A journey of photographic adventure, Two Views was born by two friends having a blast and learning from each other on a photo shoot in the autumn sunshine, asking the question “How can we continue to push our photographic boundaries in terms of technical knowledge, new challenges and creativity and have fun at the same time?” The answer we came up with was to set ourselves a project every two weeks, and then publish the results together. Two Views of the same subject / idea or technical approach. By the end of this year we will have covered 26 subjects and produced at least 50+ awesome photographs, and have learned a huge amount along the way! We’d love your comments, critiques and ideas, and if you want to “play along” too, please do let us have your shots by links in the comments sections! TJ & The Brunette

Friday, 30 December 2011

The Rule of Thirds by The Blonde


It's funny how sometimes when you concentrate on something it becomes SO much harder to do! I would say 9 times out of 10 i probably follow the Rule of Thirds when composing a shot anyway, but as soon as you go out with the intention ONLY to follow it, it seems to become much harder! I finally chose this black and white shot of a tree taken on Sunday in Bushey Park, the weather was so grey and the light so flat that B&W seemed to be the best plan and gave me the ability to tweak the contrast in editing to make it a bit more dramatic. I used the Rule of Thirds to "create" the frame of the shot using the tree and to lead the eye nicely from the foreground into the lake and distant trees. The branches helped by jutting out on a third too! And I am pleased with the composition it creates. Below are a few other shots taken for this assignment both involving the main subject being on one of the main thirds if not precisely on a cross over point. I particularly like the shot of the kid feeding the goose, and couldn't decide on colour or B&W so gave you both! :)




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  1. tim30 December 2011 at 14:17

    I totally love this photo. The tree makes a stunning curtain drop to what lies behind it, and the lovely reflections in the water add superb symmetry. There is so much going on for me the viewer to take in. A top top effort :)

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