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Design Principles Nick deGroot

Dynamic “S” Arrangement This picture makes me feel cold. The path leads your eyes from the climbers up to the top of the mountain. The light is coming from the sun that is mostly blocked by the clouds. The texture of the snow contrasts with the texture of the clouds. The focus of the photo is the climbers. The background is soft clouds with some blue sky shining through. The photo is about adventure.

Colour This picture makes me feel cold because of the colour blue and the snow in the background. The blue feet contrast with the white snow. The light appears to be coming from above from the sun. The leathery texture of the feet contrasts with the hard texture of the rocks. The focus of the photo is clearly on the blue feet. The background is out of focus and appears to be more snow and rock. The photo is about the colour blue.

Direction This picture makes me feel amazed at the size of the bridge. The fog adds a very dramatic effect to the photo, the closest part of the bridge is very clear and it fades into the fog in the distance, the blue sky also adds to the effect. The lighting for the photo is coming from the sun. The texture of the bridge is solid metal which contrasts with the soft fog. The focus of the photo is the bridge fading into the distance. The photo represents how large the bridge really is.

Balance This picture amazes me because it makes me question what I am seeing. The water provides an almost perfect reflection of the mosque. The lighting is coming from the lights located on the ceiling of the mosque. The reflection in the water reflects the texture of the building perfectly. The subject of the picture is the mosque and it takes up almost the entire frame so there in not really a background. The photo is about the beauty of the mosque.

Diagonals This picture is cool because of how small the gecko is compared to the palm leaf. The picture is very green and a lot of diagonal lines which add to the effect. The lighting appears to be coming from behind the photographer from the sun. The texture and colour of the leaf is almost the same as the gecko which adds a cool element to the photo. The focus of the photo is on the gecko. The background is completely filled by the palm leaf. The photo allows the viewer to realize how small the gecko really is.

Framing The picture is cool because of the way the window frame makes you look at certain parts of the photo. The window frame divides the photo into sections which creates balance within the photo. The light is coming from the sunset in the background. The texture of the water contrasts with with the texture of the sky and clouds. The way the window frame divides the photo forces the viewers eyes to the centre frame of the photo where the bridge is. The background is an orange sunset and clouds overhead. The photo is about framing the landscape and how it divides it onto quadrants.

Rule of Thirds This picture is cool because of the texture of the clouds and the colour of the grass and the road. The texture of the clouds contrast with the texture of the grass and road. The light is coming from the sun which is behind the clouds in the picture. The focus of the photo is on the road but it also draws attention to the storm clouds. The background of the photo is the road going into the distance and the storm clouds with a bit of blue sky in the distance. The road and grass are on the bottom third of the photo making it the rule of thirds.