Composition

This week's lesson was about understanding composition, the different elements and their position that make up an image.  Off we all went with our camera's and a list of different aspects of which to take images of ...... It was raining outside and although this didn't really bother me, I didn't want to get my camera wet, nevertheless I ventured outside to try and capture some photographs and others were taken inside the college.  Results below:

1. Lines, Near/Far, Balance
f5/6, iso 3200, shutter 1/40






2. Lines, Near/Far
f5/6, iso 3200, shutter 1/125







3, Frame within a frame, reflection
f5/6, iso 3200, shutter 1/60





4. Patterns/Texture
f/5.6, iso 3200, shutter 1/40





5. Patterns/Texture
f/5.6, iso 3200, shutter 1/40




6.  Reflections
f/4, iso 3200, shutter 1/50




7.  Reflections, angle tilted
f/5.6, iso 3200, shutter 1/125



8.  Shadows
f5.6, iso 3200, shutter 1/25






9. Shadows
 f/5.6, iso 3200, shutter 1/25



10.  Colour, Abstract
f/5.6, iso 1600, shutter 1/40



11. Focus
F/4, iso 1600, shutter 1/40



12. Texture
F3.5, iso 3200, shutter 1/60

I'm fairly happy with the photos above, however most of were taken using a high iso of 1600 or 3200, i chose to do this as the light was fading outside, unfortunately the results mean that most of the photo's look 'grainy'.  What I should have done is slow the shutter speed down and lowered the f stop giving a larger aperture, both of which will increase the light, rather than upping the iso as a quick fix and losing the quality/sharpness of the image.  The other point I need to work on is not to rush!!

Now, at the time of taking these I had every intention of taking more during the week, however, I've had the busiest week on record and have been unable to get out with my camera at all (apart from at best friends wedding at the weekend ;o) ) I fully intend to make up for it this week!