a cylindrical shaped building and in the back is a taller square building.The lighting of the photo is natural and the photo was clearly taken outside.The square bulding is a plain routine texture with the windows while the triangle bulding appears to be cutting through the plain texture and replaces it with the reflection of the cylindrical building.The focus of the photo is the triangle shaped bulding with the reflection of the other building.The background of this photo is a square building in the city.This photo is about the modern city and what art can be achieved in architecture. Forces the eyes to explore the image by using a triangle formation with objects. I like this picture because it reminds me of when me and my friends went to Tofino for a week long trip.The center of the photo is the eroded rock sitting a shallow pool of water, in the distance is a far off sunset.The lighting of this photo is natural and emitting from the sun that is just behind the clouds.The light reflects off of the shallow water and gives it colour.The ripples in the sand in combonation with the clouds and the rough creavces in the stone create great texture.The focus of the photo is equally between the stone and the sunset.Without one or the other the photo would not look as good.In the background of the photo is a pink sunset and the distant ocean.This photo is about how a simple photo of a sunset taken at the right time can have an amazing result.
 * Diagonols
 * Triangles

Three dimensions. I really like this photo because I love skating.In the center of the of the photo is a man skating toawrds the camera behind him are traffic lights,multiple cars and apartments buildings.The lighting of this photo is natural and is just peeking over the roof tops of the apartments.The texture of the road is created from the lighting and makes the road appear smooth.The focus of the photo is the guy skating.In the background of the photo is the sun setting and city life.This photo is about the beauty of skating in the city.
 * Planes and Depth Levels

The arrangment of objects in relation to eachother. I like this photo because it shows both ends of the spectrum under water and above.At the top portion of the photo it is above water and you can clearly see the ocean and sky.At the bottom portion of the photo you see what really lies below,which are multiple sharks.The lighting of this photo is natural and coming from behind or beside the photographer.The closest sharks skin is a soft rubbery texture while above ripples and waves continuousley flow.The focus of this photo is the sharks .The background of the photo is the ocean, five sharks and the sky.This is photo is about that not everything is what it seems.
 * Element Relationship